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To make the most of the trip, the contingent from North America was additionally treated to tours of a local DirectDrive beta site, MAN Roland’s foundry and its manufacturing/assembly facilities for sheetfed presses.

The new Roland 700 HiPrint (high quality) is being positioned as a mainstream choice for value-added printing applications, while the more technologically sophisticated DirectDrive is targeted to shops that fit a specific profile with regard to short-run work. Both are 41˝ machines.