manroland AG - Abu Dhabi banks on ROTOMAN

One of largest printing houses in the Gulf region, United Printing & Publishing (UPP) in Abu Dhabi, has now installed its first ROTOMAN from manroland. The investment by this innovative printing company is to boost their production of high-quality magazines and catalogs.

The contract was signed in June 2009 and already in August the manroland project team started the installation of the press in the new UPP Printing Center. Since early November, United Printing & Publishing has been producing magazines, catalogs and schoolbooks on the ROTOMAN. As Peter Kuisle, Executive Vice President for Webfed Printing System Sales at manroland, emphasizes: “UPP was convinced above all by manroland’s professional project management.” Important factors behind the decision in favor of manroland and not for a competitor system were the reputation that ROTOMAN presses enjoy in the Gulf region, the short delivery and installation times, and local support from manroland’s service hub in Dubai.

Inline finishing opens up new possibilities
“The new UPP management wanted to make changes to make the company fit for the future. We were in the right place with the right product at the right time”, is Peter Kuisle’s pleased response to gaining a new business partner in the Gulf region. United Printing & Publishing emerged from Emirates Media Inc. which was founded in the early 1970s and was established as a subsidiary company of today’s Abu Dhabi Media Company (ADMC), a leading media concern in the region. The rapid growth is due to a company policy that relies on further development, quality and service. The ROTOMAN provides UPP with new possibilities for succeeding in a fiercely contested market for high-quality magazines and catalogs. At present UPP mainly produces print products for its parent company ADMC but is expanding its capacity with a view to gaining jobs from national and international customers as well. 

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).