manroland's DirectDrive Demonstrates 'State of the Art' at Open House

“manroland is one of our current partners and I saw the DirectDrive prototype press in Germany prior to its introduction at drupa,” said Krone. “We are always looking for opportunities to improve our manufacturing capabilities and this press has most certainly lived up to its reputation as a high-speed makeready machine. As a former pressman, I know makeready is the name of the game. It was very impressive with how fast you can change plates, clean the blankets and go from straight printing to perfecting. We are considering the DirectDrive as we have several operations that run large format work.”