manroland AG - Personal: New Managing Director for manroland Greater China

New Managing Director Adam Yuen (37) will continue and further expand manroland’s growth rate in the Greater China market region. As of November 2009 he takes over the management of one of the very large parts of the company’s Market Organization.

Prior to this appointment Adam Yuen was a Product Manager in the Business Development department responsible for the product lines ROLAND 50, ROLAND 200 and ROLAND 500. He has been with manroland and MAN for 16 years and held positions in business unit management and equity interest controlling among other things. Leo Ziegler-Schaad will be his successor as Product Manager. His predecessor in China, Marco Faulhaber, is now in charge of sheetfed services at the headquarters in Offenbach.

The new management in China, one of the most dynamic markets in the world, underscores the commitment shown by manroland in expanding its sales and service network. Customers all over the world benefit from first-class local support for all that modern offset printing systems need.

As Adam Yuen explains: “We can look back on a long and positive history and it is our intention to continue the success manroland enjoys in China. This is why we offer our customers precisely the products, services and consultancy that they need to be successful in a difficult but growth-oriented competitive environment. We are a professional partner for our customers over the entire life cycle of their printing systems.”

China is manroland’s biggest export market and here the company is the market leader in commercial and newspaper web offset printing systems and also a major player in the sheetfed press segment. The product portfolio contains an extensive range of services (printservices, printcom, printnet, printadvice).

manroland AG is the world’s second largest printing systems manufacturer and the world’s market leader in web offset. The group with its production facilities in Offenbach, Augsburg and Plauen employs almost 8,700 people and has annual sales of some Euro 1,7 billion with an export share of 80 percent.

Webfed and sheetfed offset presses provide tailor-made solutions for publishing, commercial, and packaging printing – from brochures to newspapers with circulations running into the millions. A worldwide network of about 100 sales and service centers markets manroland’s products as well as process compliant system components and pressroom products.

Web offset presses for newspapers and high-quality commercial printing of brochures, catalogs, magazines, supplements and books are manufactured in the Augsburg facility (founded 1845). They are designed to meet the continually increasing demands on print quality and performance coming from printing and publishing companies all over the world. manroland’s Plauen facility (founded 1896) is renowned for newspaper presses and paper supply systems. The sheetfed press product range built in Offenbach and Mainhausen (founded 1871) comprises system families in small, medium, large and extra-large formats for commercial printing, posters, books and packaging. Some models are available with the revolutionary direct drive system. manroland offers added value with PRINTVALUE.

manroland offers also designing, planning, building, equipping and commissioning sheetfed and web offset printing plants – from prepress through printing right up to finishing. manroland is a provider of customized 24/7 service and (remote) maintenance packages plus integrated services and training measures (printservices). The portfolio includes a certified range of pressroom products (printcom), software products, and workflow management systems (printnet). The group provides consultancy services covering all aspects of investment and building planning, organization, management, systems engineering and process optimization (printadvice).