Milestones In Our History

1871: Louis Faber and Adolf Schleicher found Faber & Schleicher.
1875: Albatros press is launched printing up to 700 sheets per hour.
1911: The first Roland sheetfed offset press is built
1922: Introduction of the single-color Klein-Roland 00, printing up to 5000 sheets per hour
1951: 4-color sheetfed offset press ‘The Ultra’ appears at the drupa trade show
1972: Introduction of the ROLAND 800, the first sheetfed offset press with an integrated color control system offering print speeds of up to 10,000 sheets per hour
1990: Introduction of the ROLAND 700, medium format, with a revolutionary digitalized control concept, a new benchmark for the printing industry which has set new standards in print quality
1995: The ROLAND 900 large-format sheetfed offset press makes its debut at drupa, setting new standards in speed and economy
2000: Launch of the ROLAND 500, printing up to 18,000 sheets per hour
2003: The ROLAND 900 enhanced to XXL launches with format 7 / 7B / 7B Plus and format 8 capability
2004: Introduction of Ultima configurations for highly specialized customer applications and ROLAND inline solutions such as the InlineFoiler
2006: New ‘DirectDrive’ technology brings super-fast make-ready times
2008: ROLAND 700 presses capable of up to 18,000 sheets per hour
2010: Launch of the ROLAND 900 XXL, the largest sheetfed perfecting press ever produced, leapfrogging competitors in both quality and capacity
2011: Further proven XXL technologies are transferred onto the ROLAND 900 press, giving customers additional opportunities to enjoy higher efficiency and improved long-term stability
2012: Manroland Sheetfed is purchased by Langley Holdings plc, the British multi-disciplinary engineering group
2013: Manroland Sheetfed GmbH formally becomes a division of Langley Holdings plc.
2014: The groundbreaking new press ROLAND 700 EVOLUTION launched after two years since Manroland Sheetfed’s reshuffle
2015: ROLAND 700 EVOLUTION wins Red Dot Award for Product Design 2015
2018: Six years in a row of success and profitability for Manroland Sheetfed GmbH
2020: Manroland adds new presses to its Evolution family - ROLAND 700 EVOLUTION Elite; ROLAND 700 EVOLUTION Speed; ROLAND 700 EVOLUTION Lite and ROLAND 900 EVOLUTION.