On the downside, in the face of an expected 7% drop in revenues for 1993, Bull North America will continue cutting staff, which it has cut in half since 1989, according to La Tribune. The company is suffering heavy attrition in the mainframe market, and 7% drop in revenue for 1993 would actually be an improvement on the 12% decline in 1992. Axel Leblois, president of Bull North America, says the division continues to pin its hopes on refocusing its activities on multi-vendor systems integration and service. He says it has signed $80m of such contracts since the first of the year. Specifically, the paper reports that the Bull division is about to sign several million dollar contracts with electrical products distributor Graybar Electric, the Florida State Police, American Airlines and Reuters Holdings Plc.
