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manroland web systems GmbH starts with Possehl

Thu, 02 Feb 2012 12:29:47 +0100

Get original file (1436KB) manroland web systems GmbH: high-performance partner of the printing and media industry on the road to success with a new owner. | © manroland. Foundation of manroland web systems GmbH – contract signed with insolvency administrator. The insolvency administrator of manroland AG i.I., Werner Schneider, and the L. Possehl & Co. mbH, Lübeck, signed the contract for the acquisition of the web offset press business located in Augsburg. Therefore, the continuation of the business is long-term assured. 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, preliminary takes over the management of the company. Uwe Lüders is being supported by a management team of five. Peter Kuisle, Vice President Sales for many years, leads the service and sales divisions, complemented by the technical division led by Dieter Betzmeier. Franz Gumpp is responsible for the production and purchasing division. Company development and human resources management are carried on by Dr. Daniel Raffler. Dirk Rauh is in charge of the financial department. With this management team the new company stands for a high degree of stability and experience as well as innovations. Around 1,400 employees will find a long-term and secure job in the manroland web systems GmbH. Thus more than half of the jobs at the Augsburg site could be saved. Moreover, a long-term delivery contract with the facilities at Plauen will support the site. Looking ahead Lüders is optimistic: “We have an excellently skilled staff and a good market position as well as ultra-modern and highly efficient products. In my talks with many customers I learnt that we are needed as a reliable partner in the future, too.” The new company that continues the new press business as well as the services, spare and wear parts business aims at annual sales of about 300 million euro. Under the roof of the new owner Possehl web offset presses from Augsburg continue to stand for customized solutions in commercial web offset as well as newspaper printing. “On drupa 2012 we will show our competence as high performance business partner standing for innovations,” proudly mentioned Peter Kuisle, responsible for Sales and Service at manroland web systems GmbH. manroland web systems GmbH is a leading manufacturer of web-offset printing systems. The company provides solutions for, commercial and newspaper printing. A worldwide sales and service network also markets ancillary printing equipment and pressroom products as well as software products and workflow management systems. manroland web systems GmbH 86219 Augsburg Germany Robert Wiedemann Marketing & Communications +49 (0) 821 424-18 43 robert.wiedemann@manroland.com www.manroland.com

Downloadable best practice guides & posters from Web Offset Champions Group

Wed, 11 Jan 2012 11:53:06 +0100

Get original file (436KB) The 36-page guides are available in two versions a screen-consultable format with 2-pages to view, or as a downloadable printing file. The Web Offset Champion Group (WOCG) are releasing some of its best practice guides in downloadable formats, and introducing accompanying posters. The first titles in this format are “Roll to Web Processing” and “Web break Diagnosis”. The 36-page guides are available in two versions a screen-consultable format with 2-pages to view, or as a downloadable printing file. “Our goal with this initiative is to make best practice information widely available to the global printing industry,” said Prof. Tim Claypole, joint managing director of WOCG. He adds “the downloadable posters are a unique new complimentary format. Their content has been developed from the guides and provides at-a-glance reference to key practices. The PDF format allows for them to be printed on either digital proofing systems or by other digital printing in a format that can range up to A1 size.” These Posters and Guides are available in English, German, French, Spanish and Italian editions. Access to these downloads is free of charge to members of the Champion Club. Membership is available to anyone working in the web offset printing industry, it is free-of-charge and simply requires registration at http://www.weboffsetchampions.com. Member benefits also include a 10% discount on publications New finishing best practice guide “Perfectly Finished Web Printed Products” is the recently released 8th Best Practice Guide. Correct finishing is not only essential to communicate the quality of a printed product, but it can also have a significant impact on profitability because defect costs are at their highest in an almost finished job. The purpose of WOCG’s new guide is to improve results through better communication and understanding amongst all participants in the workflow — designers, print users, publishers, printers and binders, and their suppliers. The guide addresses: 1: Selection of a finishing method; 2: Printing process issues to optimise finished products; 3: Review of key postpress processing issues including delivery systems, inline finishing, saddle stitching, and perfect adhesive binding. The Web Offset Champion Group was formed in 1998 to “champion” best practice in the web offset printing industry as a tool to improve productivity, quality and safety. Its members: Aylesford Newsprint, Kodak, Manroland, MEGTEC, Müller Martini, Quad Tech, SCA and Sun Chemical, and associates include Eurografica, Eltex, Printing Industries of America, System Brunner, Timsons, Welsh Centre for Printing and Coating, Swansea University. Best practice publications include the Tool Box, a 242-page compendium of seven best practice guides in English and German. The guides are also available individually in five languages. They are available from www.weboffsetchampions.com and order from ‘The Champion Shop’ online for only €30 – all users worldwide except USA/Canada The Web Offset Champion Group comprises a number of leading global suppliers to the Web Offset printing industry. It is focused on Web Offset printing and finishing and benefits from the combined knowledge of its members: Aylesford Newsprint, Kodak, manroland, MEGTEC, Müller Martini, Quad Tech, SCA and Sun Chemical. WOCG ‘associates’ include Eurografica, Eltex, Printing Industries of America, System Brunner, Timsons, Welsh Centre for Printing and Coating, Swansea University. Promoting generic best practice for web offset printing The Web Offset Champion Group was formed in 1998 to “champion” best practice in the web offset printing industry as a tool to improve productivity, quality and safety. The Group is a joint project of international suppliers working with other industry specialists, printers and associations throughout the world to publish best practice guides. Printing Industries of America is a content contributor and is also exclusive distributor in North America. Focus on total production process The group’s objective is to improve web offset productivity. This requires a cross-industry and cross-process approach because no single company can provide answers to all the variables of the press line and its consumables. Best practices are a tool to improve overall performance without making any capital investment. The potential returns are extremely high as each guide identifies ways to reduce processing costs, improve quality and reduce accidents. Generic easy-to-read content All web offset printers — irrespective of the brands of equipment or consumables that they use — can apply the generic content of guides. They provide printers with a base reference to best practice and effectively help transfer knowledge in a global industry. Guides are written in a concise, easy-to-read style accompanied by numerous graphics and are intended to be read at all levels from managers to production employees. They explain how to work more efficiently, prevent errors, improve diagnostic procedures and help introduce new methods, standards and benchmarks. World-wide review panel Each guide is reviewed by a world-wide panel of industry specialists, printers, other suppliers and associations to improve their content and to ensure that they represent industry best practice. Organisation The Group is a non-profit organisation that is funded by sponsorship from its company members. Best practice information is contributed free-of-charge by members, other companies, individuals and associations. WOCG is based in the Welsh Centre for Printing and Coating, Swansea University. The joint managing directors of WOC Ltd are Dr. Tim Claypole and Nigel Wells. For more information about the Web Offset Champion Group and its ‘Best Practice’ guides see www.weboffsetchampions.com or email Nigel Wells at vimw@wanadoo.fr Web Offset Champions Group --- --- --- Nigel Wells Chief editor +33 673 397834 vimw@wanadoo.fr www.weboffsetchampions.com

PrintCity Webline Magazine Celebrates 10 years

Tue, 03 Jan 2012 03:28:09 +0100

Get original file (1429KB) The latest edition of PrintCity’s Webline magazine, for winter 2011 / spring 2012, is now published and celebrates 10 years of success in the web printing market. Participating PrintCity Alliance members are manroland, MEGTEC, Océ, Procemex, Sun Chemical and UPM. The latest edition of PrintCity’s Webline magazine, edition winter 2011 / spring 2012, is now published and celebrates 10 years of success in the web printing market. Participating PrintCity Alliance members are manroland, MEGTEC, Océ, Procemex, Sun Chemical and UPM. Featured Webline Articles The headline title for this latest Webline magazine edition is Tune-Up Your Web Press, setting the scene for the shared PrintCity Alliance web printing hot topic attractions at drupa in 2012. This edition includes the following articles: Upgrades & Retrofits/Print Quality Audit/SUM-IT Training/Remote Web Monitoring Digital Meets Offset Power UWWO (Ultra Wide Web Offset) Installations VAPoN (Value Added Printing of Newspapers) Case Studies New PrintCity project reports available Joint WPCF/PrintCity drupa Environmental Conference – May 10, 2012 Webline Magazine Pedigree Since 2002, the PrintCity Alliance has been publishing Webline, a leading industry magazine focused on web offset printing, read by over 10,000 people in the printing industry. Webline is published in English and German languages and is available in printed and PDF formats. Over the last 10 years the magazine has developed a strong distribution base and is well regarded by printers, publishers and technicians worldwide. Webline magazine reports on trends in publishing and on new technologies, features application reports and examples of best practice. Webline also reports on innovations and developments at the member companies of the PrintCity Alliance. How to Obtain Your Printed Webline Copy You can obtain your own personal copy of Webline by contacting any of its participating PrintCity members directly, or by emailing webline@printcity.de You can also download a PDF version here: http://www.printcity.de/index.php?site_id=76 For environmental reasons and to support the print industry, we recommend that you request a printed copy, which is more energy efficient and less damaging to the world. PrintCity is recognised as the 'connection of competence' strategic alliance across the entire printing, packaging & publishing value chain, promoting the value of print and packaging. It delivers value to the customers by leading global knowledge sharing and networking together. We deliver knowledge through seminars, trade fairs, project studies, publications and electronic platforms. It wants to maximise synergies to grow business effectively and be cost efficient. More information on PrintCity Alliance projects, events and seminars can be found at www.printcity.de PrintCity GmbH + Co. KG Olchinger Straße 56 82194 Gröbenzell Germany David Stamp Director Marketing & Communications +44 15242 76425 david.stamp@printcity.de www.printcity.de

PrintCity SUM-IT interactive training for web printing – by Sun Chemical, UPM and manroland

Mon, 05 Sep 2011 14:43:51 +0200

Get original file (943KB) Training session by manroland web printing trainers. A new SUM-IT interactive training course for web printing managers is launched by PrintCity Alliance members Sun Chemical, UPM and manroland, to improve process understanding and improve economic operating efficiency. The first interactive training seminar called Improving heatset print productivity will take place on November 22/23 in Augsburg, Germany using the facilities of manroland and UPM, plus trainers from all three companies. Each SUM-IT seminar will focus on aspects of efficient web printing operations, including cross-process knowledge, press production and energy efficiency, emphasising the financial benefits to participating companies. Seminars will utilise experienced trainers from all three companies and will integrate theory, print simulator sessions and interactive classroom modules. SUM-IT – First Seminar in Augsburg, November 2011 Registrations are now open for the first SUM-IT seminar on Improving heatset print productivity. Course details are: Dates: November 22 and 23; duration 1.5 days; English language Content: Combined training session involving Sun Chemical, UPM and manroland trainers plus three additional topic specific modules covering Temperature Effects, Climate and Press Settings. More details on sign-up page Three Virtual Classroom sessions before seminar are included Location: UPM and manroland training facilities in Augsburg Investment: 1,190€ + VAT per person; early bird discount level of 990€ + VAT if registrations received online by September 30 Accommodation: To be booked separately by attendee; details on sign-up page Seminar Registration: Just click on this link to register - pay online with credit card: http://www.amiando.com/SUM-IT_2011_11_22 SUM-IT – Interactive Training for the Web Industry Planned to become a series of training courses in 2012, with other PrintCity members involved, the SUM-IT name is derived from the initial letters of the three launch companies Sun Chemical, UPM and manroland, together with the last two letters IT emphasising the Interactive Training key benefit for all attendees. Future course will be offered in German or English languages and specially tailored courses can be offered to individual customers. Who should attend? Managers from web offset printing houses who wish to increase their skill levels and improve internal operating efficiencies. Benefits will include increased process understanding, interlinking knowledge for press, paper and ink variables and the entire web press system. Each attendee has the opportunity to enhance the efficiency and financial performance of their operations, with knowledge gained in this unique shared training environment. Registrations should be made via the link above. General enquiries to info@printcity.de PrintCity is recognised as the 'connection of competence' strategic alliance across the entire printing, packaging & publishing value chain, promoting the value of print and packaging. It delivers value to the customers by leading global knowledge sharing and networking together. We deliver knowledge through seminars, trade fairs, project studies, publications and electronic platforms. It wants to maximise synergies to grow business effectively and be cost efficient. More information on PrintCity Alliance projects, events and seminars can be found at www.printcity.de PrintCity GmbH + Co. KG Olchinger Straße 56 82194 Gröbenzell Germany David Stamp Director Marketing & Communications +44 15242 76425 david.stamp@printcity.de www.printcity.de

manroland AG - Groundbreaking newspaper printing technology worldwide

Wed, 22 Jun 2011 12:20:08 +0200

Get original file (2248KB) Yes, we can – print them all: manroland presses ensure high-quality newspapers and selected commercials (from top to bottom): the REGIOMAN at Pressgrannar AB in Linköping/Sweden, the GEOMAN at Groupe Nice Matin in Nice/France, and the UNISET at Xin’an Media Corporation in Hefei/China. The UNISET for Sichuan Ribao has arrived in Chengdu/China by mid May. | © Pressgrannar AB, Groupe Nice Matin, Xin’an Media Corporation, Sichuan Ribao. Some topical examples: Linköping, Nice, Hefei, Chengdu manroland’s newspaper printing systems provide the suitable solution for every demand, everywhere. Latest installations cover Sweden, France, and China with groundbreaking manroland newspaper printing technology replacing older manroland or competitor presses. Braving the elements to print one of the world’s oldest newspapersWith a REGIOMAN press manroland is presently installing latest technology for one of the world’s oldest newspapers at Pressgrannar AB in Linköping/Sweden: next to other dailies, different freesheets, and tabloid commercial products the REGIOMAN will soon produce the daily Norrköpings Tidningar. It was founded in 1758 which makes it one of the world’s ten oldest newspapers. “To make room for the REGIOMAN we enlarged the pressroom by twelve meters,” says Peter Dahlén, Project Manager at Pressgrannar. “In spite of the very hard and cold winter with sometimes minus 25 degrees Celsius we are perfectly in time with our production schedule,” adds manroland engineer Holger Limmer. The first part of the REGIOMAN with three printing towers and one folder has already been installed. Then the old press will be taken out and the second part of the REGIOMAN will move in. The final configuration features six reel splicers, six printing towers, and two folders. “We are very pleased with manroland and the first part of the project. Now we are looking forward to move full speed ahead with the rest,” says Peter Dahlén. Enjoying the applause while replacing first COLORMAN after 34 yearsPart of a technical modernization program is the GEOMAN sale to Groupe Nice Matin in Nice in the South of France. Three GEOMAN presses are going to replace Nice Matin’s COLORMAN printing system which was installed in 1977 –manroland’s first COLORMAN in the market – and extended during the following ten years. Now latest GEOMAN technology is taking over, with each of the three presses consisting of three reel splicers, three eight-couple towers, one folder, and PPL (PowerPlateLoading), the highly automated plate changing device. Its higher efficiency and full-color capacity will print Nice Matin’s versatile product range economically and in high quality. It will generate more contract printing business than before. Main products are the dailies Nice Matin, Var Matin and Corse Matin with a circulation of approximately 225,000 copies. Every day they come out with another supplement on subjects such as real estate, health, automobile, etc. Apart from that there are two weekly magazines and several freesheets to be printed. The reception of the new presses couldn’t have been friendlier: whenever new components were brought in, some of the 700 staff members of Nice Matin were watching and applauding. Delivery has been finished by the end of April, production start is planned for July 2011. “I was always convinced it was the right decision to replace our COLORMAN by new manroland technology,” says Christian Donati, former Technical Director at Nice Matin. “Now I have retired but I will accompany the GEOMAN project until production starts.” Patrick Molher, present Technical Director, says: “My team and I are very much looking forward to working with the new GEOMAN presses. We are sure they will confirm our positive experiences with manroland and open a new chapter of our successful partnership.” Enlarging manroland territory in China with latest UNISET technologyTo a large extent China is manroland territory as far as newspaper presses are concerned. A new example to prove this is the UNISET for the Xin’an Media Corporation in Hefei, the capital of the Anhui province. It started producing at the beginning of the year 2011 and now prints 20 different newspapers, magazines, advertising material and books. It is China’s first 80,000 copies per hour UNISET featuring three reel splicers, three printing towers, one dryer, and two folders, one of them with a 16-page device. Xin’an Media Corporation is a joint venture of the Anhui Daily Newspaper Group and the South African MIH Print Media Group. The company was decorated for innovation and quality several times and its printing center with plants in Hefei, Huangshan and Fuyang is one of the most advanced in Mainland China. Since 2004 the Sichuan Ribao Newspaper Group in Chengdu, the capital of the Sichuan province, has been working with four UNISET presses. They print the daily paper Sichuan Ribao and other newspapers and magazines. From 2009 to 2010 Sichuan Ribao’s printing volume increased from 2.2 billion broadsheet pages to 2.6 billion, thus ranking among the Top Ten in China. New capacity for newspaper and commercial printing is urgently needed. Therefore and because Sichuan Ribao is very satisfied with the UNISET’s quality and reliability the 2,000 staff company ordered two new UNISET printing systems in the middle of 2010 featuring 80,000 copies per hour. The presses are equipped with five reel splicers, four printing towers, two folders, and a dryer. They have arrived in Chengdu by mid May. manroland AG is one of the leading printing systems manufacturer and the world’s market leader in web offset. 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 own products and inkjet-based digital printing solutions from Océ as well as process compliant system components and pressroom products. manroland is designing, planning, building, equipping, and commissioning sheetfed and web offset printing plants – from prepress through printing right up to finishing. The PRINTVALUE service portfolio offers added value with its four brands: 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 company provides consultancy services covering all aspects of investment and building planning, organization, management, systems engineering and process optimization (printadvice). manroland AG 86219 Augsburg Germany Thomas Hauser Vice President Corporate Marketing & Communications and Press Officer +49 (0)821 424 26 82 thomas.hauser@manroland.com www.manroland.com

manroland AG - Automatically operator-friendly

Thu, 16 Jun 2011 18:13:47 +0200

Get original file (1677KB) This is exactly the right press for printing freaks! Harald Blendowski, Technical Manager at the Mannheimer Morgen newspaper in Germany, is very enthusiastic about the COLORMAN autoprint. | Copyright © Gerd Bergmann. Extensive automation for the best and most future-safeguarded workplace in newspaper printing “This is exactly the right press for printing freaks!” Harald Blendowski, Technical Manager at the Mannheimer Morgen newspaper in Germany, is very enthusiastic about the COLORMAN autoprint. He gazes with pride at the product running through the press. With the extensive automation, something priceless has returned for him in the daily routine of printing: stability and tranquility. The COLORMAN autoprint series marks the beginning of a generation change in newspaper presses. Driven by the vision of building a fully automated printing system, the COLORMAN autoprint today is technically the world’s number one. This development also changes the printer’s job profile: from an operator to a monitor of the production process. As is the case with every generation change, there are ardent supporters as well as skeptics. “Operation of the press has changed dramatically”, explains Georg Riescher, Executive Vice President Newspaper Printing Systems Business Unit at manroland. “The job of printers and operators is much easier to manage today.” COLORMAN autoprint – a printer’s dreamWith a range of options that provide the highest degree of automation on the market, and a host of further groundbreaking developments, the COLORMAN autoprint is presently by far the most operator-friendly newspaper printing system. The design of the press not only relieves the operator of numerous worksteps, but all manual tasks are ergonomically optimized as well. Moreover, since the operator is in a separate room from the press during production, noise pollution is avoided. Designed for easy operationThanks to the high level of automation provided by the COLORMAN autoprint, the operator’s time-consuming routine tasks are a thing of the past. The design of the COLORMAN autoprint reduces legwork and provides optimal ergonomics for work at the printing units. A high-performance lift platform located directly at the control console for transporting people and materials accelerates plate supply without steps, and saves the time otherwise needed for lifting and lowering materials at each individual printing tower. This simplifies extensive maintenance work in particular. The gallery also features a well thought-out workplace for the operator with ample room and good accessibility plus practical storage space for materials, tools, and washing agents. Best health protection and a constant printing processThe workplace strains COLORMAN autoprint operators are exposed to are very slight. The high level of automation reduces the time an operator needs to spend at a running press to the absolute minimum. The automated plate transport system APL logistics for instance permits the cassettes for the APL robot to be loaded in a soundproof room. Manual readjustment of the press during printing is no longer necessary. The COLORMAN autoprint features many exclusive technologies that completely relieve the operator of complex readjustments during production. Patented key technologies for consistently high print quality Sensors directly in the plate cylinder continually measure the cylinder temperature and regulate the fountain solution feed during production (InlineDampening Control) A control circuit for permanently constant web tension (InlineTension Control) Roller bearings that automatically compensate for heat expansion of the inking/dampening unit rollers (IROLOC) and thus contribute to sustainability and reduce maintenance and wear A long inking unit for greater storage capacity and the most constant density New control console conceptOperation from the control console has fundamentally changed as well. The new manroland control console offers by far the most integrated functions but is easier to operate than ever before. The fully automated printing process needs much fewer operating elements because the portrayal of the autoprint sequences and the function selection is clearly arranged, and the control console reliably guides the operator through the production process like a navigation system. A visit to the manroland Print Technology Center in Augsburg is the best way for printers to find out how operator-friendly the COLORMAN autoprint really is. There they can see for themselves how their workplace can look like in the future. manroland AG is one of the leading printing systems manufacturer and the world’s market leader in web offset. 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 own products and inkjet-based digital printing solutions from Océ as well as process compliant system components and pressroom products. manroland is designing, planning, building, equipping, and commissioning sheetfed and web offset printing plants – from prepress through printing right up to finishing. The PRINTVALUE service portfolio offers added value with its four brands: 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 company provides consultancy services covering all aspects of investment and building planning, organization, management, systems engineering and process optimization (printadvice). manroland AG 86219 Augsburg Germany Thomas Hauser Vice President Corporate Marketing & Communications and Press Officer +49 (0)821 424 26 82 thomas.hauser@manroland.com www.manroland.com

manroland AG - manroland upgrades: more color, less presses

Wed, 08 Jun 2011 14:46:46 +0200

Get original file (589KB) In a joint effort between manroland and TMG a solution was found to produce the same quantity of newspapers in full color on seven instead of the current ten presses, says manroland Project Manager Sixten Zapf. | © manroland, photo: Marcel Schaar. De Telegraaf, Amsterdam: seven at one stroke Since 1985 the Telegraaf Media Groep N.V. (TMG) has been working with manroland presses. Now TMG wants more and less at the same time: more color, less presses. No problem for the newspaper technology experts from Augsburg. “After the upgrade TMG’s products will be printed economically and in top quality provided by manroland’s latest technology. We are sure our readers and advertisers will highly appreciate the full color appearance throughout the newspaper,” says Harold Tamminga, Print Director at TMG. The Telegraaf printing plant in Amsterdam produces some 8.5 million newspapers per week. De Telegraaf is the Netherland’s largest morning paper with a daily circulation of around 700,000 copies. In addition they print various other daily and weekly papers. Telegraaf today operates ten TELEMAN presses. Starting in 1985 six so-called TELEMAN presses were installed. The TELEMAN presses are based on the manroland COLORMAN concept but featuring reel splicers and printing units at a 90 degree angle at ground level, at that time with a full color capability of 12.5 percent. In 1991 three additional TELEMAN presses were installed and the existing presses were upgraded to 25 percent full color capability. In 2001 the tenth TELEMAN was installed and all existing presses were upgraded to 50 percent full color capability. Now in 2011 Telegraaf has decided to upgrade all presses to 100 percent full color and reduce the number of presses to seven, configured for 32 or 48 pages. The process leading up to this project focused on finding the most economical way to create full color throughout the whole newspaper. “In a joint effort between manroland and TMG a solution was found to produce the same quantity of newspapers in full color on seven instead of the current ten presses,” says manroland Project Manager Sixten Zapf. The required extra color is generated by using components from the future obsolete presses, the quality of the existing components still meets today’s standards. Brand-new PECOM equipmentTo facilitate the transfer process and ensure that daily newspaper production can continue manroland will deliver four additional satellite printing towers. Moving the components and connecting older shaft-driven with new single-motor driven printing units requires a complete renewal of the cabling and the electronic equipment. This comprehends a major PECOM upgrade within the manroland printnet networking system. manroland AG is one of the leading printing systems manufacturer and the world’s market leader in web offset. 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 own products and inkjet-based digital printing solutions from Océ as well as process compliant system components and pressroom products. manroland is designing, planning, building, equipping, and commissioning sheetfed and web offset printing plants – from prepress through printing right up to finishing. The PRINTVALUE service portfolio offers added value with its four brands: 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 company provides consultancy services covering all aspects of investment and building planning, organization, management, systems engineering and process optimization (printadvice). manroland AG 86219 Augsburg Germany Thomas Hauser Vice President Corporate Marketing & Communications and Press Officer +49 (0)821 424 26 82 thomas.hauser@manroland.com www.manroland.com

manroland AG - Alma Media’s new printing press to be delivered by manroland

Thu, 31 Mar 2011 11:59:19 +0200

Get original file (2385KB) The investment in the new Tampere printing facility is in line with Alma Media’s strategy and will contribute to a profitable publishing business while we at the same time keep developing our digital services, says Kai Telanne, President and CEO, Alma Media Corporation. | © Alma Media. Date in Tampere Alma Media’s printing and distribution company Alma Manu Oy has purchased a COLORMAN autoprint for its new newspaper printing facility in Finnish Tampere, due to be completed in 2012, from manroland AG. The new printing press COLORMAN autoprint will simultaneously print three seven-day newspapers. It can also be used for extensive daytime production, and, thanks to its high degree of automation, for economic printing of smaller runs than today. The new press can print both broadsheet and tabloid formats. “We selected manroland as the supplier after a thorough evaluation. Their central competitive advantages were the operational efficiency of the machine and its first-class print quality. For example, the new press will allow us to print the entire run of Aamulehti in three hours instead of the current five. The decision was also affected by our trust in manroland as a long-term, experienced partner,” says Helvi Liukkaala, Managing Director, Alma Manu Oy. Environmental factors were high on the list of selection criteria. The material and energy efficiency of the new press are clearly better than those of present equipment, which will decrease the environmental impact of the newspapers. “The investment in the new Tampere printing facility is in line with Alma Media’s strategy and will contribute to a profitable publishing business while we at the same time keep developing our digital services. The new, efficient printing facility will also create the opportunity to collaborate with publishers outside the Alma Media Group,” says Kai Telanne, President and CEO, Alma Media Corporation. Construction work at the new facility is advancing according to schedule. The installation of the new printing press will start in the summer of 2012, and its first newspapers will be delivered to customers in early 2013. Alma Media is a dynamic media company whose best-known products are Aamulehti, Iltalehti, Kauppalehti and Etuovi.com. Alma Media employs approximately 2,800 professionals. manroland AG is one of the leading printing systems manufacturer and the world’s market leader in web offset. 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 own products and inkjet-based digital printing solutions from Océ as well as process compliant system components and pressroom products. manroland is designing, planning, building, equipping, and commissioning sheetfed and web offset printing plants – from prepress through printing right up to finishing. The PRINTVALUE service portfolio offers added value with its four brands: 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 company provides consultancy services covering all aspects of investment and building planning, organization, management, systems engineering and process optimization (printadvice). manroland AG 86219 Augsburg Germany Thomas Hauser Vice President Corporate Marketing & Communications and Press Officer +49 (0)821 424 26 82 thomas.hauser@manroland.com www.manroland.com

manroland AG - Dr. Eduard Hoffmann on service for webfed printing at manroland

Wed, 30 Mar 2011 16:50:48 +0200

Get original file (1354KB) Dr. Eduard Hoffmann is responsible for printservices in the Webfed Printing Systems business sector. | © manroland, Photo: Andreas Pohlmann. Our customers have some of the world’s most efficient printing systems. printservices keeps them up-to-date. printservices stands for services and support that guarantees total customer care for the entire life cycle of printing systems. It covers solutions for project management, training, spare and wear parts supply, maintenance, process analysis, upgrades and retrofits, as well as press relocations. 1. Dr. Hoffmann, what does printservices offer your customers? We see ourselves as a partner to our customers and support them proactively for the entire life cycle of their printing systems. In other words, not only when they have a problem. We work together with customers in a farsighted manner to avoid problems by discussing their needs and goals and, depending on the situation, then offering services such as inspections, check-ups, maintenance contracts, upgrades and retrofits, TeleSupport, workflow analyses, training, and process-related technical assistance. The basis for this is always the availability of spare parts and technicians. 2. Which services are aimed at productivity and production reliability? The essential aspects for customers are production reliability and the press productivity coming along. TelePresence and Monitoring are online services that solve problems very fast. With process optimization that is fed from the services just mentioned, we can most immediately identify production potential. This is supported by our regional system service technicians who are in regular contact with the press operating personnel. Basic contracts for support by regional system service technicians, TelePresence, and also regular audits, contracts for spare parts supply and systematic maintenance show advantages. The trend is towards individualized service contracts over a term of two to five years. So planning and production are getting even more reliable. 3. Can you give us any concrete examples of changes in the industry?These can already be recognized by rather smaller service products like ink roller management. Printers are realizing more and more that regular checks and replacement of inking rollers having to withstand up to more than one billion load changes per year can avoid cost-intensive press breakdowns. Many companies replace inking rollers every two years as a preventive measure because this is better than to wait until the individual rollers fail. Complete roller replacements are more efficient and less expensive than replacing individual inking units. manroland has formed a professional team dedicated to this task. 4. How do you ensure flexibility and rapid response in service?manroland has a large base of highly-qualified staff in the factories plus a global network of service companies. Furthermore, we intend to expand the network of regional system service technicians. We also cooperate with our suppliers as well as with service partners. This ensures customers of high flexibility and rapid response all over the world. 5. Are you providing customers worldwide with printservices?We are set up very well with highly trained service technicians for the webfed sector stationed worldwide in seven new service bases and at forty Market Organization locations. These days we are closer to the customers in the regions than we were with our former Sales & Service partner. In many parts of the world, such as Australia, South America or Southeast Asia, we have opened up new regional manroland Sales & Service organizations. 6. How does this optimized service in the regions actually look like? The technicians in our global organization are regularly trained in new developments. Some of these specialists come from our factories and work medium- or long-term in our Market Organization. We also send factory specialists to our customers, mostly in Europe. These operations are planned and coordinated via a networked planning tool that shows capacity available on a global scale. This is how we ensure a fast, professional and efficient customer service. 7. 24/7 service is demanded these days. What does manroland offer here?Numerous specialists are on telephone standby for all problems 24/7. Our TelePresence performance package, which is made up of the principal service TeleSupport plus TeleLink, TeleInspection and TeleConsult, is available for presses up to 17 years old and in some cases even older. The Monitoring function provides continual press surveillance, thus saving on personnel and reducing unplanned press downtime. Spare parts are identified and ordered via TeleSupport outside office hours. Besides that, very many customers already have the possibility to order what they need at any time online from the manroland STORE. However, these are only partial aspects. The decisive factor is regular presence of technicians at customers’ premises where they help the printing company not only to improve the performance and availability of the press, but also to reduce repair costs and preserve the value of the entire printing system. 8. You have developed the online platform manroland STORE for ordering wear and spare parts. What’s behind this?Our customers appreciate using our manroland STORE. This is undoubtedly because press specifics are covered in detail, and the STORE has a wide variety of functions that makes it easy to use. Previously only wear parts were available but also spare parts are being added gradually. Besides easy part identification plus a convenient and fast ordering procedure, the manroland STORE offers a wide range of parts and fast delivery. 9. What is planned for further development of the manroland STORE?The range of parts is a substantial aspect. Once spare parts supply is implemented, a spare parts catalog is displayed at the same time and is being updated online when necessary. The same applies to operating instructions. At the start page, our customers are regularly informed about current offers and smaller upgrades or retrofits. We are gradually adding more business processes, whereby continuous dialog with our customers is extremely helpful and forms the basis for ongoing development of this platform. 10. How do you optimize production processes? Process optimization is an important step towards increasing press productivity. printservices supports printing companies with advisory services and provides solutions to boost efficiency. Highly-qualified process technicians examine the entire production process from prepress to finishing and analyze the production data that is gathered via TeleSupport functions. With the help of extensive evaluations, we pinpoint potential and offer solutions that increase productivity. While costs are rising and with the need to keep them under control, this service has become increasingly important and a significant element of our LifeCycleManagement concept. We offer these consultancy services in close cooperation with our subsidiary company EUROGRAFICA. 11. Can an analysis result in an upgrade or retrofit?Yes, definitely, whereby retrofits are often part of a long-term plan. Upgrades provide the press with new functions that surely make it more suitable for the present or future needs of a printing company or its customers. Upgrading to the latest technology can be a catalyst for creative solutions or production flexibility. This often entails additional press automation through closed-loop systems such as cut-off and color register control, ink density and color balance control, along with automatic blanket washing systems and optimized press acceleration and deceleration sequences to reduce paper waste. Even with presses already equipped to a large extent with such systems, retrofits are worthwhile in many cases because of the relatively short ROI period. With the dynamic cut-off register control system CutCon plus for example, paper waste when changing press speed or following washing sequences is reduced considerably. New, automatic blanket washing systems also significantly reduce paper waste compared with older systems. Our color balance control works many times faster than customary systems and is fully integrated in PECOM. Presetting for every production can be carried out via printnet PressManager. Highly dynamic control and short cycle times are further features and, with corresponding start sequences, even more paper waste can be avoided. TeleSupport is of course also available for these functions. Retrofits such as stitchers, inkjet applications or a format change can make a newspaper more attractive. Besides the press as such, software upgrades result in better networking between the pressroom and the publishing house. We analyze and advise individually which upgrade or retrofit makes economic sense. 12. How do you support customers in further training of their staff?manroland delivers efficient and highly productive presses which imposes new demands on the operators. manroland’s training program takes this fully into account. We provide training and continuing education in our Print Technology Center in Augsburg, but also at customers’ premises or in our local Market Organization company. Further training is not only necessary when a new press is installed or when there is a change in operating personnel. The results of the production process analysis can also imply that this is necessary. 13. Has the Print Technology Center proven to be worthwhile?Yes, we have considerably expanded the web offset course program in Augsburg. In particular, courses in topics like process optimization, process technology or quality assurance are well attended. Also very popular are courses on maintenance and on locating faults in order to reduce maintenance costs and press downtime. Some highlights are our PraxisSeminars and seminars we conduct together with IFRA. In the future, refresher courses or further training measures may well become even more important to make sure operating personnel learn to tap the full potential of printing systems. manroland AG is one of the leading printing systems manufacturer and the world’s market leader in web offset. 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 own products and inkjet-based digital printing solutions from Océ as well as process compliant system components and pressroom products. manroland is designing, planning, building, equipping, and commissioning sheetfed and web offset printing plants – from prepress through printing right up to finishing. The PRINTVALUE service portfolio offers added value with its four brands: 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 company provides consultancy services covering all aspects of investment and building planning, organization, management, systems engineering and process optimization (printadvice). manroland AG 86219 Augsburg Germany Thomas Hauser Vice President Corporate Marketing & Communications and Press Officer +49 (0)821 424 26 82 thomas.hauser@manroland.com www.manroland.com

König & Bauer AG - KBA Comet soon also printing in Cameroon

Fri, 18 Mar 2011 08:39:24 +0100

Get original file (198KB) A KBA Comet is to enter production at SOPECAM in the Cameroon capital Yaoundé in autumn 2011 Flexible press line for Central Africa The global success story of the 8-page KBA Comet press from Koenig & Bauer is about to gain a new chapter in Central Africa. The first installation in Cameroon is scheduled to come on stream at Société de Presse et d'Editions du Cameroun (SOPECAM) in the capital Yaoundé in autumn this year. Since the initial launch at drupa 1995 – from the very beginning with shaftless drives on the individual subassemblies – the four-high tower press has clocked up around 200 installations with newspaper, semi-commercial and book printers around the world, in many cases in combination with heatset dryers. Leading media company in Central Africa Alongside the weekly title WeekEnd Sports & Loisirs, the monthly magazine Nyanga and the weekly supplement Alter Eco, SOPECAM publishes the daily newspaper Cameroon Tribune. With a circulation of 25,000 copies, of which more than half are subscriptions, the most popular daily in Cameroon is published as a bilingual newspaper in English and French. In addition to the company's own products, it is planned to print three further dailies and a diversity of other products, such as books and advertising inserts, as contract work on the single-width KBA Comet. SOPECAM was founded in 1977 and has also gathered customers among publishing houses in Gabon and other neighbouring countries. SOPECAM managing director Marie Claire Nnana: “The KBA Comet is exactly the right press to support the modernisation of our print facility and our targeted growth. Alongside our core business with newspapers and supplements, we plan to expand increasingly into the schoolbook segment, which is a very promising area of the market in Central Africa. As a highly flexible means of production, the Comet is ideally suited to handle a broad spectrum of printed products, and will integrate seamlessly into a smooth workflow with our new mailroom systems. The convincing full-colour quality and the high production output are further plus points which could not be overlooked on our visits to other Comet users in Africa.” Newspaper technology proven on all continents The KBA Comet for Cameroon is engineered for a maximum output of 75,000 cph with a cut-off length of 578 mm (22 ¾ in). The standard web width is 760 mm (29.9 in), though the press will be capable of handling variable widths from 578 to 870 mm (22 ¾ to 34 ¼ in). In addition to 32-page full-colour tabloid products, it will also be possible to print 48-page tabloid newspapers with up to 16 full-colour pages. The paper flow to the three Pastoline reelstands is maintained by the reel-handling system KBA Patras M. The two four-high towers feature automatic ink supplies, colour register control and fan-out compensation. The superstructure above the KF3 jaw folder includes a former, and automatic cut-off register controls guarantee a high folding quality. Besides provisions for later expansion with further towers, reelstands, a second folder and a hot-air dryer, the project embraces facilities for perforating and a quarter fold. The modern console technology incorporates possibilities for remote maintenance. The Koenig & Bauer Group is one of the largest press manufacturers worldwide and has the broadest press range in the industry. The parent company is Koenig & Bauer AG (KBA) with facilities in Würzburg, Radebeul, Frankenthal and Trennfeld (all in Germany). The other core members of the Group are Maschinenfabrik KBA-Mödling AG in Mödling, near Vienna (Austria), KBA-Grafitec s.r.o. in Dobruška (Czech Republic), KBA-Metronic AG in Veitshöchheim, near Würzburg (Germany), KBA-MetalPrint GmbH in Stuttgart (also Germany) and KBA-GIORI S.A. in Lausanne (Switzerland). KBA North America Inc. in Dallas, Texas (USA), is our sales and service subsidiary for the US and Canada. In addition we have sales and service outlets in the UK, France, Italy, Switzerland, Denmark, Finland, Sweden, Brazil, Russia, Poland, Australia, China, Malaysia and Singapore, plus a global network of dealers. The core companies in the Group employ some 7,500 people. König & Bauer AG Friedrich-Koenig-Str. 4 D-97080 Würzburg Germany Klaus Schmidt Director Marketing & Communications +49 (9 31) 9 09-42 90 Klaus.Schmidt@kba.com www.kba.com

manroland AG - Great start for manroland and Tensor cooperation

Fri, 25 Feb 2011 17:13:33 +0100

Get original file (558KB) The beginning of a successful partnership (from left): Ricardo Raimundo, Service Director manroland do Brasil; Ricardo Cardoso, Technical Director O Diario / Maringá; Laura Barvinek, Sales Director Tensor Group Inc.; Albrecht Röser, Sales Representative South America manroland; Franklin Vieira da Silva, President O Diario, Maringá; Michael Vieira da Silva, Chief Editor O Diario, Maringá; John Bonk, Manager Customer Service & Installations Tensor Group. Inc.; Mattias Andersson, Managing Director DCOS Automation Sweden AB. | © Editora Central Ltda. manroland sells T-1400 to Editora Central Ltda. in Maringá, Brazil Good news from the young cooperation between manroland and Tensor: the first press within this agreement, a Tensor T-1400, was sold to Editora Central Ltda. in Maringá in the northeast of the Brazilian state Paraná. It will be delivered in March to print the newspaper O Diario do Norte de Paraná with a daily circulation of around 20,000 copies and semicommercial work. “We couldn’t have had a better start,” says Albrecht Röser, manroland Sales Representative South America. “We are glad that our first customer within our cooperation with Tensor is a newspaper publisher who has been working with competitor presses until now. Offering Tensor equipment gave us access to this smaller, yet very successful printing company which is also one of the leading regional multimedia groups.” In August 2010 manroland and Tensor concluded a distribution agreement making manroland the marketing and sales partner of Tensor’s presses with a focus on high-growth emerging countries such as in Central and South America. Tensor has been manufacturing single-width web offset presses since 1993 and has sold a total of approximately 2,600 printing units worldwide so far. The cooperation marked an important step in manroland’s strategy to strengthen the brand and market position in markets with dynamic growth rates. Tensor’s equipment rounds off manroland’s product range with presses combining a budget-priced investment with efficient production. Decision after diligent search Franklin Vieira da Silva, President at Editora Central, says: “We chose Tensor after a diligent search. We visited installations in Norway, Denmark, and Turkey which convinced us that the Tensor concept is exactly what we were looking for. The press is a 100 percent US product and gives us the quality and versatility we need for our daily production. We are sure our investment will be strongly recognized in our area.” Editora Central Ltda. is one of the leading regional multimedia groups of Brazil. In addition to the 39 year old flagship newspaper the group also owns Radio Cultura AM, a popular radio station, odiario.com, a general news website, and other online and offline media businesses in niche markets ranging from a bus advertising company to entertainment online guides. New press, new pressroom The T-1400 consists of six reel splicers, four eight-couple towers for full-color production, two U printing units, the Tensor H50 folder, and a UV dryer for semi-commercial applications. The press runs at 35,000 cylinder revolutions per hour and features a production management and remote control system. It will be adequately received at O Diario with a newly built pressroom. manroland AG is one of the leading printing systems manufacturer and the world’s market leader in web offset. 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 own products and inkjet-based digital printing solutions from Océ as well as process compliant system components and pressroom products. manroland is designing, planning, building, equipping, and commissioning sheetfed and web offset printing plants – from prepress through printing right up to finishing. The PRINTVALUE service portfolio offers added value with its four brands: 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 company provides consultancy services covering all aspects of investment and building planning, organization, management, systems engineering and process optimization (printadvice). manroland AG 86219 Augsburg Germany Thomas Hauser Vice President Corporate Marketing & Communications and Press Officer +49 (0)821 424 26 82 thomas.hauser@manroland.com www.manroland.com

manroland AG - Zbohom (Farewell), gravure printing

Wed, 19 Jan 2011 19:01:25 +0100

Get original file (1878KB) Welcome, offset printing (f. l.): Ulrich Pfefferer, Executive Sales Manager, manroland; Dr. Martin Ilavský, Managing Director, Slovenská Grafia; Dr. Silver Luco, Economic Director, Slovenská Grafia; Tilman Scharf, Legal Counsel, manroland; Luboslav Kováčik, Sales, manroland Czech Republic/Slovakia. | © manroland. With two new LITHOMAN systems, Slovenská Grafia says goodbye to gravure printing Replacing two gravure printing presses was not a sudden decision – and yet, in the end, it was the clear choice. After comprehensive consulting and numerous reference visits, Slovenská Grafia is convinced of the LITHOMAN’s performance capabilities. As the oldest printing company in Slovakia, Slovenská Grafia can glance back at a long history of important developments. In 1935, the first publications printed in color came off the presses. The year 1956 marked the first production of color magazines on gravure and offset rotary presses. Technology for the filmless production of printing formes in gravure printing was already introduced in 1997. And now the decision for the latest stage of development has been reached. Two giant leaps into the futureWith the investment in two new LITHOMAN systems, Slovenská Grafia, a member of the grafobal group, has implemented a complete conversion to modern offset printing. Quality, reliability and cost-effectiveness were the deciding factors for the LITHOMAN presses. Concrete statements from manroland relating to waste, availability, press service life and quality criteria, as well as reference visits to customers with long-term experience with the LITHOMAN, were instrumental in the final decision. An additional important point was the local support and excellent service on the part of the manroland market organization, as well as the positive experiences with the comprehensive service range. The two new systems are a perfect fit for Slovenská Grafia’s strategy of guaranteeing professional, flexible services in a wide variety of formats to meet customer requirements. The company’s largest customers include the publishing houses Burda Eastern Europe and Burda Prague, Ringier Axel Springer Slovakia and Ringier Axel Springer Czech Republic, Sanoma Budapest, Ringier Budapest and Bauer Media. In the advertising printing segment, major clients are retail chains such as NAY, BILLA, Douglas, and Metro Cash and Carry. Clients in the catalog printing segment include OTTO, Halens, Bon Prix, Bakker, and well-known travel agencies. “We are pleased to be able to support Slovenská Grafia with the retention and expansion of this demanding clientele,” says manroland sales manager Ulrich Pfefferer. 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). manroland AG 86219 Augsburg Germany Thomas Hauser Vice President Corporate Marketing & Communications and Press Officer +49 (0)821 424 26 82 thomas.hauser@manroland.com www.manroland.com

manroland AG - ABB and manroland to present strong new partnership at IFRA Expo

Mon, 27 Sep 2010 12:48:00 +0200

Get original file (517KB) Signing the contract (from left): Lodovico de Briganti, Vice President Marketing and Sales printnet, manroland; Boris Falk, Head of Sales Center of Excellence Printing, ABB; Günther Glas, Executive Vice President Business Unit printnet Webfed, manroland; Christian Villiger, Head of ABB Printing. | © manroland. Process management and postpress integration in newspaper production Under a new non-exclusive agreement manroland will integrate and resell ABB solutions within its printnet product family, allowing newspaper printing companies to benefit from the new partnership providing high-end process management and postpress solutions. “We are glad to offer our customers this groundbreaking completion of our product portfolio,” says Lodovico de Briganti, Vice President Marketing and Sales printnet at manroland. “High-quality tools for planning, managing, and integrating all resources within the whole production process will make their businesses more professional, transparent, economical, in one word: more successful.” Günther Glas, Executive Vice President Business Unit printnet Webfed at manroland, adds: “Our cooperation with ABB means bundled expertise from leading companies, a highly professional offer from one source, clearly defined contacts and interfaces. It will make manroland equipment even more useful and attractive for our customers.” “We are delighted to be able to complete the manroland product portfolio with one of our absolute strengths: integrated system solutions for effective and efficient process management,” says Boris Falk, Head of Sales at ABB’s Printing Center of Excellence. Christian Villiger, Global Head of ABB’s activities in printing, adds: “The cooperation will enlarge our installed base for software solutions. This is good news for present and future customers, as every additional customer brings new ideas that further improve the system capabilities.” ABB complements manroland’s product range with solutions for production planning, insert management, and vehicle planning. printnet Cockpit is the core of the newspaper production, one instrument to manage all resources and plan all processes, even for several sites, from prepress through press and mailroom to distribution. printnet InsertManager is the tool that finishes with the often chaotic insert management by integrating the whole insert business workflow from marketing to production. printnet DeliveryPlanner provides order-oriented distribution management by integrating and visualizing all production and transport systems. printnet is manroland’s workflow system for the complete newspaper production chain. It integrates solutions for the publishing market through manroland’s subsidiary ppi Media, for the printing process through its inhouse development, and now for postpress integration and delivery planning through the cooperation with ABB. With these “best-of-breed” solutions manroland can offer its customers overall management of the entire newspaper production process. About ABBABB is a leading automation supplier to the newspaper industry. Its Center of Excellence for Printing (www.abb.com/printing) delivers solutions that provide unique and totally integrated end-to-end control, protect existing investments and provide management information essential to improving profitability. ABB (www.abb.com) is a leader in power and automation technologies that enable utility and industry customers to improve their performance while lowering environmental impact. The ABB Group of companies operates in around 100 countries and employs about 117,000 people. 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). manroland AG 86219 Augsburg Germany Thomas Hauser Vice President Corporate Marketing & Communications and Press Officer +49 (0)821 424 26 82 thomas.hauser@manroland.com www.manroland.com

Koenig & Bauer AG - Alexander Huttenlocher new KBA sales director for newspaper presses

Wed, 14 Jul 2010 07:22:49 +0200

Get original file (351KB) Alexander Huttenlocher Successor to Rudolf Kühner With effect from 1 July 2010, the sales team of the newspaper division at Koenig & Bauer AG (KBA) has been able to welcome Alexander Huttenlocher (42) as new KBA sales director for Germany, the Netherlands, Switzerland, Austria and parts of Eastern Europe. Alexander Huttenlocher is successor to the long-serving sales director Rudolf Kühner, who took his well-earned retirement in December 2009 after 46 years with the company. In Alexander Huttenlocher, KBA has secured the services of a recognised print technology expert with an outstanding reputation not only in the German newspaper branch, but also in many other countries throughout Europe. After graduating with a degree in mechanical engineering, he completed a postgraduate course in business economics and gained first experience in technical sales for the print industry. From 2000 to 2010, Alexander Huttenlocher then assumed management responsibilities at Wifag GmbH in Leinfelden-Echterdingen, the German sales subsidiary of Swiss press manufacturer Wifag Maschinenfabrik AG, which tottered in 2009 in the wake of market developments. These years enabled the new KBA sales director to build up a strong technical and market background, earning him countless valuable contacts and an excellent name with his many customers. In addition, his undisputed experience in key account management and team leadership will stand him in good stead for his new duties. Alexander Huttenlocher is married with two children. The Koenig & Bauer Group is one of the largest press manufacturers worldwide and has the broadest press range in the industry. The parent company is Koenig & Bauer AG (KBA) with facilities in Würzburg, Radebeul, Frankenthal and Trennfeld (all in Germany). The other core members of the Group are Maschinenfabrik KBA-Mödling AG in Mödling, near Vienna (Austria), KBA-Grafitec s.r.o. in Dobruška (Czech Republic), KBA-Metronic AG in Veitshöchheim, near Würzburg (Germany), KBA-MetalPrint GmbH in Stuttgart (also Germany) and KBA-GIORI S.A. in Lausanne (Switzerland). KBA North America Inc. in Dallas, Texas (USA), is our sales and service subsidiary for the US and Canada. In addition we have sales and service outlets in the UK, France, Italy, Switzerland, Denmark, Finland, Sweden, Brazil, Russia, Poland, Australia, China, Malaysia and Singapore, plus a global network of dealers. The core companies in the Group employ some 7,500 people. Koenig & Bauer AG Friedrich-Koenig-Str. 4 D-97080 Würzburg Germany Klaus Schmidt Director Marketing & Communications +49 (9 31) 9 09-42 90 Klaus.Schmidt@kba.com www.kba.com

Koenig & Bauer AG - First triple-width KBA Commander CT for Europe

Fri, 09 Jul 2010 19:25:49 +0200

Der neue Tag in Weiden invests in compact newspaper press technology With an investment package totalling €25 million, the newspaper and media house “Der neue Tag” in Weiden, Northern Bavaria, is setting off along the road to an even more successful future. Following the example of the New York Daily News and the Canadian print group Transcontinental, Der neue Tag has opted for the triple-width version of the highly automated compact press KBA Commander CT to boost its production and publishing activities. This order already raises KBA's sales of the most modern conventional offset technology currently available to the newspaper market to 72 towers – 33 in the triple-width version and 39 for double-width lines. Negotiations on further projects are approaching conclusion. The 48-page installation with two 6/2 towers is to be set up in a new print centre on the Weiden-West commercial estate, and after commissioning in summer 2011 will gradually take over production from an existing KBA Express dating from 1995. In addition to the press hall, the 16,000 m2 site is to accommodate also warehouse space, a new mailroom and dispatch hall, and the integrated pre-press department for the new print centre. “Voice of the region” The company was founded by Anton Döhler and Victor von Gostomski on 31st May 1946, and is now opening a new chapter in the long-standing partnership with Koenig & Bauer AG (KBA) with its order for the Commander CT. Speaking at a ceremony to mark the breaking of the ground for the new print centre, publisher and board member German Vogelsang explained how the largest investment in the company's history to date was aimed at strengthening the newspapers as the “voice of the region” in a fast-changing media landscape, and would thereby help to secure the long-term future of the media house: “The decision was preceded by many months of critical evaluation, analysis and research. Such an ambitious project is seen as a gesture of confidence in the region, and naturally also in our core business. This high-tech press from Koenig & Bauer will enable us to print our newspapers, advertisers, supplements and magazines even more flexibly, efficiently and economically, with even more up-to-date content and in excellent full-colour quality.” The media house is today owned by the families Döhler, Shanahan, Vogelsang and Panzer, and with a staff of more than 400 publishes the largest daily newspaper in the region, Der neue Tag, together with the regional titles Sulzbach-Rosenberger Zeitung and Amberger Zeitung and five further local editions. The daily circulation lies at around 84,000 copies. This output is augmented by a variety of weekly advertisers which are published by the company itself and like the newspaper products serve more than two-thirds of the Oberpfalz region. Further capacities are occupied by contract printing for advertising titles and other newspaper-like products. Compact future-oriented press technology The KBA Commander CT 6/2 press has been ordered in a substructure configuration for a cylinder circumference of 910mm (35.8in) and a maximum web width of 1,890mm (74.4in). It is engineered to print up to 90,000 full-colour newspapers per hour in straight production. The two compact triple-width towers are equipped with fully automatic KBA PlateTronic plate changers, automatic KBA RollerTronic roller locks, KBA NipTronic cylinder bearings, KBA FanoTronic fan-out compensation, automatic colour register control, KBA CleanTronic blanket washing and central ink supplies. The two KBA Pastomat CL reelstands are loaded automatically via the KBA Patras A reel-handling system with integrated stripping station and daily store. Further important features include two double turner decks, a folder superstructure with three formers, a KBA KF 5 jaw folder, a section stitcher, a skip slitter and a variable perforation unit for tear-out ads (“Zip’n’Buy”). Half-covers and flying pages are additional production options. The very low start-up waste is achieved with a combination of reel alignment facilities, cut-off register control and web guidance systems. The KBA Commander CT 6/2 is operated from two ErgoTronic consoles incorporating KBA's production scheduling and press presetting functions, with the modules KBA EasyStart and EasyStop for automatic press start-up and run-down. Publishing house manager Reinhold Pöll: “Our visits to the Commander CT installations in Würzburg and New York convinced us of the benefits offered by the various automation modules with regard to makeready times, waste reduction, print quality and the ease of handling and maintenance. The compact overall design, the push-button opening of the towers and the lifts on both sides relieve the press crew of an enormous amount of legwork and are characteristic for the high level of operator convenience.” The Koenig & Bauer Group is one of the largest press manufacturers worldwide and has the broadest press range in the industry. The parent company is Koenig & Bauer AG (KBA) with facilities in Würzburg, Radebeul, Frankenthal and Trennfeld (all in Germany). The other core members of the Group are Maschinenfabrik KBA-Mödling AG in Mödling, near Vienna (Austria), KBA-Grafitec s.r.o. in Dobruška (Czech Republic), KBA-Metronic AG in Veitshöchheim, near Würzburg (Germany), KBA-MetalPrint GmbH in Stuttgart (also Germany) and KBA-GIORI S.A. in Lausanne (Switzerland). KBA North America Inc. in Dallas, Texas (USA), is our sales and service subsidiary for the US and Canada. In addition we have sales and service outlets in the UK, France, Italy, Switzerland, Denmark, Finland, Sweden, Brazil, Russia, Poland, Australia, China, Malaysia and Singapore, plus a global network of dealers. The core companies in the Group employ some 7,500 people. Get original file (348KB) The practice-proven KBA PlateTronic automatic plate changers provide for extremely fast job changes and accommodate today's increasing demand for targeted and cost-oriented newspaper production Koenig & Bauer AG Friedrich-Koenig-Str. 4 D-97080 Würzburg Germany Klaus Schmidt Director Marketing & Communications +49 (9 31) 9 09-42 90 Klaus.Schmidt@kba.com www.kba.com