manroland sheetfed has tapped Michael Mugavero, a well known industry professional with an extensive background in capital equipment sales and printing plant operation management, as its new manroland sheetfed managing director/CEO for the United States and Canada.
The British engineering group, Langley Holdings, has emerged as the investor behind a takeover of manroland’s sheetfed printing equipment division, its production facilities (including all real estate in Offenbach, Germany), and the marketing organization active in more than 40 countries.
The British engineering group, Langley Holdings, has emerged as the investor behind a takeover of manroland’s sheetfed printing equipment division, its production facilities (including all real estate in Offenbach, Germany), and the marketing organization active in more than 40 countries.
The business taken over by Possehl is to be conducted in the newly founded “manroland web systems GmbH.” Uwe Lüders, chairman of the board of the Possehl Group, assumes primary management of the company. Around 1,400 workers will find a long-term and secure employment with manroland web systems GmbH.
manroland, Inc. has announced the recent successful completion of two major press installations, one at Stephenson Printing and the other at Allied Litho Incorporated.
With the recent announcement of manroland AG’s decision to file for insolvency, manroland Inc. North America, headquartered in Westmont, Illinois, is currently operating as normal.
The sad news from Friday that manroland has filed for insolvency in its hometown of Augsburg, Germany should also light a beacon of awareness in the global printing and converting industry. As one who worked for manroland – MAN Roland as it was then - distributor Edwards Dunlop Graphics in the 1980s (although on the prepress side), I felt a particular pang of regret that this great contributor to world literacy, information and entertainment via the printed word, should find itself in such dire straits. In those days, EDG handled the sheetfed presses while Craven Print & Pack handled
The myriad troubles battering the printing industry claimed their biggest scalp on Friday as manroland - the world’s second biggest press manufacturer - was declared insolvent. The German press manufacturing giant sent a shiver through the spine of the industry by filing a petition to initiate insolvency proceedings, after negotiations with a new potential investor, whihc were on the 'home straight' failed. The company has also filed a request for self-administration in order to finalise the on-going
Through a debtor in possession insolvency procedure, the executive board of manroland aims to rescue key units within the framework of ongoing restructuring efforts. Negotiations with a potential investor failed in the home stretch. Another dramatic downturn in incoming orders triggered the decision.
TORONTO— manroland Inc. and B&R Moll will exhibit advanced offset printing technology along with high throughput folding and gluing solutions at Booth #3217 at Graphics Canada 2011 (November 10-12). Among the highlights of the manroland exhibit will be discussion of the new ROLAND 700 HiPrint HS (High Speed) press, the latest addition to manroland’s 40-inch market, printing at 18,000 sheets per hour. The ROLAND 700 HiPrint HS is the ideal press for printers who need to produce medium to long runs at high speeds. In the packaging arena, visitors to the booth can learn about the ROLAND 900 XXL
