manroland Approves Measures to Safeguard Future

Due to the economic delay in customer purchasing decisions and, in a strategic move to eliminate redundant manufacturing processes, the Supervisory Board of manroland AG agreed to trim 515 jobs in indirect functions in the Sheetfed Press Business sector in Offenbach, Germany, and 110 jobs in indirect functions in the Web Press Business sector in Augsburg, Germany, for 2009 and 2010. In addition, the Mainhausen factory located outside Frankfurt, Germany, will be closed and the product lines assembled there will be integrated into the main sheetfed press factory in Offenbach.