According to reports coming out of Israel, HP Indigo’s general manager Alon Bar-Shany is leaving after over 25 years with the company.
Mr Bar-Shany will apparently be replaced by Haim Levit, who has been with HP for over two decades himself.
CTech, the technology news arm of Tel Aviv newspaper Calcalist, has reported that Mr Bar-Shany stepped down in protest at HP’s decision to fire hundreds of employees across Israel. CTech’s article went on to speculate that as Mr Levit’s background is in management not research and development, the sackings will now go ahead.
This is not the first time that HP has seemed set to cut its workforce. When Enrique Lores was appointed president and CEO toward the end of 2019 he announced plans to cut up to 9000 people from its workforce between 2020 and 2022. Mr Bar-Shany was considered one of the biggest obstacles to this taking place. HP Indigo employs 2800 people in Israel, with around 1000 more based around the world.
Mr Bar-Shany joined Indigo in 1995, two years after the company – along with Xeikon – created the market for commercial digital print. He remained with it after the sale of the business by founder Benny Landa to HP in 2001 and to many, especially those involved with the Dscoop user community, was the face of Indigo.
