manroland Forecasts Return to Operational Profitability

manroland is expecting a continued economic recovery in the printing industry over the coming months. The company anticipates a moderate growth in sales for the current financial year 2011. The package of measures to ensure long-term independence, initiated in September 2010, is scheduled for implementation by mid-2012. The associated additional savings are estimated at EUR 50 million annually, and will be fully realized from 2013 onwards. In the medium term, manroland expects sales levels to return to well over EUR 1 billion a year.