Langley and Possehl agree on global sales and service cooperation

Offenbach & Augsburg, 18 April 2012. Global sales and service agreements between manroland web systems GmbH and manroland sheetfed GmbH, the companies owned by the German Possehl group and British industrialist Tony Langley, have been announced today.

Over 40 sales and service companies were acquired along with the Langley deal, while subsidiaries in India and Australasia were acquired by Possehl. Peter Kuisle for manroland web systems GmbH and Rafael Penuela for manroland sheetfed GmbH, jointly announced today that they have now agreed on a global sales and service cooperation.

manroland web systems GmbH have established own subsidiaries in the United Kingdom, operating from Possehl premises in London; and in the United States. In the US, manroland web systems Inc. began trading from the same premises in Chicago it now shares with manroland sheetfed Inc and in the UK, manroland sheetfed (UK) Ltd continues to trade from the same premises in Mitcham.

Elsewhere, agency agreements are being established with sheetfed subsidiaries to represent manroland web systems in Mexico and South America (except Chile); in most of the European countries (Ireland, Finland, Benelux, France, Italy, Spain, Portugal); in Central & Eastern Europe (except Poland) and Greater China (China, Hong Kong, Taiwan).

Web systems subsidiaries in Australasia and India will continue to represent manroland sheetfed in those territories.

The arrangements announced today make perfect sense for all concerned and both manroland web systems GmbH and manroland sheetfed GmbH look forward to continuing to support their global customers with the highest possible levels of service.”