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sheetfed News # 1 May 2012 drupa issue

A message from

Rafael Penuela
Member of the Board, VP Global Business
manroland sheetfed has just moved into a new era. With more than 20 years experience in servicing our customers and a longtime responsibility for manroland sheetfed sales activities worldwide, as a member of the new board I strongly believe in the team spirit of manroland sheetfed people worldwide. Almost 1000 people headquartered in Offenbach and over 2000 in more than 40 subsidiaries worldwide guarantee a close presence to our customers wherever you are. We are lean and strongly focused on our customers needs. This helps us to combine traditional strength with our innovative spirit. Our approach is to offer the best service worldwide for all our sheetfed offset solutions. We build what many consider to be the world's finest presses and I am convinced, that with our PRINTVALUE program you can be sure of optimal performance of your investment year after year. Drupa is our kick-off to present our customers the new manroland sheetfed team. As your high-performance business partner we look forward to the future together.
Rafael Penuela

New era for manroland sheetfed

It's barely three months since the British industrialist Tony Langley bought the sheetfed division of insolvent manroland AG. On the eve of drupa 2012 the eponymous owner, Chairman & CEO of the highly successful engineering group he founded more than 35 years ago, gives his impression of his latest venture as the first 100 days with manroland approach and talks about how he manages a group which employs over 4,500 people, whilst keeping his finger on the pulse of every one of the 70 plus businesses that comprise this diverse and remarkable engineering group.
Interviewed by Crista Baxter, Managing Editor What have your priorities been during these rst three months since you acquired the manroland sheetfed business? The same as with every other business we have acquired in the past. The first priority is to let the company's trading partners know what the new owner is about. Langley is a complete unknown in the sector, as it was with the other businesses we have acquired, so I think it important that the companys customers and suppliers know who is behind manroland sheetfed. The main way we do this is to via the groups Annual Report & Accounts, which we publish in brochure format that includes a profile section on each of our divisions. This can be downloaded from the langleyholdings.com website but this year we printed several thousand hard copies and the sales people are being supplied with these to hand to customers as they visit them. I think that stakeholders in all of our businesses have a right to know who is ultimately behind the company they are engaged with and what we stand for. This kind of transparency gives a certain impression about the sort of organization we are.

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Tony Langley

The legend goes on

manroland sheetfed to unveil many innovations at drupa 2012
Visitors to manroland sheetfeds stand (Hall 6, Stand D27) will see both innovation and the continuation of the tradition of excellence associated with the manroland brand, dating back nearly two centuries. Visitors to our stand will clearly observe the power of manroland sheetfed solutions to help their companies face the many challenges of todays printing industry with the most innovative and productive sheetfed offset solutions in the industry, said Alfred Rothlaender, President of manroland sheetfed. With our new structure firmly in place, customers will experience an even more responsive partner in manroland sheetfed. We are dedicated to helping customers future-proof their businesses as we work hard to meet or exceed their expectations for excellence, both in product and services. Packaging Opportunities A key element of manroland sheetfeds drupa presence will be its solutions for the packaging market. These solutions have been created based on intensive research and development as well as customer feedback about market requirements, and include: Visitors will also be able to learn about other high productivity packaging solutions, like the production in half-format with the ROLAND 500 and medium format with the ROLAND 700 as well as special 0B+ and 3B+ sizes, with speeds as high as 18,000 sheets per hour. In addition, manroland sheetfed now offers Continued on page 2

The ROLAND 708LV printing press equipped with the new indexed InlineFoiler, which saves up to 55% in consumption of foil; An inline coating unit for added value printing effects that enhance the already high quality delivered by the press; Intelligent colour pre-setting with self-learning software that can bring ongoing productivity gains to the production floor; All required inline control technology, from colour to register and full sheet inspection down to 200dpi, along with PDF comparison down to 4pt text (multiple camera system) to ensure accuracy and readability of the final printed product.

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The legend goes on...

larger formats 5 and 6 with the ROLAND 900 at speeds of up to 16,000 sheets per hour with the high speed packaging equipment. manroland sheetfed also offers logistic solutions, from the new automated non-stop to full configurations that deliver efficient process optimization individually scalable to every printers needs (AUPASYS). Continued Innovation in Commercial Print In addition to pursuing advanced solutions for the packaging market, manroland sheetfed also offers innovative solutions for the commercial printing market. This includes the ability for printers to better address customer requirements for faster turnaround using manroland sheetfed solutions that include:

Young manrolanders

The Just-Ready-Print solution powered by LEC-UV (low energy curing); A new hybrid inkjet solution integrated in the press for individualized printing;
manroland sheetfed training school apprentices with Mr Vlz, Head of Training

Autoprint Smart for automated processes between large job signatures combined with superfast make-readies enabled by DirectDrive technology and full inline quality control; Apprentices at manroland sheetfed GmbH in Offenbach turned out in force recently for this group photo to show the world that their company is looking to the future. Over 100 youngsters lined up with their Head of Training, Albrecht Vlz, to send a clear message that manroland is committed to manufacturing presses long term - and will make sure it has the specialized skills to do so for many years to come. their takeover of manroland sheetfed in February, confirmed that the company's apprentice program had not been affected by the insolvency of manroland AG and that the program would continue with the current level of intake for the next three years at least. We need highly skilled craftsmen to build the best German presses and those skills are not acquired overnight said Rothlaender. The company recruits around 25 new trainees each year and currently employs around 1000 people in Offenbach, including more than 100 trainees. Worldwide, manroland sheetfed employs more than 2000 people via its network of over 40 Alfred Rothlaender, the veteran German manufacturing man brought in by Langley to head the Offenbach business, following subsidiaries, which provide sales and aftermarket services to an installed base of over 10,000 manroland sheetfed presses.

High volume commercial printing with 64 pages printed in one pass on the ROLAND 900XXL perfecting press; and A new press console and user interface requiring less operator attention and offering easier handling.

The PRINTVALUE program from manroland sheetfed increases the value of manroland sheetfed presses. Once again, manroland sheetfed will be offering visitors the opportunity to participate in organized visits to its Print Technology Center in Offenbach, where visitors will be able to see four additional ROLAND presses in all formats up to XXL. For years we have trained similar numbers of young people and our program is continuing at the same level said Herr Volz. Our new shareholder is forward thinking and is looking long term.

New Managing Director/CEO for manroland sheetfed usa

Westmont, Illinois Michael Mugavero, a well-known industry professional with extensive background in capital equipment sales and printing plant operation management has been named the manroland sheetfed Managing Director/CEO for the United States and Canada. Mugavero states We were driven to simplify. By flattening our organization we dramatically improved internal efficiencies; thereby creating a new leaner, more responsive and empowered market facing organization to ensure our customers receive world class products and services, with customer satisfaction as the key metric. In light of the economic challenges the market has faced in recent times, we believe a more engaged consultative approach will translate into helping customers make better strategic investment decisions and achieving better bottom line results. Mugavero initially joined manroland Sheetfed in 1992 and after three years at another press manufacturer, rejoined the company in 2007. He has served as a Regional Sales Manager, General Manager, Vice President of Sales and now Managing Director of the North American organization. The Executive Management Team is rounded out with Jon With the Drupa show around the corrner the manroland team looks forward to meeting you in Duesseldorf Germany to demonstrate the suite of new pressroom innovations or meet at your own facility to show you first hand the new manroland sheetfed and how we can help you achieve your companys key business goals.
Michael Mugavero - heads US operations

Langley veteran to head up manroland sheetfed HQ

Offenbach 10 February 2012 Following the acquisition of the manroland sheetfed business, Herr Alfred Rothlaender has been appointed as head of manroland sheetfed GmbH. Herr Rothlaender (66) was formerly head of machinery builder Claudius Peters near Hamburg when Langley acquired the business in 2001. He went on to head the Piller Group, a producer of heavy electrical systems for data centers near Hanover, between 2005 and 2008, following Langleys acquisition of that business, before retiring in the middle of 2010. But it was to be a short retirement, the industry
Alfred Rothlaender: to oversee transitional period

Surch, Vice President of Sheetfed Service Operations responsible for all PRINTVALUE functions, parts, service, printcom and machine retrofits. Mr. Mugavero has also accepted a position on the manroland Inc Board of Directors.

veteran kept in touch with his former boss and said that he was ready to come back should Langley make a further acquisition in Germany. Rothlaender knows exactly how Langley businesses work and is a vastly experienced MD who will oversee the transition between the former institutional management style of manroland AG to a more flexible and leaner way of doing things.

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Focus: manroland Benelux N.V.

In each issue we feature one of our 40 subsidiaries.

Utah Paperbox invests with manroland again

Utah Paperbox is eagerly awaiting the arrival of their newest manroland press, a Drupa model R907-6 LTTLVV, 56 7 color Double Coater double extension UV machine. The latest addition to Utah Paperboxs pressroom is a massive 115 foot long printing press system scheduled to arrive at their Salt Lake City, USA facility in June 2012. Utah Paperbox made the decision to invest with manroland Inc. and in another manroland press based on its reputation, and on the print quality and reliability of our existing equipment. manroland has taken care of us extremely well and we look forward to continuing our long term relationship. The new press, to be installed in a new Leed (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) certified building, will allow us to continue to grow our company and provide our customers with the highest quality printing available. states current Chairman and CEO Paul Keyser. Paul is the third generation family member to run the company that traces its roots back to 1914.

manroland Benelux HQ, Brussels, Belgium

manroland Benelux delivers equipment and technical services to the graphic art industry in Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg. The company offers a complete service from presses to consumables and support for the entire range of graphics prepress, offset and webfed, finishing, bindery and mailing. The division has been operating since 1888 and was acquired by manroland in 1998 and now employs 162 in Belgium and the Netherlands. manroland Benelux operates from competence centers providing the link between manufacturers and the market. The company has built up solid relationships with its suppliers which include Fujifilm, Ryobi, Wohlenberg, Baumann, Bttcher, Westland and Vulcan-Trelleborg. It is those strong and well established working relationships that enable the manroland
Werner Moriaux, Managing Director, manroland Benelux

Benelux experts to access a considerable network of specialist knowledge that is used to offer open, smart and evolving solutions to customers says. Werner Morieux, Managing Director
manroland Benelux, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

The double coater will allow Utah Paperbox to further enhance the products they manufacture and allow them to expand into new markets. To produce in a more environmentally friendly way the press was equipped with InlineColorPilot to maintain color consistency and reduce waste sheets, print-network software to further reduce make-ready time, printcom roller coverings and printcom blankets, all of which are crafted to provide optimum print results. The press also has a suite of QuickChange options to allow for quicker make-ready and press cleanup. The new press will complement a R907-6 LV and two R700 machines that Utah Paperbox currently operates. Later this year manroland will relocate the three existing presses to the new expanded facility. The manroland PRINTVALUE team is the most qualified and has the best expertise to move and reinstall manroland equipment. Utah Paperbox is environmentally aware and environmentally active. Our goal is to reduce or footprint by 33 % from 2008 to 2015, we are accomplishing this with a new building that is leed certified, using solar energy, reducing the number of pumps and blowers in the plant, installing a central chiller for the complete plant as well as recycling everything possible, and our manroland equipment is helping us reach this goal says Steve Keyser, President As a long time manroland sheetfed user we are delighted the company remains commited to its customers and appears

FACT FILE
Established: 1888 Acquired by manroland: 1998 Managing Director: Werner Moriaux Location: Brussels, Belgium and Amsterdam, the Netherlands Number of employees: 163 Products & Services: Prepress: Fujifilm, Glunz & Jensen Pressroom: Bttcher (for BELUX), Cumulus, Epple, PressMax, Vulcan Trelleborg, Westland (for the Netherlands) Press: manroland sheetfed, manroland web systems Postpress: Baumann Wohlenberg, GUK, MKW, Sitma (for BELUX), Vacuumatic, Wohlenberg Buchbindesysteme (for BELUX)

NEXT ISSUE: manroland China

Peter Conrady New Deputy VP, Sales

Dr. Peter Conrady has been appointed Deputy Vice President, Sales at manroland sheetfed GmbH. to lead the global sales organization. Dr. Conrady began his career in 1988 in the field of industrial engineering, having received a doctorate in engineering science from TH Munich, Germany and ETH Zurich, Switzerland. In 1995 Dr. Conrady joined
Peter Conrady, Deputy Vice President Sales, manroland

stronger than ever. The manroland teams engagement and professionalism during our transfer to the new facility is proving to be invaluable said Mike Salazar VP of Operations.

manroland and built up a department to focus on custom built sheetfed press solutions worldwide. Since 2002 he has carried out a number of leadership functions in sales organisations within Germany. He was responsible for the sales and service management and market leadership for southern Germany, before taking over his new role today. Reporting to Rafael Penuela, I look forward to this new challenge working closely with our 40 subsidiaries as well as our sales and service partners and global customers says Dr. Conrady drupa is the ideal platform to interact with our global team, but most of all I look forward to meeting existing and potential sheetfed customers.

InlineObserver for visuualizing the sheet travel in the machine

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Bruggeman & Desouter Belgium chooses manroland

Six colour press ROLAND 506 LV speeds production Anyone making a big investment, does not make a rash decision. Neither does Willy Geldof, printing and planning manager at the packaging company Bruggeman & Desouter in Belgium. When purchasing the new ROLAND 506 LV, six-colour sheet-fed press he consulted many suppliers. In a battle of the Titans he was taken from one demonstration to another. But manroland won. Specialist in creative packaging What do the packaging of Godiva, the chocolate gift boxes of Bongo and the DVD boxes of Midsomer Murders have in common? Their birthplace: Bruggeman & Desouter in Meulebeke, who are a European market leader for the production of rigid packaging boxes. Willy Geldof comments: Our core activity? Upgrading Packaging. With our attractive and creative boxes we provide products with an added value. We make sure they catch the eye of the consumer. From design to finish - the total package That is fairly unique within the packaging industry. Willy Geldof says: First we develop the design of the box. Then we print the sheets, ready for cutting. Then it is up to the adhesive and folding machines to really make the packaging come to life. It is an extensive process that is managed well by our 60 employees. Convincing manroland demonstration A company that claims a top position on the European market should boast the equivalent standard in machines. So during his search for a new sheet-fed press Willy Geldof was diligent with his research. We listened to many suppliers. One by one they tried to convince us with a demonstration of their press. The manroland representative took us to the Print Technology Center in Offenbach. There we were allowed to test the ROLAND 506 LV extensively. The astonishing results decided the battle: manroland was the best. Printing with conventional and UV ink Now the press is running at full speed. What can it do? A lot! states Willy Geldof. The ROLAND 506 LV prints with both conventional and UV ink. That is killing two birds with one stone. If the customer chooses UV ink his printed matter will be done in a jiffy thanks to the built-in drying unit. The six coaters can handle sheets with a maximum size of 59 x 74 centimeters. The thickness may vary between 0.06 and 1.00 millimetres. Extra service provides peace of mind Bruggeman & Desouter is and always will be a packaging company, not a printer. Willy Geldof says: Because we have only one sheet-fed press, it is important we keep it running at all times. As such he played it safe and also specified TelePresence. This means that we can call or email manroland at any time. If there are problems or questions, we receive help quickly because thanks to an online program the technicians can detect and analyse possible errors from a remote location and provide us with a solution. No valuable time is lost. It really is service with a capital S. PressManager Smart: high-speed presetting of the ink Bruggeman & Desouter doesnt accept anything less than perfection, which is why Willy Geldof also chose PressManager Smart. This program calculates how much ink is needed for the prepress PPF-files. It also prepares them for printing. For example, repeat tasks are set up very quickly on the sheet-fed press. This means PressManager Smart saves us a lot of time when setting the ink. ColorPilot: less spoilage, less waste The new sheet-fed press is also good for the environment thanks to ColorPilot D+F. Willy Geldof explains: That is a control system that carries out densitometric and spectral measurements. It allows us to quickly find the right colours for every print order. The result? Reduced set-ups, spoilage and a limited ecological footprint. Increased production thanks to built-in lacquer unit If you sell exclusive packaging boxes, you should guarantee a top-level finish. And Bruggeman & Desouter does just that: with the inline lacquer unit of the ROLAND 506 LV. Willy Geldof adds: Customers choose a normal dispersion lacquer that provides additional protection or an exclusive UV lacquer that provides the packaging with a magnificent gloss. Due to the built-in coating unit, the lacquer finish occurs during continuous printing resulting in no time loss and a much higher performance.

manroland GB deal announced

manroland (UK) Ltd, Mitcham, Surrey

On 6 March 2012. manroland sheetfed GmbH announced that it has acquired the sheetfed business and assets of manroland Great Britain Ltd. A new company, manroland sheetfed (UK) Ltd was established and began trading from the same premises in Mitcham, south west London on that day with 37 employees. Adam Robotham (38) who joined manroland in 1998 as Commercial Sales Manager and was promoted to sheetfed Sales Director last year, has been announced as Managing Director. A HQ spokesman for manroland sheetfed GmbH said in Germany: We are delighted to have been able to bring the uncertainty over our UK operations to an end and we thank our many valued UK customers for their patience while the situation was being resolved .

Adam Robotham MD, manroland (UK)

Quake-hit Fukushima turns to manroland

manroland proud to be involved in successful restructuring
April 10, 2012 (Japan) - A year on from the devastating earthquake and tsunami that battered the region, Fukushima, in Japan, is back on its feet and showing signs of recovery. Like other businesses hit hard by the calamity, Fukushima Printing Co. has got off to a fresh start by harnessing the quiet discipline and courageous spirit that the Japanese people have always been famous for. After successful restructuring, manroland is delighted to be a part of Fukushimas efforts to revive its business. A ROLAND 707LV UV Inline foiler has been recently installed at Fukushima Printing Co. It is the seventh press in North East Asia that manroland Japan has just powered up with inline foiler, cementing manrolands absolute leadership in this fast-growing market. Although its factory was destroyed by last years quake and tsunami, Fukushima Printing Co. is back in business and is fully determined to emerge from the rubble as a stronger and better company. To achieve this goal, it is counting on the most advanced technological support of a first-class press from manroland. With the installation of ROLAND 707LV UV Inline foiler, Fukushima Printing Co. has full confidence it can continuously provide high-quality products and services to customers.

Prindor reduces wastage of cold foil by 55%

manroland Canada win environmental award
manroland Canada recently received a Bronze award for Most Environmentally Progressive Printing Technology at the Canadian Printing Awards. The manroland entry Cold Foil Indexing with an InlineFoiler Prindor" demonstrated the considerable savings achieved in unused foil material with every rotation of the printing cylinders. Result - The function of indexing allows for the stopping of the foil web while the cylinder gaps pass. This equates to an 18.4% reduction in foil consumption and in combination with the multi reel capabilities of the InlineFoiler Prindor, the reduction of cold foil during the application process was reduced by more than 55%. Many print jobs have only to be enhanced in certain areas of the printed sheet and with the multi-reel-capability, the customer is able to only apply cold foil in specific areas. However with the combination of multi-reel and indexing more than 55% of cold foil can be saved.

Bruggeman & Desouter choose Roland 506V

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manroland milestones:
1871: Louis Faber and Adolf Schleicher found the company Faber & Schleicher 1879: the Albatros press is launched, capable of printing up to 700 sheets per hour 1911: The first ROLAND sheetfed rotary offset press is built and is awarded a gold medal at the World Fair in Turin 1921: The first prototype of a three-cylinder web offset press in Berliner format is developed. 1922: A new single-color offset press, the KLEIN ROLAND 00, is presented which can print up to 5,000 sheets per hour. 1951: A four-color sheetfed offset press, the ULTRA, is presented at the first drupa trade show in Dusseldorf. 1972: Introduction of the ROLAND 800, the first sheetfed offset press with integrated color control system, which permits printing speeds of up to 10,000 sheets per hour. 1979: MAN Roland Druckmaschinen AG is founded. This company is formed by the amalgamation of Roland Offset-und Maschinenfabrik Faber & Schleicher with Augsburger M.A.N. Druck & Maschinenbau. 1990: PECOM control console technology is introduced together with a new automation concept for the medium-format ROLAND 700, enabling speeds of up to 15,000 sheets per hour to be achieved. 1995: The ROLAND 900 large-format sheetfed offset press makes its debut at drupa setting new standards in terms of speed and economy 2000: The ROLAND 500 is launched, capable of 18,000 sheets per hour 2003: ROLAND 900, XXL in format 7/7B and format 8 is unveiled 2004: Introduction of ROLAND InlineFoiler Prindor: cold foil laminating in sheetfed printing. 2006: MAN sells the majority interest in MAN Roland Druckmaschinen AG to Allianz Capital Partners (ACP), the private equity arm of Alianz AG. The shares are now held by an investment company in which MAN holds 35 % and ACP 65 %. 2006: DirectDrive technology is unveiled, enabling super-fast makeready times. The event is recorded in the Guiness Book of Records. 2007: Strengthening of service competencies: active marketing of PRINTVALUE with printservices, printcom, printnet and printadvice. 2008: MAN Roland Druckmaschinen AG becomes manroland AG. A new logo is presented at drupa that year and the intention is to take the company public in the near future. ROLAND 700 presses capable of up to 18,000 sheets per hour are now available. 2009: The credit crunch is hitting the printing industry hard and plans to take manroland AG public are shelved. 2010: One Touch concept is unveiled introducing the vision of a sheetfed press that at the push of a button brings a previously unimaginable degree of automation; the concept has already been proven on manroland web presses 2010: manroland announces collaboration with inkjet-based digital printing systems producer, Oc. 2010: The company launches the ROLAND 900 XXL, the largest sheetfed perfector press yet to be produced, leapfrogging competitors in both quality and capacity. 2011: Sales of new presses have dropped by over 60% since 2008 but aftermarket sales to an installed base numbering over 10,000 worldwide have remained stable. ACP enters talks with Swiss private equity firm Capvis, but negotiations fail to materialize into a takeover and on 25 November, manroland AG files for insolvency. 2012: (January) Insolvency Administrator Werner Schneider reports strong interest from potential suitors. A sale of the web division to the German L. Possehl & Co mbH group is agreed. The sheetfed division, along with all real estate including around 1,000,000 sq. ft. of manufacturing facilities in Offenbach and nearby Mainhausen, along with over 40 sales and service subsidiaries worldwide, is sold to British industrialist Tony Langley and the engineering group he controls, Langley Holdings PLC. 2012: (7 February) Merger clearance is received from the German Bundeskartellamt and manroland sheetfed GmbH begins trading. During the insolvency around 1000 employees have been dismissed at the Offenbach headquarters and manufacturing plant. In a moving address to the assembled Offenbach workforce of around 1000 remaining staff, speaking in English through a translator, Langley heralds the beginning of a new era, pledging long term commitment and evoking John F Kennedys famous Berlin speech by stating: Ich bin ein Rolander. The takeover is universally welcomed. 2012>: The market for printing presses has seen unprecedented turmoil in recent years but manroland sheetfed GmbH, producer of the Porsche" of printing presses, expects to be back in profit within the year and has maintained capacity to step production back up when market conditions eventually improve. Meanwhile the company has maintained its research and development program throughout and will showcase at drupa 2012.

Fourth ROLAND 705LV for Drukkerij Roelofs, Netherlands

Identical presses offer optimum efficiency and flexibility Our four ROLAND 700 five colour presses with lacquer enable us to add value. Their main advantages are: flexibility and speed, with consistent reliable quality, Comments Rob Meijer, responsible for sales and quality management at Drukkerij Roelofs. We are a manroland-house and these machines are highly suited to the use of FM grid based Sirocolor creating a wider colour gamut for optimal print results. Drukkerij Roelofs, Enschede, has been running the new ROLAND 705LV, five colour press with coater and a print size of 72 x 102 cm, since September 2010. It replaced the last of the operations two manroland four colour presses. Now four nearly identical printing presses are responsible for the companys production of brochures, product guides, corporate annual reports, colour cards, magazines and posters. Pre-press This press uniformity has streamlined the pre-press configuration considerably. As a result the company uses one Computer-to-Plate system, one plate type and one punching system. Planning has become a lot smoother, says Rob Meijer. All orders fit on every press. Quality According to Meijer the preference for manroland is based on quality. Just as bad cars are still being produced, there are also bad presses. The difference is in the detail. Using 10 (0.010 mm) FM grids and the self developed Sirocolour colour management system, Drukkerij Roelofs is a specialist in optimum reproduction of colours and detail. For example, art books or colour swatches for the paint industry. When reproducing a wide colour gamut the quality of the manroland presses is unbeatable. Meijer doesnt say whether this can be traced back to the stable double drive that only these presses have been equipped with, but simply adds: The ROLAND 700 clearly prints more beautifully. Five colours plus coating With the use of a fifth colour usually orange Sirocolor offers a wider colour range than the traditional CMYK-model. For these runs we use the fifth unit to create prints comparable to hexachrome. Additionally, the fifth unit is often used for spot varnish. We also need the extra coater as 80% of our work is now finished with dispersion coating. The coating does not attach to the varnish, which causes the so called drip-off effect. Black numbers Drukkerij Roelofs strategy is proving profitable, enabling the company to reinvest. We belong to the small group of companies in the industry that are still in the black, says Meijer. He traces this success back to a permanent striving for optimum efficiency and a high level of quality, throughout the operation from print production, to a very high service level. We deliver high quality print 24 hours per day. And...we keep our promises!

ROLAND 700 - fourth press

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New era for manroland sheetfed

In parallel we map out what needs to be done in terms of bringing the sort of change that we as a private group are bringing to the business. The first 100 days are the time that we get over 95% of the changes we are going to announce and if all are not implemented in that period, then at least they are well on the way. What changes are you making at manroland? Well first of all we stop managing by consensus, which is very much the big company way. It wastes time, nothing gets done very quickly and it's just not the way we do things. We set out a central strategy with management then help them implement it. We have a pretty good idea about what makes a successful engineering business and just get on with it. Those that can adapt to our style do so and those that cant leave, but that is usually very few. The vast majority of the management we took over with this business were fully behind our strategy, the few that werent have already gone. What has the reaction of the employees been to your takeover of Then we look at headcount, thats the biggest cost in the businesses and once that is about right then its on to every other cost line, there's no single thing that in itself is fundamental but in total the changes we bring are enormous. We look at every single aspect of the business and basically question whether it makes sense. The devil is in the detail. In large, formerly institutional-style managed businesses like this and the others we have acquired in the past, there are ways of doing things that to the owner of any SME spending his own money would seem well, stupid. Many companies over a certain size seem to lose touch with the value of money. Our job is to put the ones that we acquire back in touch. manroland sheetfed? Extremely positive, in fact the most positive yet. That's probably something to do with the circumstances the company was in and our not stepping in until the eleventh hour, but nevertheless the goodwill towards Langley has been tremendous and there is a very real sense that the company is beginning a new era. For sure manroland sheetfed is spending less now than it did in the past, but this is one of the first things we look at in a business we acquire and without exception, those businesses who boasted about how much they spent on R&D were invariably littered with projects that came to nothing. More money wasted. Why? Because they lost sight of what the market actually needs and were so arrogant that they became disconnected from what the market and even their own sales people were telling them. We take R&D very seriously and in all of our divisions we have a strongly focussed R&D program that ensures the business will remain at the forefront of its field. Manroland sheetfed is no different. The Langley group will have over $1 billion of sales this year. You are known for being very hands on, how do you manage it all? Well youre right about being hands on, particularly in the early stages of a business becoming part of the group, although I do tend to step back once the business is settled in, usually after about a year. During the early days we establish our reporting structures and that helps me enormously. This is not only financial reporting, but commentary from the head of every business unit we have on every topic involved in running a capital equipment business and these are all in exactly the same format, whether the business is involved in packaging equipment for the food sector, cranes for nuclear power plants, UPS [uninterruptible power supply] systems for financial institutions, or welding systems for automobile producers; or printing presses. Our businesses, although diverse in their products and markets, are all essentially very similar and the BUR [business unit report] enables me to understand what is going on in every one of the 70 or more business units we now have. Most importantly every month it puts me in direct contact with the individuals that are running our businesses. And you read every one of these BURs? Every one, every month. thousands of customers to visit the stand and I cant hope to meet even a fraction of them personally. As a parent company we are very much behind the scenes of all our companies and its the guys that know the products and the markets intimately who are customer facing. That said, I dare say I will meet some customers, which I do enjoy from time to time.

...strongly focussed R&D program that ensures the business will remain at the forefront of its eld.

a very real sense that the company is beginning a new era.

And the competition? Certain ones and one in particular, have been really quite aggressive but I think the business will manage whatever they can throw at it. Manrolands competitors have no idea just how efficient this company is becoming under our stewardship and it seems to me that they all have some pretty fundamental issues of their own to address. Prices of presses have collapsed to the point that anyone can see that the manufacturers cannot carry on as they did indefinitely and in my view those who continue to sell at a loss and continue to spend heavily whilst only tinkering with the cost base, still have their day of reckoning to come.

companies over a certain size seem to lose touch with the value of money. Our job is to put the ones that we acquire back in touch.

Our businesses, although diverse in their products and markets, are all essentially very similar
Pre-tax profits for 2011 were around $100 million, and no debt. That was a very successful year for Langley Holdings, how is 2012 looking? The group started the year with good order books in all divisions and Q1 results were ahead of target. The group is still debt free, despite funding the manroland deal and currently has around $250 million of cash on hand. Order intake and cash flow have both remained strong through January - April and everything is pointing towards another good year. Better than 2011? From todays perspective yes, I expect so.

those who continue to sell at a loss and continue to spend heavily whilst only tinkering with the cost base, still have their day of reckoning to come.
Will you be attending drupa? Yes, of course. I will be there for a few of days before the opening and plan to meet at least the majority of our people that are coming in from around the world before the show opens, hopefully all of them. There are over 40 manroland subsidiaries world-wide, plus numerous independent dealers and agents. Drupa is one of the few occasions they all converge at the same So is the headcount "about right" or are there further sta reductions to come? I was satisfied early on that staff numbers were there or there abouts in Germany after the restructuring during the AG insolvency, but there has been some house-keeping to do in some of the subsidiaries which werent part of that. That exercise has now largely been completed. What about R&D, has that been cut back and if so, how can manroland possibly maintain its reputation as a technology leader? time and as it will be quite a while before I manage to get around to meeting our people on their own turf, its a good opportunity to meet in person. After that I will be visiting the show.

[manroland sheetfed]protable in 2012 on about one third of the revenues it enjoyed four years ago.
And how do you expect manroland sheetfed to perform nancially in its rst year under your ownership? We have built a model for manroland to be modestly profitable on about one third of the revenues it enjoyed four years ago. I think that is realistic in the current market and its on track so far. The business is correctly structured for that level and as we acquired all of the assets of a business capable of three times the level we expect to see in this first year, if there is any increase on what we have planned, the business is capable of managing that. Thank you and enjoy your first drupa! Thank you, Im looking forward to it.

...over 40 manroland subsidiaries world-wide, plus numerous independent dealers and agents its a good opportunity to meet in person
Will you be meeting customers? I dont plan to specifically, the company is expecting literally

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Continued success for manroland South East Asia

manroland achieves sweeping success in South East Asia after successful restructuring Thanks to the customers deep trust and their strong support, manroland is back in full operation mode with a new company structure firmly in place. Successes have been recorded on various fronts, including manroland South East Asia. In Thailand, Kor Karn Pim Thien Kwang Co., Ltd. placed an order for a ROLAND 704 without any hesitation. Located in Bangkok, Kor Karn Pim Thien Kwang Co., Ltd. is a long-established commercial printing factory, where premium printing quality is the top priority. That is the reason why 20 years ago they installed their first ROLAND 700 in Thailand. Needless to say, the press has consistently met the companys high requirements on print quality. Impressed with the performance of the ROLAND 700, Kor Karn Pim Thien Kwang Co., Ltd. this year placed an order for a ROLAND 704 to meet its growing business needs and the first Thai printer to purchase a ROLAND 700 after manrolands successful restructuring. When the new press is installed in August, Kor Karn Pim Thien Kwang Co., Ltd. will significantly boost its printing capacity and stay strong in the competitive Thai printing market. manroland also received strong support from old and new customers in Malaysia. C M Printing Sdn Bhd, located in Rawang, Malaysia, is the biggest beer label printer in South East Asia. Specializing in the printing of packaging cartons and labels, it exports its products and services to various countries in Asia, such as India, Indonesia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, Nepal and Vietnam. As a prestigious packaging printer who places much emphasis on print quality and productivity, C M Printing Sdn Bhd was the first Malaysian outfit to install an Ultima ROLAND 700. The installation of the LTT R707 LV was commissioned on time and successfully put into production in December 2011. C M Printing Sdn Bhd was delighted with the quality and productivity of its first Ultima press on completion of the installation. A new customer, Percetakan Konta Sdn Bhd, a leading one-stop customer-oriented packaging printer in Penang, Malaysia placed an order for a ROLAND 705 LV. The new press was successfully installed and, Percetakan Konta Sdn Bhd are very satisfied with the premium That is the level of precision required to produce the legendary print quality of a manroland press. When it comes to building what is arguably the worlds finest press, it's the little things that matter. Like manufacturing the critical parts of all our presses to a tolerance of 4 (yes, 4) microns for example. That's more precise than a Swiss watch and at least 10 times finer than the diameter of a human hair. With its resolve and long-term commitment to the printing industry in South East Asia, the new manroland hopes to turn customers dreams into reality and exceed their expectations. By providing strong and professional support to customers in the region, manroland is proving its commitment to excellence. print quality and efficiency of the ROLAND 705 LV, which meets the increasing demands of their customers. Founded in 1988, Ginhua PSN Printing (M) Sdn. Bhd, a renowned packaging printer located in Johor Bahru, Malaysia, and an established manroland customer. They already operate two ROLAND 804 size 7B presses and in an effort to diversify their product range to meet market demands, they recently purchased a ROLAND 706 LV 3B Plus, scheduled to be put into production by mid-April.

Not all presses are made equal

Not all presses are manroland.

Strine Printing invests with manroland sheetfed to upgrade R907-7 LTTLV

Strine Printing in York PA, USA upgrades an existing R907-7 LTTLV with an Ink roller blowing device to enhance the performance of the press and for the removal of ink mist when running UV. The upgrade will widen the operation window of running UV inks by controlling excess dampening solution in non-image areas and roller ends. This upgrade will make it easier to operate the press when running water sensitive UV inks while at the same time managing any ink misting that may occur. This upgrade is possible as much forethought is placed into all manroland press designs ensuring technologies and systems may be upgraded throughout the course of the presses lifecycle. This is the core of the manroland futureproof initiative and benefitting manroland sheetfed customers worldwide. manroland offers futureproof on all of its equipment allowing a piece of equipment to be upgraded at a later time with a series of options as the customers business changes. PRINTVALUE the manroland sheetfed support platform includes a mixture of; parts, service, manroland futureproof upgrades, and consumables is the core of our long term customer support and performance pledge. We have the proven consumable products, parts, trained service personal and futureproof upgrade packages assisting our customers in getting the most out of their investment in manroland states VP of Service Jon Surch. Strine Printing uses manroland sheetfed to maintain their fleet of five manroland large format presses. Dave Kornbau, VP of Operations We are completely satisfied with the way that manroland takes care of us when we need them, the entire manroland PRINTVALUE program improves our performance, helps us to seek new opportunities, and maintains our presses at peak performance. We have almost a half a billion impressions on our manroland equipment and they still print the best dot we have seen, regardless of age these machines produce superior quality work.

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Optimize your investment

PRINTVALUE
Consider a near-perfect press with a 98% performance rating, a process organization that performs at 80% and a team performing at 70%. Though all factors show fairly high ratings individually, the press performance is actually only at 55% of its full potential. At manroland sheetfed we therefore look beyond the technology and support our customers in optimizing each of the influencing factors. First we provide a first class press that can be upgraded with many additional options, if and when required, installed by our own experts. Once the press is in production our printadvice team can help identify performance optimization potential through professional analysis of the OEE-press data and on-site expert reviews. Organizational performance can then be improved by our experienced consultants who provide support in PSOstandardization, press/prepress calibration and work processes optimization on site. When it comes to personnel training, we provided customized print production training that defines the exact skills and training needs of each individual team member to enable them to achieve the maximum in their daily work. Technical requirements can be solved by printservices, a highly trained team of engineers based in more than 40 countries around the world, backed by a telephone support center hotline 24 hours, seven days a week. An integrated global spare-parts logistics service incorporating major regional warehouses and numerous local parts stocks ensures fast and efficient delivery of over 60,000 items of genuine parts. Custom designed preventive maintenance and service contracts reduce the number of unplanned stoppages and ensure the highest availability of the press in production. When the press comes of age we can recover lost performances through our ServiceKit-modules which provide cost-effective replacement of worn-out press components.

Welcome to the Print Technology Center

FACT FILE
Covering 3,000m3 floor area 32 printing demonstration units Averaging over 500 print demonstrations a year and with more than 8000 visitors
For over 25 years, the sheetfed Print Technology Center (PTC), accommodated in its own building at the manroland Offenbach site, has been a meeting point for print specialists from all over the world. Led by Willi Graeff , known as Mr. Print, and his enthusiastic team of over 20 print professionals,various events are hosted throughout the year including machine demonstrations, association meetings and technical forums, each providing a popular meeting place for sharing knowledge and ideas. As a specialist in ultra-modern print production the PTC are abreast of all the latest technical developments, future outlooks or market demands information that manroland are happy to share with customers . After all improving and optimizing print efficiency and discovering new ideas is our business.

printcom prepress and pressroom consumables and

systems provide tested and certified materials that ensure the highest quality and efficiency in industrial print production. Our international R&D department carefully selects and tests the materials and, together with our partners, continuously drives the development of materials to set new standards in print.

printnetwork provides all the networking and computer

integrated manufacturing solutions from manroland sheetfed. With more than 2000 manroland networks in operation around the world, and working with around 20 MIS providers, manroland offers the most practical and reliable networking tools available. At drupa 2012, new press management products are available to guarantee the most efficient use of ROLAND printing presses, targeting more economic production, fast and efficient job preparation, precise pre-setting of the printing press, production acquisition and quality data.
Willi Graeff (Mr Print) Head of PTC (front center) pictured with his team.

SERVICE: LIKE ONLY WE KNOW HOW

Real performance in print production depends on many factors. The press technology is only one of them, the organization in and around the pressroom as well as the people operating the press influence the actual output just as much, a simple formula demonstrates this:

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Langley and Possehl agree on global sales and service cooperation

Global sales and service agreements between manroland web systems GmbH and manroland sheetfed GmbH, the companies owned by the German Possehl group and British industrialist Tony Langley, have been announced today. Over 40 sales and service companies were acquired along with the Langley deal, while subsidiaries in India and Australasia were acquired by Possehl. Peter Kuisle for manroland web systems GmbH and Rafael Penuela for manroland sheetfed GmbH, jointly announced today that they have now agreed on a global sales and service cooperation.

China's trust in manroland presses shows no signs of wavering

manroland continues to receive purchase orders from Greater China in an unmistakable sign of customer confidence. One supporter is Luzhou Yihe Paper Product Package Co., Ltd., which ordered three ROLAND 700 HiPrint plus UV presses at the start of 2012, in a bid to bolster its flourishing packaging business. Zhengzhou Reite Color Printing Co., Ltd. and Tangshan Tianyi Printing Co., Ltd. have also placed new orders for manroland presses."We trust manroland, so we chose manroland," is the common explanation offered by officials of printing companies when asked about their choice. manroland's leading technology and its history as an innovator

manroland web systems GmbH have established own subsidiaries in the United Kingdom, operating from Possehl premises in London; and in the United States. In the US, manroland web systems Inc. began trading from the same premises in Chicago it now shares with manroland sheetfed Inc and in the UK, manroland sheetfed (UK) Ltd continues to trade from the same premises in Mitcham.

and trusted partner of printers has convinced several Chinese printing enterprises to pick manroland whenever they need to upgrade their equipment or expand their businesses. A leading factor for printers is manroland's reputation for providing prompt and comprehensive after-sales service, ensuring the continued smooth performance of manroland products. Located in Luzhou, Sichuan Province, Luzhou Yihe Paper Product
Contract signing ceremony with Luzhou Yihe Paper Product Package Co., Ltd. was successfully held on Feb 27, 2012 in Chengdu. (From left): Mr. He Furong, Managing Director of Luzhou Yihe Paper Product Package Co., Ltd. and Mr. Eric Wong, General Manager of manroland sheetfed China.

demands of its growing business, Zhengzhou Reite placed a new order for a ROLAND 700 HiPrint six color press. Zhengzhou Reite is a top private enterprise in Zhengzhou City, Henan Province, that specializes in export packaging products. The company puts a high premium on print quality. Mr Ma Zhengsheng, General Manager of Zhengzhou Reite, spoke highly of the cutting-edge printing technology and the premium quality of manroland presses. "ROLAND 700 HiPrint, which is designed to produce the highest print quality, enables us to significantly improve our print quality. This allows us to continue to meet the requirements of our customers and stand out in the market,'' Mr Ma said. "We have managed to stay ahead in the fast-changing printing industry. manroland presses are the best. We believe in our choice. " Another customer -- Tangshan Tianyi Printing Co., Ltd. -- readily purchased one ROLAND 700 HiPrint four color press in January 2012. Mr Qiu Ximing, Managing Director of Tangshan Tianyi, said: "manroland press is indeed the guarantee for quality. The premium quality of the print products is the best proof for that. The installation of ROLAND 700 HiPrint will definitely enhance our company's competitiveness significantly, and lay the solid technical foundation for us to develop rapidly in the industry. Furthermore, we will repeat our purchase of manroland machines in the near future to support our fast business development. We trust manroland!" Tangshan Tianyi is located in Tangshan Yu Tian City, Hebei Province, specializing in book printing and commercial printing. manroland has been greatly encouraged and energized by the faith and strong support shown by Greater China customers. As the ideal business partner of printers, manroland is committed to providing customers with products of premium quality and expert professional services.

Elsewhere, agency agreements are being established with sheetfed subsidiaries to represent manroland web systems in Mexico and South America (except Chile); in most of the European countries (Ireland, Finland, Benelux, France, Italy, Spain, Portugal); in Central & Eastern Europe (except Poland) and Greater China (China, Hong Kong, Taiwan). Web systems subsidiaries in Australasia and India will continue to represent manroland sheetfed in those territories. The arrangements announced today make perfect sense for all concerned and both manroland web systems GmbH and manroland sheetfed GmbH look forward to continuing to support their global customers with the highest possible levels of service.

Package Co., Ltd. is a newly established packaging enterprise, part of Sichuan Langjiu Group Co., Ltd., a famous brand of Chinese liquor. They are currently constructing a plant and procuring equipment. The company occupies an area of 100,000 square meters. The annual output value is expected to be more than RMB 1 billion following production. Luzhou Yihe aims to become the model enterprise in the alcohol packaging industry in western China. The three newly purchased manroland sheetfed presses will definitely provide the company the worldclass printing hardware that it needs to realize their ambitious development plan. Zhengzhou Reite Color Printing Co., Ltd. already has two ROLAND 700 HiPrint four color presses, whose stability and trustworthiness have impressed operators. In order to meet the

Comment
The print machinery sector has been hit hard in recent years by the double whammy of demand for traditional print media declining due to the growth of digital media and to the credit crunch taking a heavy toll on the printing industrys ability to re-invest in capital equipment. Net result, a collapse in demand for new machinery, really hurting the Germans who lead the sector. But its not all bad news, demand for print in the packaging industry is on the up and so is traditional print in the BRIC and other developing countries, so arguably pretty much flat-lining or better going forward. The challenge facing the German leaders in the sector (Manroland, Heidelberger and Koenig & Bauer) has been to adapt quickly enough to the here and now. All have strong aftermarkets, maintaining the thousands of machines already out there so dependable revenues from that area, but in recent years orders for new machines have slowed to a trickle and these ships are big and slow to turn in normal circumstances. In manrolands case, being formerly owned by venture capitalists, the call for cash to restructure the business fell on deaf ears and the management were left with no alternative than to file for bankruptcy and this seems to have been as a Both of manrolands divisions are now right-sized for the current market and maintain the capacity to step back up when credit to buy these machines starts to ease. Possehl and Langley are experienced industrial investors and were quick to see this. Stripped of the burden of disproportionate costs, each are forecasting profits this year on revenue down by around two thirds on the 3 billion or so manroland enjoyed just a few years ago. That must seem like a dream to their competitors, how they will adapt remains to be seen. blessing in disguise. Administrator Werner Schneider was quick to re-act when he was appointed on 25 November 2011, reducing headcounts in the web division in Augsberg by several hundreds and in sheet fed by a similar number in Offenbach, along with wage reductions for those remaining and all this with the agreement of the labor organizations - a neat trick in just over 2 months, especially in Germany. But when it comes to, Germans are pragmatic people, rightly proud of their engineering heritage and at manroland they have rallied to make whats left of the leviathan that was manroland AG attractive to new investors.

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3 ROLAND 900 XXL for France

The French market enthusiastically embraces XXL solutions, both for printing and finishing. In recent months manroland France has recorded three important orders once again demonstrating the superiority of the ROLAND 900 XXL within this segment. The first order, a 5 colour1300 x 1850mm, went to Print SA in Villeneuve dAscq. It was equipped with APL - Automatic Plate Loading (100% automatic plate loading) and ColorPilot (for automatic control of inking devices). The second machine, also a 5 colour 1300 x 1850mm, was destined to Imprimerie Pollina, Lucon. It includes an InlineColorPilot , which is integrated in the paper flow of the press to check the sheets inline (eliminating the need to remove sheets during production). The last machine, a 4 colour 1300 x 1850mm was delivered to Ouest Affiches in La Bazoge to replace a Planeta. It joined two other 1300 x 1850 mm manrolands at Ouest Affiches, enabling the operation to offer clients a smooth and responsive production of a broad scope of products. manroland France has also provided Pollina with an XXL finishing solution in the form of a fully automatic size 8 BASA cutting line from Baumann. This triple XXL press order confirms manroland France's presence across all the available sizes as four new ROLAND 500 (mainly 590 x 740 mm) and four new ROLAND 700 (740 x 1040 mm) were also installed in France at the end of last year. These orders position manroland squarely in the segment of high added value with options such as UV ink and coating as well as InlineFoiler equipment for cold foiling.

Shinkosya Printing Co., Japan recently installs a ROLAND 704 DirectDrive SW

Shinkosya, one of manrolands JDF fully networked reference site, is a CIP IPPI (International Print Production Innovation) award winner. Not one to rest on their laurels, they decided to increase productivity by installing a ROLAND 704 DirectDrive, where its performance on thin paper has truly impressed Shinkosya. The average job length of Shinkosya is 1,500 sheets. manrolands DirectDrive completes 60 jobs in one shift and improves the productivity by 30 percent. In addition, Shinkosya specializes in thin paper packaging. With this packaging, they could achieve 9,000 sheets per hour with 0.045 thin paper in perfecting mode. Whats more, they have been retrofitted by the Integration Pilot data collected from all the existing presses to have an accurate overview of production. With the advanced technological support from manroland, they will be able to reduce the waste rate, increase profit and stay competitive in Japans highly competitive printing industry. With its resolve and long-term commitment to the printing industry in North East Asia, manroland aspires to turn customers dreams into reality by exceeding their expectations. By providing strong and professional support to customers in the region, manroland is showing its commitment to excellence.

STOP PRESS...
manroland and Landa partner for NANO digital
New partnership will provide manroland sheetfeds customer base with digital printing capabilities based on Landa Nanographic PrintingTM technology 30 April, 2012 manroland sheetfed and Landa Corporation today announced a strategic partnership whereby Landa will provide manroland sheetfed with its ground-breaking Nanographic Printing technology. Landa Nanographic Printing employs ink ejectors to create the digital ink images which are applied to the printing stock in a process that can operate at extremely high speeds and creates images offering remarkable abrasion and scratch resistance. Most notably, it can print on any off-the-shelf substrate, from coated and uncoated paper stocks to recycled carton; from newsprint to plastic packaging films - all without requiring any kind of pretreatment or special coating - and no post-drying. Adding to this cost benefit is the fact that Nanographic images are only 500 nanometres thick - about half the thickness of offset images - enabling Landa NanoInkTM to produce the lowest cost-per-page digital images in the industry. All of this from a water-based, energy-efficient and eco-

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friendly process. At the heart of the Nanographic Printing process is Landas water-based NanoInk. Comprised of pigment particles only tens of nanometres in size, these nanopigments are extremely powerful absorbers of light and enable unprecedented image qualities. Landa Nanographic Printing is characterised by ultra-sharp dots of extremely high uniformity, high gloss fidelity and the broadest CMYK colour gamut. Benny Landa: manroland sheetfed is one of the worlds leading providers of sheetfed offset presses and solutions with a longstanding tradition of excellence. This new partnership combines the prestigious manroland brand with the power of Nanography, enabling manrolands extensive customer base to go digital by converting their existing manroland presses to Nanography. For more information on Landa, visit www.landanano.com

Over 1500 people attended the 2011 technology forum in Offenbach.

As the graphic and print industry gathers for Drupa 2012, work is already underway for next years Sheetfed Technology forum. The next event will be hosted later in 2013 at the manroland center in Offenbach. The 2011 sheetfed summit pictured right was attended by more than 1,500 people from 75 countries and held between the IPEX and drupa events.

manroland sheetfed GmbH Sheetfed News produced in Offenbach Managing Editor: Crista Baxter crista.baxter@manroland.com Senefelderallee 63165 Mhlheim am Main

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