Astron wins seven-year Zurich PM deal

Astron has won a seven-year outsourcing contract from Zurich.

The Huntingdon group will manage the production, warehousing and logistics of printed materials for the financial services company in a deal understood to be worth 10m a year.

Around 25 Zurich staff will transfer to Astron as part of the contract, which is the groups first major win since its acquisition of several Hays Business Process Outsourcings operations in July (PrintWeek, 24 July).

Astron chief executive David Mitchell said the integration of Hays was going well. The group has made some senior sales executives redundant due to duplication of roles, however.