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sheetfed news sheetfed News # 1 Supplement · May 2012 The legend goes on… drupa 2012 a great success It's been just three months since the sheetfed division of insolvent manroland AG was rescued from insolvency. As widely expected Roland aficionado's from around the world beat a path to the new manroland sheetfed GmbH booth in Hall 6 at Messe Dusseldorf. Those that made the journey were not to be disappointed. With The company also confirmed that it would continue selling and well over 10,000 presses installed, manroland users worldwide developing its entire product range and added that it would not Over 130 staff from manroland subsidiaries around the world, attended the drupa staff briefing. breathed a collective sigh of relief that an investor had come be discontinuing certain press formats, despite the predictions of forward in February. At drupa 2012 the new company showed some industry commentators. that it was not only very much alive and kicking, but maintaining the fabled manroland reputation for innovation by unveiling On the day before the show opened, the new manroland several new developments to its 700 and 900 series machines. sheetfed pulled another ace from the pack by announcing a tie up with what turned out to be the sensation of drupa 2012: Benny Landa and his "Nano Digital” technology. The deal was formally signed during the show. manroland sheetfed has dedicated followers, especially amongst high end commercial and packaging printers, many believing that when it comes to quality, speed and reliability, there is The new console module received great interest. nothing to touch ROLAND machines and visitors came to the booth in numbers. The company reported over 3000 visitors and announced almost 200 press sales either confirmed or agreed at What they said... the fair, with many more expected to be concluded within the coming months. Together with existing pre-drupa orders, the “Performance and reliability are key variables firm says it expects to reach or exceed all of its targets for this in the printing industry. manroland offers year. both combined with an enormous know-how and targeted products.” Describing the company's presence at the 2012 event as "a Helmuth Oschmann success in itself", Board Member Rafael Penuela, speaking from Volkswagen Druckerei the famous drupa "red sofa", said that as well as showcasing its “We are the leading Polish producer of paper products for schools and offices. We are Continued on page 3 Benny Landa and Rafael Penuela seal NANO digital partnership equipped with manroland machines, which provide us with customized, state of the art La Poste invests in ROLAND 700 solutions. I think we are now more than just business partners.” ę manroland France reported success at drupa 2012 when new Dariusz R kawek Owner customer, the La Poste group, placed an order for a ROLAND 706 Interdruk Corporation LLV. “Our main business is packaging printing, and La Poste is a prestigious printing company who specialize in manroland is no doubt the leader in the field stamps and security printing in France, with emphasis on print of packaging printing industry!” quality, efficiency and service. The new press will help them to Chen Chengwen meet business growth and to stay ahead. Board Chairman/ President Hucais Printing Group After a series of rigorous tests and comparisons with other “manroland, What doesn’t destroy you shall brands, the ROLAND 706 LLV stood out above all others simply make you stronger” because it met all expectations; manroland demonstrated a 600 LPI print job to a very high standard and alcohol-free in the UV Victor Ho President Director process! PT Indonesia Printer The new press will be equipped with a high end configuration “We can produce high-quality prints at high From left to right : and will service 6 printing units, 1 cutting unit, the inkjet system, Adrian Powala : manroland sheetfed Sales Manager, Marie Bougrain : speed now. Perform more complex work in less UV process and rainbow printing! Purchasing Services LA POSTE, Maud Dubo : Purchasing Manager LA time, always with consistent quality. In short, POSTE, Roger Noiret : Regional Sales manroland France, Hugues Cousseau : Sales Director manroland France reach record heights of efficiency for the Asked why they selected manroland sheetfed, the La Poste team greatest benefit of our customers” said “We chose a manroland press because it has the best Claude Vandevelde price/quality ratio and will meet all our needs.” ■■ ® WE ARE PRINT. VANDEVELDE 2 WE ARE PRINT.® ROLAND 700 demo a hit Flexo printer goes offset Repeat order from Thailand with manroland Polish printing house UNIPAK order a ROLAND 705 3B LV HiPrint press at drupa UNIPAK – a well-known cardboard packaging manufacturer is located in Wieprz in Southern Poland. Founded in 1995, with a reputation for reliability, flexibility and quality, UNIPAK is a prestigious packaging large scale printing company offering a full range of packaging to customized sizes, design and print by using flexographic printing technology. Mr.Tirapong Ratchtawongpipat, General Manager manroland Thailand Owing to rapid expansion to meet the growing needs of their pictured with Mr. Wichai Sakolvararungruong, Managing Director Kor It was difficult to get a seat to see the demos Karn Pim with their quality print awards displayed in the background. market, they have placed their trust in manroland sheetfed technology. The new press will enable UNIPAK to expand their Many customers may business activity further to meet the challenging print market in Thai commercial print company Kor Karn Pim Thien Kwang has have taken the time at Poland, backed by local support from the manroland Poland team. placed a repeat order with manroland sheetfed at drupa 2012. drupa to watch the The company has ordered a ROLAND 704 which will be installed in demonstration of the The ROLAND 705 3B LV HiPrint is a high speed commercial and August. Kor Karn Pim Thien Kwang has been a manroland customer ROLAND 700. Attracting a packaging sheetfed offset press with printing speeds up to 17,000 for 19 years and was the first printer in Thailand to install a ROLAND large crowd at every sheets per hour. It has been uncompromisingly designed to produce 700 press. show, manroland the highest printing quality in special format (78cm x 105 cm) and is sheetfed’s own Print also equipped with value added printing modules, such as select Wichai Sakolvararungruang, managing director of Kor Karn Pim Technology Center (PTC) Juergen Schunk receives a round of applause after every demo sheet cleaner, automatic color guidance and control system, Thien Kwang, said: “With the rapid global economic development, Print Consultants (and InlineCoater and drying system. the requirements of our customers are more and more demanding. print-enthusiasts), Juergen Schunk and Jens Kaiser and the PTC The challenge for us is how to meet their requirements, print faster, team, demonstrated the exceptional quality of print and the The benefit of the QuickChange options for the ROLAND 705 helps to print better and at the same time stay ahead in such a challenging performance of the press. Presenting four one hour long shorten and optimize make-ready times. For example, the printing market in Thailand? demonstrations and Q&A sessions every day for 14 days, in both QuickChange Surface cuts in half the cleaning time for the ink fountain, English and German, the PTC team were kept very busy QuickChange Color ensures less waste after a system restart, and “manroland provides us with very good solutions through their throughout the day advising umpteen customers on their QuickChange Clamp improves exchanging forms in the coating advanced printing technologies and services, and has been the best applications and proudly handing out sample posters “I could module. PressManager, the software for converting and transfer data choice for us as our business has developed rapidly over the years. feel the inspiration in the crowd and was proud to share my (CIP3/PPF) for presetting the ink profile, is also provided. ■■ Now with the installation of the ROLAND 704 we are confident we technical knowledge. The team would like to thank all the will be able to meet and even exceed the ever-increasing visitors who attended the demonstration and for their positive expectations of our customers by offering them our commercial statements and enthusiasm” said Juergen. To arrange a print products and services of premium quality and high efficiency. demonstration at the Offenbach PTC or discuss your application Our leading position in the printing market in Thailand will definitely in more detail please email [email protected] ■■ be further strengthened.” ■■ China chooses manroland again manroland secures Saudi orders Leading Chinese packaging company Tianjin Yi-hong Printing manroland sheetfed has secured orders from two Saudi Arabian Development Co Ltd has placed a repeat order for a new customers at drupa 2012. manroland sheetfed press at drupa 2012. The company, based in Tianjin, placed an order at drupa 2012 for Imam Mohammed Bin Saud University (IMBSU), which is based a ROLAND 705LV to bolster its operation which employs more in Riyadh, has placed an order for a ROLAND 708P. than 400 workers on a 40,000 square metre site. The publisher has been a manroland customer since 1996 and Tianjin Yi-hong Printing Development Co Ltd offers an integrated now has seven sheetfed presses having initially bought the service of designing, plate-making, printing, binding and ROLAND 705, 304, 302P and 702P. It added three further presses finishing and uses five manroland sheetfed presses including the over the last three years, the ROLAND 504, 204E and 708P. ROLAND 706LV and ROLAND 905. Ibrahim Al Mohained, General Manager of Imam Mohammed A company spokesman said: "We chose manroland because of Bin Saud University, said the publishing house was expanding not only its consistent premium print quality, but also its ■■ and required a further press to meet increased demand.