manroland web systems Establishes a Dual Leadership

AUGSBURG, GERMANY—January 10, 2014—From January 1, 2014 Joern Gossé (49) joins the executive board of manroland web systems GmbH based here. He takes over the management together with Eckhard Hoerner-Marass and will be responsible for sales and service.

Gossé shows more than 25 years of experience in leading positions at the printing industry. The skilled Diplom-Ingenieur (FH) (Graduate Engineer, UAS- University of Applied Science) started his career in 1988 at Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG. Gossé has many years of international experience in sales and service and successfully managed different plants in Germany. Since 2005, he has been managing director at Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG, Northern Region, Hamburg. His overall responsibility included the business units sales, service and finance with 130 employees at the plant and a base of 2,500 customers.

Hoerner-Marass, spokesman of the manroland web systems management, commented: "We are very pleased to have Joern Gossé as a management colleague with his great experience in sales and service and his profound knowledge of the print industry. Together with our well-established management team, we are looking forward to constantly moving onward on the company's road to success."

Despite a weak market at the second half of 2013, manroland web systems could reach a positive result.

About manroland web systems GmbH
manroland web systems GmbH is a leading manufacturer of web-offset printing systems. The company provides solutions for commercial web offset, newspaper and digital printing. A worldwide sales and service network also markets ancillary printing equipment and pressroom products, as well as software products and workflow management systems.

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