The British-owned press manufacturer, announced the restructure in September, and those dismissed will leave the company by the end of November.

Workers will have the opportunity of joining a government backed “transfer company”, which provides 80% of their current salary for up to 12 months, and also helps with finding future employment.

A spokesman for manroland comments: “The heavy restructuring which took place in January was very much a rough cut.

Since then we have been fine tuning our processes, and although it is unfortunate to have to let more people go, with these fine tuning measures the business is now very efficiently structured and we do not anticipate any further headcount reductions in the foreseeable future.”

Manroland is also closing its nearby Mainhausen factory, which carries out packing and final dispatch of the company's presses. The 2.9 hectare site will be sold for housing development. Satellite offices in Hamburg, Munich, Stuttgart and Leipzig were also closed earlier this year.

Packing and dispatch functions are transferring to the company's main location in Offenbach, where around 10% of the firm’s machine tool inventory is being sold off to accommodate the move at the 11.3 hectare complex.