manroland’s new digital inline-finishing systems contribute to boost the printing press manufacturer’s development.
manroland web systems from Augsburg, Germany, recorded a significant increase in profit and market share in the financial year of 2015. With a profit margin of around 3%, the printing press manufacturer’s result increases to €6.2 million.
The market share in new press business for web offset systems grew to 45% and the solutions in digital postpress from manroland web systems have established themselves further in the market.
The wide range of newspaper printing presses from manroland web systems was showcased in 2015 with the successful start-up of the Colorman e:line at Druckhaus Bamberg as well as the order for a Cromoman 4-1 placed by Namasthe Telangana in India. The need for upgrades and retrofits is unrelenting in the newspaper segment in particular, but also in commercial printing presses, proven by a press relocation and a Geoman reconfiguration by Fairfax Media, New Zealand.
In commercial printing, Lithoman systems have been equipped with the new InlineCutoff Control dynamic (ICCd) at Baumann Druck, Kulmbach, Germany, for the same reason. Long-term service contracts, for example with Colorman e:line customer Nation Media, Kenya, confirm manroland web systems claim to be the ‘best-in-class service partner’. Growing demand in the USA and, in particular, the West European market is proving to be very innovative. Orders include major jobs such as four 96-page Lithoman presses.
The incoming orders taken by the company group grew by more than 10% to around €260 million in comparison to 2014. The global market share for new web offset printing presses is around 45% (36% previous year). The fully completed restructuring measures from 2014 as well as the improved situation in use of capacities have also had a major impact. ‘In 2015, the manroland web systems company group generated a positive operating result of €6.2 million before interest and taxes. An order backlog in new press business of more than €150 million gives reason to expect good use of factory capacities and a further increase in profitability for manroland web systems in 2016’, said managing director Jörn Gossé.
