But Roland, which sells the Xeikon engine under the DICO brand, will no longer sell the CSP 320 D sheetfed engine, which it named DICOpage.

Its not that we dont want to sell it but Punch has decided that this product is not ready for the market, said MAN Roland chief executive Gerd Finkbeiner.

The CSP 320 D was originally launched by Xeikon at Drupa 2000 but there had been problems with early models and sales of the engines were halted. Xeikon relaunched it at Print 01 in Chicago last year, but at Ipex it announced that it would no longer make the machine.

Finkbeiner added that MAN Roland was looking at digital alternatives for the shorter-run sheetfed market but said it was premature to make any announcement on that front at the moment.

The company is now taking commercial orders for its DICOweb, which features wipe-clean plate technology. It is being shown for the first time in a 16pp heatset configuration. After the show this machine will be installed at Swiss printer Stmpfli.

DICOwebs distinctive green and white livery has been extended across MAN Rolands offset press porfolio. The new look was unveiled on the first day of the show (Ipex Daily, 9 April).

Clearly its only the packaging, said Finkbeiner of the new design. But we know our products are used by our customers as marketing and image-making tools for their customers.

The group also revealed on the first day of Ipex the rebrand of its European sales arms. They will all come under the MAN Roland name followed by the respective country name. PPS becomes MAN Roland Great Britain.