manroland on expansion mode

• adds regional office in Bangalore celebrating four years of the company’s direct presence in India
• plans to open such offices in Ahmedabad, Hyderabad and Kolkata to double the service strength and spare part stocks in the coming year.

manroland India announced the opening of its new regional office in Bangalore, on the occasion of completing four years of the company’s direct presence in India. With a new management team, the company highlighted its aggressive expansions plans in the country during Printpack India exhibition held early this year.

With the addition of the Bangalore office, manroland has expanded its presence in the country to five locations including offices in Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, Bangalore and Vapi. With a rapidly growing market share in the commercial and packaging sector, manroland has significantly enhanced service support and spare part stocks in the country. The company has launched a newly designed range of service and press maintenance packages and local stocking of spare parts to meet the growing demands of the dynamic and fast changing printing industry. They also announced plans to open regional and service support offices in Ahmedabad, Hyderabad and Kolkata in the coming year.

“Opening of a new regional office in Bangalore is a reinforcement of our commitment to the Indian print industry. With a young and energetic team of service and technical engineers, we have reached a step closer to provide a superior service experience for our customers in South India. In the coming year, we plan to double our service strength and spare part stocks in India. We are on track with our aggressive expansion in the country to cater to a larger audience in the printing fraternity with a newly launched range of service and press maintenance packages,” said Anil Bhatia, managing director, manroland India, at the inauguration ceremony.

Congratulating the Indian team on the development, Dr Markus Rall, member of the manroland Executive Board and responsible for sheetfed printing systems said, “With the completion of four years of our direct presence in India, we are delighted to announce our expansion plans in one of the fastest growing printing markets in the world. India is a high priority market for us and we are strongly committed to offer our customers best-in-class products and business solutions.”