Roland Brand Hits the Century Mark

OFFENBACH, GERMANY—June 3, 2011—In the economic history of Offenbach, the Roland name occupies a prominent position. The first Roland model printing press left the original factory located here 100 years ago this year.

Along the complex path from lithography to high-tech offset, modern printing technology has greatly advanced from the early work of Senefelder. It has also come a long way since the first Roland in 1911. Nonetheless, its name lives on, on literally every continent, in the printing companies that use presses from Offenbach for their work.