IPP changes name to MAN Ferrostaal
The decision to clarify the ownership came after MAN Roland decided the Intergrafica Print & Pack (IPP) business in Australia and New Zealand, along with some other Intergrafica companies, did not fit into its business plan as a wholly owned subsidiary. As a wide-ranging supplier servicing many different sectors, IPP has other interests apart from MAN Roland presses.
Consequently it remains with the MAN Group under its parent company MAN Ferrostaal, while still being best known as the MAN Roland agent in Australia and New Zealand.
Peter Wilton, IPP managing director in Australia and New Zealand, says the name change represents more than simply a cosmetic update.
“The most obvious result of this change is the implementation of a new company name and identity, but it also better reflects our position as part of a worldwide supplier of capital equipment and services,” he said.
“MAN Ferrostaal’s goal is to leverage its quality processes and systems to all parts of its global organisation and that will enable us to achieve worldwide standards for accountability and business practice in every thing we do. As a result, customers can expect a more consistently professional service from us in the future.”
Based in Essen, Germany, MAN Ferrostaal operates as the international equipment sales and service provider for the global MAN Group, including printing and graphic arts equipment. The company currently operates in more than 60 countries worldwide and has 4,700 employees. Turnover in 2005 was almost 2.8 billion Euros.
“MAN Ferrostaal has demonstrated its commitment to this region and the graphic arts industry as a whole,” said Wilton. “With their support, we are focused on being the premium provider of high-end equipment to the printing and packaging sector in this country, a goal which we are determined to achieve and maintain,” he concluded.
For history buffs the name change sees the final identity disappearance of the former Peter Craven-founded Print & Pack group of companies.
