Augsburg

1844
Carl August Reichenbach and Carl Buz acquire the Sander’sche Maschinen Fabrik.

 

C. A. Reichenbach	C. Buz

1845
First flatbed press supplied to the Nikolaus Hartmann printing house, Augsburg.

1857
Conversion to Maschinenfabrik Augsburg joint stock company.

1872
Delivery of a complete printing set-up, including pressure vessel and steam engine.

1873
First German "printing press using continuous paper" at the World Fair in Vienna.

1879
First German commercial webfed press: first successful commercial rotary print in Europe.

1898
Vereinigte Maschinenfabrik Augsburg and Maschinenbaugesellschaft Nürnberg A.G., Augsburg (from 1908: Maschinenfabrik Augsburg-Nürnberg AG).

 

Workshop life around 1900

1920
MAN is incorporated into the Gutehoffnungshütte group of companies; new: sheetfed offset presses.

1921
New: webfed offset presses .

1931
First high-performance, rotary webfed press with an output of 25.000 16-page newspapers per hour.

1951
New: ULTRA-MAN sheetfed offset press in modular design.

 

A look back to the 1950's: the production hall for the ULTRA-MAN

1960
Three quarters of the total editions of German daily newspapers are printed on presses made in Augsburg.

1962
Introduction of the LITHOMAN series; a new generation of web offset presses for commercial printing with heatset inks on coated paper.

1972
Introduction of the ROTOMAN; a 16-page commercial web offset press.

1974
Largest offset rotary press in Europe: 17-reel offset web-fed COLORMAN press with 62 printing units.

1977
Introduction of the UNIMAN 2/2 for newspaper printing.

1979
Merger to establish MAN Roland Druckmaschinen AG, Offenbach/Main.

1984
Introduction of the OTCOMAN; an 8-page commercial web offset press.

1986
New performance standards set in web offset printing: including LITHOMAN 60.000 cylinder rev/h; electronic press centre technology.

1990
New: PECOM electronics system in control console technology

1994
The LITHOMAN press becomes the preferred printing system for commercial web offset. With its broad range of additional components it can be expanded into a multifunctional production system for meeting all kinds of customer requirements.

1995
The first newspaper press with shaftless direct drive.

1999
Commissioning of the first 64-page LITHOMAN commercial web printing system with a web width of up to 1.980 millimeters.

2000
Introduction of the DICOweb – the first ready-for-production web offset press with digital job change-over.

2001
Introduction of the COLORMAN, XXL for newspaper printing with web widths of up to 2.100 millimeters.

2002
Commissioning of the 72-page LITHOMAN with 42.500 cylinder revolutions per hour.

2003
Largest order for commercial web offset presses: Quebecor World orders 16 LITHOMAN and ROTOMAN presses.

2004
Introduction of the 16-page commercial web offset ROTOMAN press with an output of 65.000 copies per hour, a folder section for the quarter fold, and automatic job change-over.

2004
Follow-up order to the printing industry’s largest order ever made: News International orders COLORMAN, XXL newspaper presses with an order value of 300 million euro.

2005
Strengthening of service competencies: active marketing of PRINTVALUE with printcom, printnet and printservices.

2006
MAN Roland becomes independent.

2007
COLORMAN with UV dryer.

Robots enter the printing industry with APL™.

Strengthening of service competencies: active marketing of PRINTVALUE with printservices, printcom, printnet and printadvice.

2008
MAN Roland becomes manroland.

One Touch concept for fully-automated newspaper production.

Presentation of the 96-page development platform in High-Volume commercial printing.