Team Dunwell – manroland Australasia builds resources

Long-term associate, Allison Whitelaw, is the new sales and marketing coordinator in the revitalised local company.

Her appointment is the latest is the rapid re-build of the local sales and support operation of the German press manufacturer, following Dunwell’s appointment as managing director in August. A well-known industry identity, Whitelaw has worked with Dunwell over the years during his progress through suppliers Mediatech, Creo and latterly the Currie Group.

She joins Simon Fitzgerald, sales manager sheetfed NSW/ACT, at the company ahead of the New Year arrival of two more sheetfed engineers from Germany, which will bring the service complement to 22. “We’re investing in people and resources to better service our customers,” said Dunwell, (pictured with Allison Whitelaw at the company's new Regent's Park HQ) who is clearly relishing his new role.

He declares he was pleasantly surprised by the level of press prospects, especially in sheetfed from the packaging sector that greeted his arrival. “To be honest, it was much more than I expected,” he said. “Packaging companies are still investing in presses. It’s a sector that is resistant to downturns.”

He flags the imminent arrival of the first manroland 700 sheetfed press with in-line foiler to a Sydney packaging company as an example of the resurgent packaging industry investment.

manroland has a large market share in large format sheetfed presses in the local packaging market. It is also the largest player in web offset presses in the region with presses in all the major newspaper and commercial printing companies.