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manroland takes stock: drupa success well above expectations
Presentation oriented on production efficiency and product value
Under the motto WE ARE PRINT® the new manroland came across as a high-performance partner to the graphics industry, a partner that is reliable, groundbreaking, and determined. The objective with the added value strategies, Value Added Printing for sheetfed presses, and Applied Innovations for webfed presses, was to offer customers solutions that go beyond a printing press and inspire them to take new approaches. Five Theme Parks focused on increasing production efficiency and product value: Sheetfed Park, Webfed Park, PRINTVALUE Park, Innovation Park and Energy and Environmental Center.
“We demonstrated that we are a high-performance enterprise totally customer-oriented with groundbreaking technology and services expertise, and we radiate fresh energy”, is how CEO Gerd Finkbeiner summarized the drupa successes on the last day of the show. “We are very pleased with new projects and orders received from the sectors of commercial, packaging and newspaper printing.”
“With many innovations and new developments we have demonstrated advantages that can benefit our customers and their customers alike. We have done our utmost to strengthen the perception of print. For manroland it is inspiring that our drupa success was well beyond what we expected. We achieved our objectives and booked around the same number of orders as we did at the last drupa four years ago. drupa 2008 brought manroland orders worth middle triple-digit million euros.”
Finkbeiner sums up by saying: “The drupa stand in our completely new look was a center of groundbreaking printing technology and an attractive communication point for visitors. Under the motto WE ARE PRINT® we welcomed customers and all members of the printing community to the world of the new manroland. Today I wish to sincerely thank every member of my team here at drupa or at home base and all over the world for their enormous efforts, for their energy, and for their performance ethic. It's been proven once again: drupa is magic.”
Commenting on behalf of manroland GB, Gary Doman, Director of Sheetfed Sales, added: “It has been a highly successful event for manroland GB, as well as for the whole company worldwide. The new branding was a fantastic success – not only showing the company in a new and fresh light, but giving us a clean, clear and very recognisable image for the new and prosperous future that lies ahead for manroland. There was a positive attitude radiating from everyone involved in the business, and that certainly helped to make drupa a resounding success for manroland.
“From a UK perspective we were able to finalise a number of orders on the stand, and we met with a very good number of new prospects who were most impressed with the manroland exhibit. The display at drupa really did attract people to our stand. Many prospective new customers wanted to come and talk with us.”
Mr Doman suggested that overall exhibition leads for the company broke the 10,000 barrier, some 900 units of sheetfed were sold during the show, and orders in excess of Euro 190 million were finalised for the company's web business.
manroland takes stock: drupa success well above expectations
Presentation oriented on production efficiency and product value
Under the motto WE ARE PRINT® the new manroland came across as a high-performance partner to the graphics industry, a partner that is reliable, groundbreaking, and determined. The objective with the added value strategies, Value Added Printing for sheetfed presses, and Applied Innovations for webfed presses, was to offer customers solutions that go beyond a printing press and inspire them to take new approaches. Five Theme Parks focused on increasing production efficiency and product value: Sheetfed Park, Webfed Park, PRINTVALUE Park, Innovation Park and Energy and Environmental Center.
“We demonstrated that we are a high-performance enterprise totally customer-oriented with groundbreaking technology and services expertise, and we radiate fresh energy”, is how CEO Gerd Finkbeiner summarized the drupa successes on the last day of the show. “We are very pleased with new projects and orders received from the sectors of commercial, packaging and newspaper printing.”
“With many innovations and new developments we have demonstrated advantages that can benefit our customers and their customers alike. We have done our utmost to strengthen the perception of print. For manroland it is inspiring that our drupa success was well beyond what we expected. We achieved our objectives and booked around the same number of orders as we did at the last drupa four years ago. drupa 2008 brought manroland orders worth middle triple-digit million euros.”
Finkbeiner sums up by saying: “The drupa stand in our completely new look was a center of groundbreaking printing technology and an attractive communication point for visitors. Under the motto WE ARE PRINT® we welcomed customers and all members of the printing community to the world of the new manroland. Today I wish to sincerely thank every member of my team here at drupa or at home base and all over the world for their enormous efforts, for their energy, and for their performance ethic. It's been proven once again: drupa is magic.”
Commenting on behalf of manroland GB, Gary Doman, Director of Sheetfed Sales, added: “It has been a highly successful event for manroland GB, as well as for the whole company worldwide. The new branding was a fantastic success – not only showing the company in a new and fresh light, but giving us a clean, clear and very recognisable image for the new and prosperous future that lies ahead for manroland. There was a positive attitude radiating from everyone involved in the business, and that certainly helped to make drupa a resounding success for manroland.
“From a UK perspective we were able to finalise a number of orders on the stand, and we met with a very good number of new prospects who were most impressed with the manroland exhibit. The display at drupa really did attract people to our stand. Many prospective new customers wanted to come and talk with us.”
Mr Doman suggested that overall exhibition leads for the company broke the 10,000 barrier, some 900 units of sheetfed were sold during the show, and orders in excess of Euro 190 million were finalised for the company's web business.
