manroland AG - Two ROLAND 700 HiPrint for Parksons Packaging

Two ROLAND 700 HiPrint offset presses will be installed in the first quarter of 2010 to boost printing capacity at the new printing facility of one of India’s leading packaging printers, Parksons Packaging.

Parksons Packaging Ltd., Mumbai, has purchased two high capacity six-color ROLAND 700 HiPrint offset presses. At the new printing facility in Rudrapur (North India), the third production site for Parksons Packaging, a ROLAND 700 HiPrint with coating module was installed in the first quarter of 2010. Another ROLAND 700 HiPrint with full UV equipment will follow in the second half of 2010. The printing systems are equipped with TelePresence, which permits fast remote diagnosis when service is needed. The TelePresence Maintenance Manager module provides individualized, condition-oriented press maintenance. The company chose manroland as its high performance business partner based on its upgrade flexibility and the production-reliable technology.

Parksons Packaging is one of India’s largest packaging and printing companies, turning out high quality folding cartons for some of the best known brands and leaders in the food and beverage, pharmaceutical, electronics, retail, apparel and consumer goods industries. Neeraj Dargan, General Manager Sheetfed at manroland India says, “Our alliance with Parksons Packaging validates the perception of manroland India as one of the premier printing solutions providers in India, catering to market leaders in the printing and packaging industry. We’re confident that our presses will enable Parksons Packaging to achieve significantly enhanced print quality standards in further expanding their national and international footprints.”

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 sites in Offenbach, Augsburg, and Plauen employs almost 8,000 people and has annual sales of some Euro 1,7 billion with an export share of approximately 80 percent (fiscal year 2008).

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 at the Augsburg site (founded 1845). manroland’s Plauen site (founded 1896) is renowned for newspaper presses and paper supply systems. The sheetfed press product range built in Offenbach (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 is designing, planning, building, equipping, and commissioning sheetfed and web offset printing plants – from prepress through printing right up to finishing and offers added value with PRINTVALUE. manroland is a provider of customized 24/7 service and maintenance packages plus integrated services and training measures (printservices). The portfolio includes a certified range of pressroom products (printcom) as well as 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).