Due to the attack on the printing house in Kharkiv, books will be printed by 30-40% less
24 May 2024 18:20
The blow to the Factor-Druk printing house will affect the entire book publishing industry in Ukraine, as the total capacity of all printing houses will be reduced by 30-40%. This was stated by the owner of the Factor-Druk printing plant, Serhiy Polituchiy, on Radio Liberty, "Komersant Ukrainian" reports
Polituchyi said that almost 50% of all textbooks were published by Factor-Druk.
“With the destruction of our printing house, the total capacity will decrease by at least 30-40 per cent. And thus, the process of printing books, including the textbooks we used to print – I don’t know, probably up to 50 per cent of all textbooks that were printed in the country. And so I don’t know how we will do it tomorrow. And I understand that without the support of both the international community and the state, this issue will be very difficult to resolve,”
– mr Polituchyi said.
According to him, it may take a lot of time to restore the printing house’s operation, about several months. Relocation to safer regions is very expensive. In addition, he said, in other regions of Ukraine, such enterprises may experience a shortage of specialists in this field.
Mr Polituchiy noted that yesterday’s shelling of the printing house can be seen as a blow to the industry as a whole.
It should be noted that on 23 May, the Russians massively shelled the Kharkiv region. In particular, the attack affected the Factor Printing House in Kharkiv, one of the largest full-cycle printing complexes where books of most Ukrainian publishers are printed.
The owner of the Factor group of companies, Serhiy Polituchiy, said that the printing house’s equipment worth 3-4 million euros had burned down, leaving the printing house virtually inoperable.
According to him, the printing house was a kind of printing plant that printed everything – newspapers, magazines and books. The binding shop has an area of 4,000 square metres, 1,000 of which was completely burnt out.
Seven people were killed and 21 others were injured in the strike.
