Baldwin Implements Restructuring Plan; To Cut Workforce by 12 Percent

SHELTON, CT—01/30/09—Baldwin Technology Co., Inc., a provider of process automation technology for the global printing industry, today announced aggressive initiatives to strengthen its competitive position and to cut costs in a challenging market.

Baldwin President and CEO Karl Puehringer said, “As we have previously stated, the market for printing equipment faces significant challenges due to the current economic environment. We expect the continuing slowdown to affect our order rates for the remainder of the calendar year 2009. To offset a decline in equipment sales as a result of the slowing economy, we have been implementing an aggressive cost cutting program. While Baldwin initially implemented a restructuring effort in its second fiscal quarter ended December 31, 2008, we continue to take additional actions to mitigate the impact of a continuing weak market for printing equipment. “During this fiscal year we will reduce our headcount by approximately 80 employees or 12% of our global workforce, mainly through the consolidation of our two facilities in Germany and capacity adjustments at our other manufacturing locations. In October, 2008, we announced a one-time restructuring charge with respect to the second fiscal quarter of approximately $0.7 million and expect to record a further one-time restructuring charge in the current third fiscal quarter of approximately $3.0 million, which, combined with compensation reductions and expense curtailments and other steps, will produce close to $12 million in annual savings in production and operating expenses.