Manroland focuses on packaging

“Visitors to our stand will clearly observe the power of Manroland Sheetfed's solutions to help their companies face the many challenges of today’s printing industry with the most innovative and productive sheetfed offset solutions in the industry, said Alfred Rothlaender, president of Manroland sheetfed.

“The Manroland Sheetfed stand is occupying a smaller exhibit space as compared to drupa 2008,” added Rothlaender, “but we are sparing no effort in demonstrating to visitors our know-how and expertise as well as our determination to support the industry with our Printvalue program.”

At its stands, Manroland is demonstrating the Roland 708LV printing press equipped with the new indexed inline foiler. The inline coating unit provides added value printing effects that enhance the quality delivered by the press.

Visitors to the company’s stand saw packaging solutions such as half-format with the Roland 500 and medium format with the Roland 700 as well as special 0B+ and 3B+ sizes, with speeds as high as 18,000 sheets per hour. In addition, Manroland also showcased larger formats 5 and 6 with the Roland 900 at speeds of up to 16,000 sheets per hour.

In addition to solutions for the packaging segment at Drupa, Manroland sheetfed was demonstrating various solutions for the commercial printing segment as well. This includes Just-Ready-Print solution powered by LEC-UV (a low energy curing technology); a new hybrid inkjet solution integrated in the press for individualised printing; Autoprint Smart for automated processes between large job signatures powered by DirectDrive technology and full inline quality control.

Also Manroland was printing 64 pages in one pass on the Roland 900XXL perfecting press, which showcased a new press console and user interface requiring less operator attention and offering easier handling.