Manroland Sheetfed India, a wholly-owned Indian subsidiary of Manroland Sheetfed GmbH, a leading German manufacturer of sheetfed offset presses and part of the UK-based Langley Holdings, has relocated its Delhi office in Naraina Industrial Area to new and upgraded premises in Dwarka. Main aim of the progressive move of the company is to escalate business in all verticals which include press installations and others in the near future.
India is an important and a growing market which Manroland Sheetfed GmbH is now focusing on for further business expansion as part of the company’s long-term global vision for growth.
On his recent trip to India, Mirko Kern, CEO of Manroland Sheetfed GmbH, participated in the grand opening of the new office of Manroland Sheetfed India in Delhi, accompanied by Deepak Walia, Managing Director of Manroland Sheetfed India Pvt Ltd, and the company’s whole team comprising engineers and other staff members. “It has become my routine task to visit India biannually, which means at an interval of six months every year,” stated Mirko, adding, “It feels good to be connected closely with our Indian clients on my every visit to the country.”
Deepak Walia, Managing Director of Manroland Sheetfed India Pvt Ltd, said, “Our new office in Delhi signifies a bold new step for us to reflect our renewed vision and commitment to an overall business growth in a new chapter.” The company’s new office is situated in a new building at Dwarka Sector-17 in the city with a more spacious facility where customers, partners, and peers can come down for meetings and discussions in a much-needed space and infrastructure.
Mirko highlighted India as an important and a growing market which Manroland Sheetfed GmbH is now focusing on for further business expansion as part of the company’s long-term global vision for growth. “We have set a long-term global vision for producing more advanced presses with upgraded features and capabilities for the packaging and commercial sectors. Our further plan is to bring the whole new range of products to India which is a vibrant market where our presses are gaining increasing demands,” he added.
A good number of installations of brand new Evolution Series presses and a handful of pre-owned but highly configured units across India have witnessed over the last three years. Deepak mentioned that they have doubled their growth in value terms in the last three years. He added that though Manroland Sheetfed India’s current press installation base in India is not so huge, the company has a substantial value contribution and year-on-year (YoY) profitability.
Manroland Sheetfed India has installed nearly 17 presses around the country in recent years, which have taken place at some of the country’s top-ranked packaging, commercial, and book printers. Latest being the installation of a brand new 8-colour Evolution Series press at Kundli (Haryana)-based Replika Press where Mirko went to take part in the auspicious inaugural function immediately after wrapping up the grand opening of the new office of Manroland Sheetfed India in Delhi.
Packaging and commercial are considerably the key sectors where Manroland Sheetfed India is setting to scale-up business. “For the commercial printers, we offer the 8-colour Perfectors; while Evolution Series with in-line foiling are ideal for packaging converters. These presses are engineered in such a way to help our customers engage in jobs which any other printers using conventional presses cannot do,” mentioned Mirko.
Publishing sector is yet another lucrative arena where Manroland Sheetfed India has garnered double-digit press installations. Walia says many publishers who relied only on pre-owned presses earlier have now started investing in brand new 8-colour perfectors because it’s both necessary and viable for staying ahead of the cut-throat competitions in the market. He further states that 8-colour perfecting presses with advanced automation features are crucial for book publishing houses these days.
About the new developments he sees in India, Mirko affirmed, “We keep investing a lot in our Indian team, which is quite developed now. We receive such feedbacks from our customers who say they just give a phone call to the team and their after-sales services get immediately done.” Manroland Sheetfed India has a strong team of 14 highly-qualified and well-experienced engineers. The engineers have underdone rigorous trainings at the headquarters of Manroland Sheetfed GmbH at Offenbach am Main in Germany.