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New Appointments Strengthen manroland GB printservices Division

Friday 27. March 2009 - manroland GB has further strengthened its printservices division with the recent appointment of Paul Castleman to the position of National Technical Service Manager and Paul Guy as the company's new printservices Business Development Specialist.

The appointments are internal and part of manroland’s ongoing strategy to enhance the efficiency and effectiveness of its printservices service and support division for customers. Both Mr Guy and Mr Castleman are now active in their new capacities.

Says Mr Castleman: “Here at manroland printservices, we are continually striving to encourage printers to take a proactive approach to their press maintenance. Modern presses are high performance machines, operating at higher speeds and achieving greater accuracy than ever before and stringent maintenance is the only way to ensure optimum performance over the long term. I’m relishing the opportunity to lead the technical service team in this effort and am delighted to be made National Technical Service Manager.”

Mr Castleman’s responsibilities as National Technical Service Manager include managing manroland GB’s team of engineers and demonstrators and the management and resourcing of new press installation or press movement projects. Mr Castleman, who has a background in electronic engineering, has been with manroland for over 25 years, starting as an apprentice and then moving into an press engineer’s role for many years. Paul is very experienced in press maintenance best practice and prior to his ascension to the position of National Technical Service Manager, was Area Technical Service Manager, Southern Region.

In his role as printservices Business Development Specialist, Mr Guy is responsible for servicing and spares in the north of the country and is a key channel of communication between manroland and its customers in the region. He is heavily experienced in the print industry, having been a printer for fifteen years before joining manroland ten years ago. He previously held the position of demonstrator.

Says Mr Guy: “In my time at manroland I have developed strong relationships with customers up and down the country. In my new role I will continue to take a proactive approach to maintaining these relationships and establishing new ones in order to ensure that manroland remains very accessible to all its customers.”

manroland GB’s printservices division provides customers with some of the best service and support in the industry and is part of the larger manroland PRINTVALUE team, which has built an enviable reputation in the market for its extensive knowledge and experience in service support, consumables, networking and project management.