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Vince Lapinski is Chief Executive Officer of MAN Roland Inc, the North American division of MAN Roland Druckmaschinen AG, with headquarters in Chicago.The holder of a bachelor's degree from RIT in Printing Technology, Lapinski began his career in the newspaper industry over 20 years ago on the consumables side of the business, specializing in press blankets and printing plate systems. Over the course of a decade, he held technical sales and product management positions first with W. R. Grace & Company and then with NAPP Systems Inc., a subsidiary of MacDermid Graphic Arts. Lapinski joined MAN Roland in 1990, working in newspaper web product management. As a result of his accomplishments, he was given the opportunity to run the company's Newspaper Sales Group after only two years with the company. In the mid 90s, Lapinski was part of the management team that reorganized the division, consolidating service and training facilities, and reallocating manufacturing resources to better support the company's customers. MAN Roland's share of the double width newspaper market in North America grew during his tenure from less than 15 percent to more than 50 percent. In addition, significant inroads in the single-width market were made. In 2001, Lapinski was placed in charge of all web press operations at MAN Roland, Inc., as COO he took on the commercial side of the business as well as newspaper. He subsequently streamlined and revitalized the Commercial Web Division. As COO of the Web Operations, he ran a division that included a staff of over 100, generating $150-200 million in annual sales. All web press operations in North America were under his purview, including project management, application engineering, parts, service, training, sales and marketing. | 