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Balkan Print Forum News14 / February, 2012

ContentsContentsmanroland web systems GmbHmanroland web systems GmbHstarts with Possehlstarts with Possehl

British investor acquires manroland sheetfedBritish investor acquires manroland sheetfed

divisiondivision

World Packaging Days 2012 in CroatiaWorld Packaging Days 2012 in Croatia

Joint WPCF - PrintCity EnvironmentalJoint WPCF - PrintCity Environmental

Conference at drupa 2012Conference at drupa 2012

News from SerbiaNews from Serbia

News from BulgariaNews from Bulgaria

All-new guide to implement Process ColourAll-new guide to implement Process ColourStandards launched by the PrintCity AllianceStandards launched by the PrintCity Alliance

PrintCity Alliance International Pre-DrupaPrintCity Alliance International Pre-Drupa

Media EventMedia Event

Impressum

Balkan Print Forum News

is an edition of manroland

and the Balkan Print Federations

Editor: Dr. Rossitza Velkova,

Coordinator of the Balkan Print Forum

E-Mail: [email protected]

www.balkanprintforum.orgTel: +49-89-3204951

Mobile: +49-160-96618455

manroland web systems GmbHstarts with Possehl

Foundation of manroland web systems GmbH.

Contract signed with insolvency administrator.

On the 2nd of February 2012 the insolvency adminis-trator of manroland AG i.I., Werner Schneider, andthe L. Possehl & Co. mbH, Lbeck, signed the con-tract for the acquisition of the web offset press busi-ness located in Augsburg. Therefore, the continu-

ation of the business is long-term assured.

manroland web systems GmbH: high-performance part-

ner of the printing and media industry on the road to suc-

cess with a new owner. manroland

The business taken over by Possehl is to be conduc-ted in the newly founded manroland web systemsGmbH. Uwe Lders, Chairman of the Board of thePossehl group, preliminary takes over the manage-ment of the company.

Uwe Lders is being supported by a managementteam of five. Peter Kuisle, Vice President Sales formany years, leads the service and sales divisions,

The Seventh Balkan Print Forum and the Second InPEQ meeting will take placeThe Seventh Balkan Print Forum and the Second InPEQ meeting will take place

on October 18 19, 2012 in Sofia, Bulgaria.on October 18 19, 2012 in Sofia, Bulgaria.

Expect in March 2012:

the second issue of the InPEQNewsletter

http://www.ipeq.org/newsletter.html


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complemented by the technical division led by Di-eter Betzmeier. Franz Gumpp is responsible for the

production and purchasing division. Company devel-

opment and human resources management are car-ried on by Dr. Daniel Raffler. Dirk Rauh is in chargeof the financial department. With this managementteam the new company stands for a high degree ofstability and experience as well as innovations.

Around 1,400 employees will find a long-term andsecure job in the manroland web systems GmbH.Thus more than half of the jobs at the Augsburg sitecould be saved. Moreover, a long-term delivery con-tract with the facilities at Plauen will support the site.Looking ahead Lders is optimistic: We have an ex-

cellently skilled staff and a good market position aswell as ultra-modern and highly efficient products. Inmy talks with many customers I learnt that we areneeded as a reliable partner in the future, too. Thenew company that continues the new press businessas well as the services, spare and wear parts businessaims at annual sales of about 300 million euro.

Under the roof of the new owner Possehl web offsetpresses from Augsburg continue to stand for custom-ized solutions in commercial web offset as well asnewspaper printing. On drupa 2012 we will show

our competence as high performance business part-ner standing for innovations, proudly mentionedPeter Kuisle, responsible for Sales and Service atmanroland web systems GmbH.

Info: manroland web systems GmbH

British investor acquires manroland

sheetfed division

Ich bin ein Rolnder

An investor solution has been found for the sheet

fed business of insolvent manroland AG, just days

after a sale of the web machines business to Ger-

man Possehl group was announced. British entre-

preneur Tony Langley and the privately owned

engineering group, Langley Holdings plc

(www.langleyholdings.com), have emerged as the

investors behind a 100% takeover of the sheet fed

printing equipment division and its properties

portfolio in Offenbach, together with manrolands

international marketing organization in more

than 40 countries.

I am very pleased with the solution which willprovide a long-term perspective to the Offenbachlocation and the sheet fed printing business, saidWerner Schneider, Insolvency Administrator.Roughly 860 employees in Offenbach will be takenover... Tony Langley is well known as a longterm investor who acts strategically. I am convincedthat a lasting perspective has been found for manro-lands sheet fed printing business, Schneider went

on to say.

Excellent basis to get back on track

We foresee very good economic prospects for man-roland sheetfed following the recent restructuringcommented Tony Langley, this is a world-class

business with an excellent reputation and its produc-tion and research & development facilities are su-

perb; everything one expects from the very best ofGerman engineering.

In a moving address to the entire assembled work-

force of over 850 people in Offenbach today,Langley said that today was the beginning of a newera and that he was confident the company wouldsucceed, finishing to spontaneous applause withwords reminiscent of the most famous ever spoken inGerman by an English speaker, those of PresidentJohn F Kennedy in 1963, Ich bin ein Rolander.

Langley already operates two highly successful tech-nology divisions in Germany engaged in the capitaltechnologies sector. In 2011 the group recorded rev-enues of approximately 500 million and a profit be-

fore tax of some 76 million with around two thirdscoming from its German operations. The group has astrong balance sheet with no debt and although it has

been agreed that the purchase price will not be dis-closed, it is known that Langley financed the entiretransaction from own cash resources.

In testimony to the strength of manroland equipmentin the market, almost all customers who had orderswith the sheet fed division when the former parents

bankruptcy was announced last November, did notcancel their orders. Satisfaction with these incrediblysophisticated machines is high and customers, hav-ing chosen manroland sheetfed technology for its ex-ceptional print quality and efficiency, have been re-


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luctant to switch to competitor products, preferringinstead to wait and see what the business sale pro-cess yielded. They were not to be disappointed, a

better investor could not have been hoped for saidveteran Rolander Rafael Penuela, Executive VicePresident of newly formed manroland sheetfedGmbH. Langley is a strong and experienced indus-trial group that really understands the capital equip-ment sector and has long term perspectives on all ofits investments. The management are delighted withthe outcome.

All contracts were signed on 1st February and thetransaction received German cartel office approvalearlier this week.

About Langley

Langley Holdings plc is a globally operating, multi-

disciplined engineering group, specialising in capitalequipment technologies. Hitherto, the group comprised

4 divisions: Piller (www.piller.com), headquartered

near Hanover in Germany, a leading producer of high-end power protection systems primarily for data

centres and a producer of aircraft ground power equip-

ment and military electrical systems; Claudius Peters

(www.claudiuspeters.com), headquartered near Ham-burg in Germany, primarily a plant machinery builder

to the cement and steel industries, with an aircraft

parts division; ARO (www.arotechnologies.com),

headquartered near Tours in France, is a leading pro-ducer of resistance welding equipment to the automot-

ive industry and; several other mainly smaller mainly

UK based specialist engineering businesses, further in-formation of which can be accessed via the main

portal. In 2011 the group recorded revenues of circa

500 million and pre-tax profits around 76 million.

The group was established in 1976 by the presentChairman & CEO, Tony Langley, who remains the sole

shareholder. The groups 2011 Annual Report & Ac-

counts are available for down-load from the Langley

website: www.langleyholdings.com

Info: manroland sheetfed GmbH

World Packaging Days 2012 in CroatiaSplit, June 3 8, 2012

Each year, the central event for the global packagingindustry organised by the World Packaging Organ-isation (WPO) along with the WorldStar awards ce-remony, takes place in a different part of the world.In 2012, the world's packaging elite will gather in

Split. In the organisation team are: the Croatian Insti-tute of Packaging and Graphic Arts (IAT), the com-

pany Tectus from Zagreb and the trade journal Am-

balaa/REGprint.

World Packaging Days 2012 in Split, will bring to-gether global and regional representatives of all linksof the packaging supply chain.

Organisers:

Institute of Packaging and Graphic Arts, Zagreb

Tectus d.o.o., Zagreb

Trade journal Ambalaa/REGprint

General patron:

World Packaging Organization

Participants:

It is expected about 200 participants from all over

the world packaging producers and users, winnersof WorldStar 2011 for the best packaging in theworld, Board members and top management of theWorld Packaging Organisation (WPO), representat-ives of Croatian and regionalpackaging industry,winners of Croatian and regional packaging awards CROPAK and REGPAK 2012, members of minis-tries, trade chambers, professional associations.

Chronological order of events:

Annual World Packaging Organisation Meetings(June 4th and 5th, 2012) WPO Working Groups Meetings (June 4th) WPO Board Meeting (June 5th) Round Table "Regional Packaging Industry andSustainability" (June 5th) World Packaging Congres "Packaging andSustainability" (June 6th) CROPAK and REGPAK Awards Ceremony (June 6th)

Packaging Exhibition (June 6th) Excursion Solin-Trogir-Split (June 7th) WorldStar Awards Ceremony (June 7th)

For more information please visit:http://www.festacropak.hr/en/

Info: TECTUS, Croatia


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Joint WPCF - PrintCity Environmental

Conference at drupa 2012

The World Print & Communication Forum (WPCF)and the PrintCity Alliance have announced that theywill be jointly organising an International Environ-mental Conference during the 2012 drupa exhibition

in Dsseldorf. This co-operation underlines that ef-fective responses on these issues requires creativecooperation across the industry process chain.

The Lean & Green International Environmental Con-ference will focus on the duality of mutual economicand environmental benefits (Lean & Green) as an in-

dustry strategy. Specialised speakers from both within

and external to the printing and paper industry will

provide attendees with information and incentives to

take this holistic business approach. The conference

programme will be organised in three sessions: Envir-

onmental Footprint, Sustainability Challenge, Labelsand Certifications.

The conference will be on Thursday, May 10, 2012,from 09:00-15:00 in the drupa Congress Centre.

The conference is a not-for-profit event that will onlycost 175 (plus German VAT) to cover event ex-

penses and refreshments (including a light lunch).Places are limited and can be reserved now on ourevent registration page:http://amiando.com/LEAN_GREEN

Benefits from Conference Attendance

This joint WPCF/PrintCity conference is a uniqueopportunity to gain valuable knowledge in the fieldsof environmental and lean production. Presentationswill highlight latest knowledge, business benefitsand best practice opportunities. Attendees will bene-fit from direct access to some of the worlds leadingspeakers in these fields during drupa.

Beatrice Klose, Secretary General of the WPCFstates that, Improving your environmental perform-

ance also leads to compelling business opportunitiesto reduce costs, increase competitiveness, becomemore innovative and enhance staff and customerconfidence.

Our research and experience demonstrates that thereis a direct correlation from a Lean & Green approachthat provides strong benefits across the industry

value chain. The holistic management of economic& environmental issues is a key to sustainability, andalso impacts on the use of print as a medium, addsJohn Dangelmaier, President of PrintCity.

The World Print & Communication Forum (WPCF)is an association created by the worlds majortransnational and regional printing associations. Theobjectives of the WPCF are to form a single globalexchange platform for the printing and com-munication industry between the different playersand to stage conferences to analyse market trends

and business opportunities. The founding membersof WPCF include: Conlatingraf, representing SouthAmerica; Intergraf, representing European Interests;Printing Industries of America, for the North Americ-an continent; and national associations from Aus-tralia, China, Hong Kong SAR, India, Japan, andSouth Africa.

The PrintCity Alliance is active in Lean Manufactur-

ing and Environmental issues. Some of its publica-

tions include: Carbon Footprint & Energy Reductionfor the Graphic Industry Value Chain, Sustainability,

Energy & Environment, Energy Efficiency Optimisa-tion for Web Offset Printers. These and other PrintCity

publications are available from:

www.printcity.de/shop

Info: Intergraf

News from Serbia

Sixth scientific and professional symposiumGRID 2012

November 1516, Novi Sad, Serbia

Traditionally the professional and scientific GRID

symposium aims to promote the exchange of experi-ence and knowledge among scientific workers, re-searchers, experts and professionals who work in thegraphic media and printing industry.


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The first symposium of Graphic Engineering andDesign took place in 2002. It is organized every twoyears as an international symposium, with the object-

ive of connecting researchers of the industry and in-stitutions related to the field of graphic engineeringand design and presenting of research results to thescientific and professional community.

This year the 6th GRID symposium will includepresentation of interesting new research results, prac-tical workshops, and presentations from respectedgraphic industry companies.

Researchers and scientists from academic institu-tions, consultants, professionals in the field of graph-

ic industry and all interested in the subject are in-vited to submit their papers for GRID 2012.

The Symposium will take place in the conferencehall at the Faculty of Technical Sciences, Universityof Novi Sad, Serbia.

Additional information about the symposium isavailable on the symposium web page:http://www.grid.uns.ac.rs/symposium/engrid2012.html

Info:GRID Organization Committee

University in Novi Sad,Faculty of Technical Sciences

News from Bulgaria

Day of Print Technologies

in the Modern World

In 2011, the Bulgarian specialized magazines Poly-grafia, ProGrafica, and ProPack, published by Printand Publishing Ltd., started the initiative Day ofPrint Technologies in the Modern World.

The idea of the organizers is this event, which willinitiate a series of focused branch conferencesthroughout the year, to set up a new tradition aiming

to present and demonstrate the latest technologies,products, and services in the sphere of graphic arts.

The first Bulgarian graphic arts conference for spe-cialists Day of Modern Print Technology News andTrends in the Graphic Arts took place on June 8,

2011 in the Inter Expo Center, Sofia (IEC). The initi-ative has been supported by manroland Bulgaria andthe Printing Industry Union of Bulgaria.

The second conference Day of Print Technologiesin the Modern World during the drupa year 2012

will take place in September 2012. Expected is theparticipation of Bulgarian and foreign companiesworking in the field of print technologies, printing

paper and consumables, print media workflow, mar-keting and process management.

Info: Print & Publishing, Bulgaria

Who is Who in the Bulgarian Printing Industry

First edition, 2012

The publication of the first official issue of the cata-logue for the printing industry Who is Who in theBulgarian Printing Industry is planned for 2012.

Invited to get included in the catalogue are all com-panies that work exclusively or mainly in the field ofprinting and its related activities: manufacturers andvendors of machines, spare parts, consumables, inks,

printing, pre-press and advertising companies, in-dustry organizations, the government sector, diplo-matic representations, foreign commercial represent-atives, trade chambers, etc.

The catalogue will be bilingual, in Bulgarian and inEnglish. It will include up-to-date detailed presenta-tion of each company and useful reference sections.The catalogue will be available as a hard copy andon-line, where any changes in the information aboutthe companies will be updated regularly. The cata-logue will include essential analytical informationabout the print market in Bulgaria. A Top 100 for2010 of the companies from the industry will be pub-lished. The classification will be made by the cata-logue publisher.

The information in the issue will address a widecircle of recipients all of the companies included init, most of the companies working in the field of the


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printing industry, members of the Printing IndustryUnion of Bulgaria (PIUB), international producers ofmachines, consumables, papers, industry organiza-

tions, specialized media, advertising agencies, gov-ernment sector, ministries, agencies and other gov-ernmental bodies, diplomatic representations, foreigncommercial representations, trade chambers, etc. Thecatalogue will be distributed at the specialized exhibi-

tions and trade shows, in Bulgaria and abroad. WithPIUBs support, the catalogue will be officially pre-sented in front of the diplomatic circles in Bulgaria.

The catalogue will be announced as an official pub-lication of the printing industry in Bulgaria by PIUBand will contribute to increase the popularity among

the necessary authority and the Bulgarian and inter-national economic, business, governmental and dip-lomatic circles.

Info: Print & Publishing, Bulgaria

All-new guide to implement Process

Colour Standards launched

by the PrintCity Alliance

PrintCity members Sun Chemical, UPM, manroland,Trelleborg and Sappi, plus alliance partners Fujifilm,GMG and Hammesfahr, have published an importantnew report onProcess Colour Standardisation.

Process Colour Standardisation Synopsis

The report is a guideline to better understand and usestandardised process printing and workflow optim-isation. PrintCity project members have shared theircombined competencies to help implement standard-isation, plus improve quality, consistency and pro-ductivity in offset printing. An important part of this

project was the case study on PSO implementationand certification at the printer Hammesfahr in Ger-many.

Key topics in this extensive new comprehensive ref-erence for all designers, printers, packagers and print

buyers include:Introduction: Colour Management; Standards, Spe-cifications and Implementation; Certification, Key

Control Parameters; Measuring Devices and Soft-

ware Tools, Frequently Asked Questions, Glossary

Key Influences on Quality: Print Job Preparation &

Design; GCR; PDF/X; Proofing system; Plates &Processing; Press; Blankets; Maintenance & Con-

sumables; Inks & Dampening; Paper

Implementing Standardisation: Step-by-Step Imple-mentation; Hammesfahr Case Study

Faster Colour OKs and Troubleshooting: ManagingPress OK and Makeready; Resolving Some Common

Problems

Do print buyers value standardisation?

PrintCity and f:mp (Fachverband Medienproduk-tioner www.f-mp.de) made an assessment with Ger-

man print users and designers to identify the perceivedbenefits from working with certified printingcompan-ies. The responses identified the three top benefits as

improved quality, consistency and reduced errors.

Benefits

This report will give readers a unique, cross-processoverview and guidance on best practice in this com-

plex subject area. The use of standards and methodo-logy is an integral aspect of latest Lean & Green

business thinking. It will give direct benefits ingreater efficiency, higher quality, predictability &

consistency for production.Dr Bernhard Fritz, Sun Chemical Product ManagerSheetfed Systems Europe and project leader com-ments, The unique advantages from this compre-hensive Process Colour Standards report include itsfull value chain process overview, review of stand-ards and methods, the Case Study with Hammesfahrand research work conducted together with the f:mp.We believe it is a must read reference document forsheetfed and heatset web printers.

This new publication can be obtained from any parti-cipating project member, or ordered online at:www.printcity.de/SHOP.

Info: PrintCity


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PrintCity Alliance InternationalPre-Drupa Media Event

More than 60 journalists from all over the world tookpart in the PrintCity AlliancePRINT: SEEN! LEAN& GREEN International Pre-Drupa Media Event atSchloss Hohenkammer, near Munich on February13-15, 2012. This special event has been designed togive the drupa news announcements of 9 alliancemembers and share the plans for the large PrintCitydrupa presence in May at the worlds largest exhibi-tion in our industry. PrintCity Alliance membersUPM, Trelleborg, Sappi, Procemex, Oc, M-real,

manroland, Kurz and Eltosch announced their de-tailed plans for drupa 2012.

John Dangelmaier, President PrintCity Alliance wel-

comed the participants to the PrintCity Alliance Interna-

tional Pre-DrupaMedia Event.

The PrintCity drupa theme is: PRINT: SEEN!LEAN & GREEN. A shared networking environmentwill be created under this headline by Alliance mem-

bers & partners with hot topic visitor attractionslocated in the centre of Hall 6.

Rainer Kuhn, Managing Director, PrintCity Alliance.

Its time to turn the page and write the next chapterin the story of paper. UPM will do it at drupa 2012,announced Thomas Ehrnrooth, Vice President, Mar-

keting and communications, UPM Paper BusinessGroup. UPM is exhibiting in PrintCity hall 6 as apart of the joint PrintCity Alliance and is also sharingexpertise in PrintCitys Hot Topic clusters. UPM is

presenting technical innovations improving runnabil-ity, printability and the latest value added solutionsin newspaper printing.

Roland Stasiczek, Director Marketing ContinuousFeed Printers, SBU Production Printing, Oc, madehis presentation on: Accelerating the transition.Digital printing is expected to be 19% of printing

revenue by 2014. He invited to the Extended drupaevent in Poing that will take place on 711 May,2012. One of the new machines to be presented will

be the Oc Color Stream 3700.


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Juha Laine, Vice President, Investor Relations andCommunications, Metsliitto Group informed that atthe end of March 2012 M-real will change its name

to Mets Board Corporation. The new name andidentity reflects a company strongly focused on high-quality ecological paperboards, a company which isinnovative, responsible and stronger than before.

Trelleborg will launch the Institute of ContemporaryPrint at DRUPA 2012. Managing Director, Trelle-

borg Printing Blankets, Thomas Linkenheil, com-mented: We have been coming to DRUPA for manyyears now, as it provides the ideal opportunity for usto bring our high performance products and solutionsdirect to the people that can benefit from them most.We are the only printing blanket manufacturer to of-fer solutions across all three segments; Offset, Digit-al and Flexo.

Peter Kuisle Executive Vice President Sales, Market-

ing, Service manroland web systems presented thenew management board and strategy for manrolandweb systems. The main topics of manroland websystems at drupa 2012 are: autoprint; a radically new

operating concept; high-performance presses; forcommercial web: LITHOMAN 96 pages; for news-

paper: COLORMAN e: line; as well as pressupdate;

printnet and digital printing.

In a short interview for this newsletter Mr Kuisle

stated that the Balkan market is still very interesting

and important for manroland web systems. Of course,

there will be some changes in the marketing organisa-

tions of the company in the region and worldwide but

at the moment and in the near future the structures

will continue activities as before. The message of

manroland web systems to the Balkan Print Forummembers and partners is: We are a strong business

partner for our customers. The advantage from the in-

solvency of manroland is that manroland web sys-

tems and its capacities are suited to market require-

ments. We are establishing medium-sized structures

and behaviour and we want to strengthen our leading

market position, emphasised Kuisle.

Markus Hoffmann, Vice President Sales, Member ofthe Management Board, Leonhard Kurz, presentedthe new products and techniques which the company


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intends to present at drupa 2012. Interesting new fin-ishing technique can be expressed by using theMetallic Effects in Digital Printing. Kurz will be

presenting also two new product lines that combinebrand protection and brand design in an especiallyeffective manner.

Mika Valkonen, Managing Director, Procemex Oy,presented the Procemx Print web monitoring systemwhich is an efficient tool helping to improve printingpress efficiency. The system works with intelligent high-

speed cameras filming various key locations through-

out the printing process, giving key information tooperators and management of press disturbances as

video data on web breaks and their rootcauses.

Eric Van den Bruel, Marketing & Product Develop-ment Director, Sappi Fine Paper Europe, presentedSappis global business portfolio which includes:coated and uncoated graphic and specialty paper;

pulp and chemical cellulose; plantation forestry inSouth Africa; energy and chemicals derived from re-newable wood resources; packaging paper, printing,writing paper and tissue in South Africa.

Ronny Mller, Managing Director, Eltosch TorstenSchmidt announced that at drupa 2012 the HnleGroup, represented by their printing specialists

Hnle, Eltosch and PrintConcept, will showcast theirunique portfolio of UV, UV-LED and IR/HA dryingsystems. In hall 6 the companies will exhibit their es-tablished products as well as cutting-edge novelties.

Ilka Grabener, Director Fairs & Events, PrintCity Alli-

ance, presented PrintCity Alliance@drupa.

Info: Balkan Print Forum

The fifteenth issue

of the Balkan Print Forum News will be

published at the end of May, 2012.

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