Heidelberg North America has recently launched Lifecycle Solutions, a new umbrella offering that brings together consumables and digital and technical services to help customers substantially increase their profits throughout the equipment lifecycle. To lead this new business, Heidelberg North America has recently appointed Steve Skeen as Vice President of Lifecycle Solutions Business Management.

Sales increased by 6.9% to CHF 1 635 million

Operating result (EBIT) at CHF 87 million (CHF 119 million in 2017)
Net result at CHF 50 million (CHF 107 million in 2017)
Dividend of CHF 1.50 proposed (CHF 2.60 in 2017)
Order entries and backlog at a similar level as in 2017

After the successful merger of the two printing press producers, manroland web systems and Goss International, the newly formed company can look back on a successful financial year 2018. With a combined turnover of EUR 293 million and order intake of EUR 327 million, the company has solidified its leading market position in web offset. The latest major orders at the turn of the year to the value of EUR 50 million, raised the order backlog to EUR 200 million in the project business. Thereby, the company is currently at a very good capacity level, stretching into the second quarter of 2020.

Stora Enso received the highest scores in the FINDIX report, which was published for the first time today. The study examined the diversity of 89 Finnish companies through five different variables. These include gender distribution, age distribution, international background, educational background and industry-specific background of management teams and board of directors. The variables are based on the Finnish Securities Market Association’s corporate governance code, where they are highlighted as factors promoting diversity.

Merck posted a successful finish to a challenging 2018.

Organic sales increase of 6.1% in 2018, driven by all business sectors and regions
EBITDA pre declines by -10.5%, mainly owing to negative exchange rate effects
Significant decrease in net financial debt
Organic sales and earnings growth expected for 2019

Zweiter Standort in der Region – 2018 mehr als 40 Arbeitsplätze geschaffen

Denmark based machine manufacturer, Werosys ApS, is changing course and announcing the company name change to REFINE Finishing. The new brand name will be rolled out across all platforms from March 1, 2019.

Onlineprinters has leveraged the industry transformation

$48 Per Share Proposal Represents a Premium to Current Value of Entegris’ All-Stock Proposal

The company strengthens its position as a supplier of automated smart sorting solutions. Red Ledge has specialized in Auto-ID solutions and its barcode, RFID, voice and sensor technologies are used successfully around the world in post and parcel sorting centers, warehouses and production facilities.
The Yorkshire company’s core expertise includes competitive software platforms such as Warehouse Management Systems (WMS), Warehouse Control Systems (WCS) and serialization solutions.

Canon Deutschland GmbH has sold its subsidiaries for printing services - Canon Deutschland Business Services GmbH and Canon Deutschland University Services GmbH - to ASC Investment Sarl. ASC Investment is an investment company with locations in Luxembourg and Munich and will take over all of the approximately 300 employees of the two subsidiaries, which have 45 locations.

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