A good year for press manufacturers

German press manufacturers Heidelberg and MAN Roland had a good year. In the last quarter of 2015 world´s largest press manufacturer Heidelberg had a turnover of 640€M (+15%). In the first three quarters of that year Heidelberg had a turnover of 1.8€B (+16%). This resulted in a break-even for Heidelberg which is a great result after years of losses and reorganisation.
Nearly half of turnover is from services and consumables, and not from actual printer sales. This is partly because of the acquisition of PSG, the company which also owns Tetterode in the Netherlands and Plantin in Belgium.
Manroland Sheetfed, part of UK Langley Holdings, showed improved results for the fourth year running. PrintWeek writes that this is due to Langley´s efficiency efforts after the takover of MAN Roland in 2012. MAN Roland Sheetfed saw their turnover increase to 292€M in 2015.