Italian newspaper publisher Il Sole 24 ORE ordered three MAN Roland Inc. RegioMAN presses as part of a $140 million plan to upgrade print and color capacity.



An illustration depicting the MAN Roland RegioMAN press going to Milan, Italy.
Source: MAN Roland

The three presses, to be installed at sites in Milan and Rome, will each be equipped with three formers for printing newspapers with three sections of variable page count. Il Sole 24 ORE said an extension to allow producing 64 pages in four-color is under consideration.

The presses will be delivered in 2005, MAN Roland said.

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