But the press manufacturer is confident that the market, which is suffering from the weak advertising sector, will be buoyant in the medium- and long-term.
In the first half of the year MAN Roland achieved sales of 538.7m (e850m), a 12% decrease on the same time last year. Pre-tax earnings for the period fell 66% to 7m.
The company predicted that its operating results for the entire year would be around half of last year's figure, which was 56.5m. New orders fell 34% to 491m.
MAN Roland said the press manufacturing sector remained tense. It adjusted capacity in its sheetfed arm at the start of the year and has not had to cut any jobs.
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