manroland sheetfed Back With a Vengeance

• Part of the challenge was in transforming the mindset from that of a huge corporation to a mittelstand (German for middle sized). The employees—emboldened by working with owner Tony Langley (who heads Langley Holdings, manroland sheetfed's parent)—have responded to the challenge of taking ownership in their work and the company while continuing to provide innovative service to customers.

• The industry is still at least a year away from seeing the fusion of Benny Landa's Nano ink technology fused with a manroland conventional press. The four cornerstones to the agreement—quality similar to offset; speeds of 12,000/hr.; the ability to use a wide variety of substrates; and ink costs of no more than 50 percent of inkjet inks—will need to be fully met, according to Penuela.