manroland Posts Order Gains in the First Half of 2011

OFFENBACH, GERMANY—September 1, 2011—manroland is benefiting from the economic recovery and continuing strong demand in the growth regions. In the first half of 2011, it recorded a rise in orders for both the sheetfed and webfed sector.

Compared with the same period in the previous year, incoming orders rose by 13 percent to total €520 million. The already good volume of orders in the sheetfed sector increased slightly once again (+2 percent). Last year, the webfed sector was not yet able to benefit from the recovery, but in the period under review tracked the positive development of the sheetfed sector and recorded considerable gains in orders (+33 percent). manroland achieved an operating result (EBIT) of €-25 million and thus reduced the losses incurred in the previous year by almost half.