Apprenticeships keeps youth pumped about print

84 new apprenticeships at manroland, Germany, signal print is still alive and well with the young ones.

For the 2010-11 financial year, 84 youth in Germany have been given new apprenticeship contracts. In Plauen, eight apprentices started their training at the beginning of August in industrial and precision mechanics and in electronics for factory equipment.

The manroland family in Offenbach was joined by 28 new members, among them six students specialising in mechanical engineering (in collaboration with the Rhein-Main-University of Applied Sciences in Wiesbaden), mechatronics, as well as electrical and information engineering (both in conjunction with the Aschaffenburg University of Applied Sciences).

Printing ist gut, says the new wave of manroland apprentices (below).

In Augsburg, 47 young women and men will begin their careers, including four students enrolled in integrated mechatronics degree programs (vocational training in mechatronics parallel to studies in this field at the Augsburg University of Applied Sciences) and two students from partner institutions.

In all, 408 young people are receiving training at the production sites in Augsburg (222), Offenbach (122), and Plauen (64).

This spells good news for an industry that has been largely shunned by youth. Locally, this year also saw some increases in printing apprenticeships around Australia.