As part of an internal audit investigation initiated by the executive board of manroland AG, irregularities have been discovered relating to sales commission payments. Investigators are devoting particular attention in this regard to specific cases involving Swiss subsidiary VOTRA S.A. in the period from 2002 to the beginning of 2007.
To remain successful in the long run, manroland must make adjustments to its structures and processes. As a result, the three German production sites will be assigned clear core competencies. The planned measures will likely lead to reductions in staffing levels by 500, mainly in administration.
OFFENBACH, GERMANY—In order to enable "lasting independence," manroland announced a corporate growth strategy that focuses on leveraging the dynamic growth in certain emerging markets. The measures will reduce staff levels by about 500, mainly in administration, but are expected to produce 50 million euros in annual savings beginning in 2013.
“We have been successful in uniting the sales efforts across the broad scope of manroland offerings, under the theme of 'Total Customer Care,'" said manroland CEO Vince Lapinski. John Zenner, Director of Customer Satisfaction, will be dedicated, full time, to establishing and monitoring internal programs at manroland aimed at fulfilling customer needs.
At GRAPH EXPO 2010, show goers will find lots of activity at the manroland booth (858) this year. The company will highlight its latest technology innovations and will also introduce its Autoprint Smart solution for sheetfed printing.
Show goers will find lots of activity at the manroland booth this year, the latest 2010 innovations and technology releases by manroland will be featured items.
OFFENBACH, GERMANY—While some pundits believe now is the appropriate time and financial atmosphere for a merger between two or more of the printing industry's major offset press manufacturers, the participants involved aren't buying into that philosophy. Well, at least not all of them are game.
NORTH CHELMSFORD, MA—Book printer Courier Corp. has placed an order to install the fourth manroland Lithoman web press at its Kendallville, IN, facility. The press is expected to be installed by the end of the year.
The MANRUG meeting will take place on Saturday, October 2, and Sunday, October 3, in McCormick Place.
It sold almost 250 sheetfed printing units to customers all over the world at Ipex in Birmingham, the second-biggest international printing industry trade show.
