Konica Minolta, Inc. (Konica Minolta) is pleased to participate in the publication, G7 Climate Change The New Economy (CCTNE), with a two-page advocacy in Japan Business Showcase section, focusing on its responsibility in turning cutting-edge technologies into social solutions.

As a global company Konica Minolta has been driving innovation to improve quality of life and contribute to sustainable environment, putting people deeply at the heart of innovation. The company has applied latest digital technologies and open innovation to develop socially responsible businesses such as Care Support Solution to reduce workload of caregivers at care facilities.

“As long as we maintain connection between business growth and social contribution, our connection to society will only grow stronger,” says Shoei Yamana, President and CEO of Konica Minolta. “Even as companies pursue innovation, we must remember that we have a responsibility to engage in social issues ranging from the environment to human rights to quality of life.”

CCTNE is the flagship magazine published by London-based World News – Climate Change The New Economy Ltd. for the annual G7 Summit and the Conference of the Parties (COP) convention.

The print version of CCTNE is made available to a broad range of world leaders, global corporate business leaders and universities, among others, in time for G7 summit in Ise-Shima, Japan.

The magazine is also distributed to attendees for G7 summit at selected hotel rooms and first- and business-class passengers of 20 international airlines and departure lounges at the gate. In addition to 20,000 copies of distribution, the magazine is available online for the public.

Konica Minolta’s advocacy on page 20 and 21 in the electronic version of CCTNE.

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Konica Minolta, a leader in digital printing today proudly announces its 1st ever installation of MGI Jet varnish 3D with iFoil machine at Dina Color lab, 66, Perambur Barracks Road , Vepery, Chennai.

The JETvarnish 3DS with iFoil is a unique technology that takes Print to the next level by adding more value to printed documents. It is designed and manufactured by MGI with Konica Minolta to help printers expand their services. This includes new amazing spot UV and 3D tactile varnishing capabilities. The MGI’s JETvarnish 3DS with iFoil can convert regular printed output into high-margin spot UV printed sheets, or even higher margin 3D embossed jobs with up to 100 microns of varnish.

MGI’s JETvarnish 3DS with iFoil inkjet spot UV coater offers users the flexibility for two powerful and highly sought after digital finishing capabilities: traditional flat spot UV coating and new 3D digital effects. The new machine is specially designed to take inputs from the digital machines and offset as well. The machine has capabilities to digitally foil and emboss.

Utilizing MGI’s patented inkjet engine technology, the JETvarnish 3DS can accommodate sheets from 8×11.8-inch up to 14.33×40-inch and substrate thicknesses from 135 to 450gsm. The 100 percent digital JETvarnish 3DS uses no plates or screens and has virtually no make-ready, ideally suited runs from one to thousands, with full variable data capabilities. JETvarnish 3DS is an environment friendly solution that also features solvent-free coatings and a closed-circuit system that eliminates waste.

With speeds of up to 2300A3 sheets per hour for flat spot UV coating, the JETvarnish 3DS with iFoil is fast machine complementing both offset and digital presses and allowing commercial printers to increase their productivity while boosting their margins and differentiating themselves from their peers.

In 3D mode, the JETvarnish 3DS can apply digital effects up to 100 microns in thickness, producing visually stunning, tactile effects. Coat directly onto digital prints (dry or liquid toner) with no lamination required and the ARC camera system ensures precise registration to printed sheets. The JETvarnish 3DS’s variable data feature allows for full personalization capabilities resulting in maximum marketing impact.

Speaking on the occasion Mr Yuji Nakata, MD Konica Minolta Business Solutions Pvt Ltd said “We are extremely proud to install our first ever JETvarnish 3DS with iFoil at Dina color lab. With our cutting edge technology of MGI JET Varnish 3DS, we are sure that our solutions will help our esteemed customers grow their business manifold.”

About Konica Minolta Business Solutions India Pvt. Ltd.:

Konica Minolta Business Solutions is a leader in advanced imaging and networking technologies from the desktop to the print shop. Konica Minolta is the global developer, manufacturer of multi-functional peripherals (MFPs), printers, equipment for production print systems and graphic arts, equipment for healthcare systems, measuring instruments for industrial and healthcare applications, inkjet print heads and textile printers for industrial use, and related consumables and solution services. It is also engaged in the development, manufacturing and sale of electronic materials (including TAC films), lighting source panels, functional films (including heat insulation films), and optical products (including lens units). To know more please visit:www.konicaminolta.in

Konica Minolta, Inc. today announced the appointment of Jun Haraguchi as the president of Konica Minolta Japan Co., Ltd., a new domestic company of the Konica Minolta Group. Haraguchi will take office as president on April 1, 2016.

Outline of Konica Minolta Japan, Co., Ltd.

Konica Minolta Japan, Co., Ltd. will be established on April 1, 2016 with the aim of capturing the top position in the following businesses by offering value added solutions to customers to help them transform their digital workflow, thereby creating value and growth for customers.

• Handling the entire process of digital marketing solutions, from planning marketing strategies in order to acquire customers, collecting and analyzing data, to implementing and evaluating strategies based on the analysis
• Handling the entire process of digital marketing solutions, from planning marketing strategies in order to acquire customers, collecting and analyzing data, to implementing and evaluating strategies based on the analysis
• Providing digital manufacturing services utilizing data collected by measuring instruments to help customers automate and integrate color and visual inspections for improved productivity, and to help improve the workflow at production bases
• Providing one-stop services with a wide range of digital printing systems to cater to diverse customer needs

Konica Minolta, Inc. today announced the appointment of Jun Haraguchi as the president of Konica Minolta Japan Co., Ltd., a new domestic company of the Konica Minolta Group. Haraguchi will take office as president on April 1, 2016.

Features of the New Company

In line with the TRANSFORM 2016 Medium Term Business Plan launched in 2014, Konica Minolta has been making progress towards transforming itself into a customer-centric company and realizing sustainable profit growth.
As part of its ongoing efforts, Konica Minolta will establish a new company to reinforce its contributions to its domestic customers’ value creation and business growth by supporting reforms to their digital workflows utilizing the expertise in digital marketing and digital manufacturing that Konica Minolta has accumulated through its own practices as a manufacturer, as well as by offering solutions tailored to specific needs of industries, such as manufacturing, healthcare, and commercial and industrial printing.

Purpose of Establishment of the New Company

The new company aims to achieve genre-top positions in the following business operations by offering value added solutions to customers to help them facilitate transformation to their digital workflows, thereby contributing to its customers’ value creation and business growth

• Offer digital manufacturing services utilizing the data collected through the measuring instruments to assist customers in the automatization and integration of color and visual inspections for improvement of productivity, and to facilitate workflow reforms at production bases
• Offer digital manufacturing services utilizing the data collected through the measuring instruments to assist customers in the automatization and integration of color and visual inspections for improvement of productivity, and to facilitate workflow reforms at production bases
• Offer solutions to hospitals, clinics and nursing care facilities to promote workflow reforms in the areas of home medical care and nursing care
• Offer a one-stop service by means of a wide range of digital printing systems to cater to diversified customer needs

Overview of the New Company

Konica Minolta, Inc. (Konica Minolta) is pleased to announce that it was ranked first place for two consecutive years in the overall manufacturing sector at the 19th Environmental Management Survey conducted by Nikkei Inc.

The annual survey assesses environmental management of Japanese companies and recognizes initiatives toward sustainability in terms of both environment and business management. 1,737 manufacturers were invited to the survey and 413 companies responded.

In the survey Konica Minolta earned the top score in Environmental Management Promotion System, as well as high scores for the rest of the components in the assessment. The company has been developing comprehensive environmental initiatives, including environmental management policies that combine reduction of environmental impact and growth in corporate value. In addition, Konica Minolta has been willing to utilize its own environmental know-how and hands-on practices for both existing and potential customers facing challenges in their environmental management and day-to-day operations to lower environmental impact. These efforts create shared values beyond the Konica Minolta Group for the good of customers and a broader society.

At Konica Minolta, energy-saving and resource-saving initiatives are very important not only for reducing carbon emissions but also for enhancing its competitive edges such as cutting down production costs and material use.

The company has been sharing with customers and suppliers with no financial ties its environmental technologies, know-how and good practices from its offices and factories around the world. The diverse know-how from Konica Minolta helps the customers’ and supplier’s factories strengthen their energy saving activities. The collaborative work with Konica Minolta will be increasing the effect of environmental impact reduction in a broader society. In an initiative, the company’s employees with energy-saving expertise have been visiting and working with suppliers’ factories in China and Vietnam, through assessment of the energy use and assistance for their work to lay out programs to curb emissions. The assistance has also been provided to customers’ factories in Japan and abroad upon request.

Konica Minolta’s Environmental Management

Konica Minolta established its long-term environmental vision “Eco Vision 2050” in 2009, with the target of reduce CO2 emissions throughout the product lifecycle by 80% by 2050, compared to fiscal 2005 levels. The Medium-Term Environmental Plan 2016 works as an action plan toward the long-term goal and is in tandem with the business plan. At the pillar of the medium-term plan are Three Green Activities: Green Products (planning and development); Green Factories (procurement and production); and Green Marketing (distribution, sales & service, and collection & recycling). These activities cover the entire and each process of the Group’s businesses and have been running globally.

Under the brand proposition “Giving Shape to Ideas,” Konica Minolta will keep creating new value and driving innovations to assist solving societal challenges and strengthen its contribution to the reduction of environmental impact in global supply chains and worldwide community.

Konica Minolta, Inc. (Konica Minolta) has been awarded RobecoSAM Silver Class, a global distinction for corporate sustainability.

Outline of Konica Minolta Japan, Co., Ltd.

Konica Minolta Japan, Co., Ltd. will be established on April 1, 2016 with the aim of capturing the top position in the following businesses by offering value added solutions to customers to help them transform their digital workflow, thereby creating value and growth for customers.

In this year’s assessment, Konica Minolta has earned the highest evaluation in the Computers & Peripherals and Office Electronics sector for its economic initiatives including innovation management and risk management, as well as for environmental initiatives on climate change strategies, environmental policy and its management, and information disclosure.

RobecoSAM, based in Switzerland, is the investment specialist focused exclusively on Sustainability Investing. RobecoSAM invites over 3,000 of the world’s largest companies to participate in the Corporate Sustainability Assessment. Results are analyzed in terms of economic, environmental and social issues with a focus on long-term value creation. Recently RobecoSAM has released its annual “Sustainability Yearbook 2016” in which 77 companies are ranked as Gold Class, 74 companies including Konica Minolta as Silver Class and 97 companies as Bronze Class. Nine Japanese companies including Konica Minolta are awarded Silver Class.

Globally, institutional investors have been stressing the importance of not only financial indices but also environmental, social and governance (ESG) efforts and policies in evaluating corporations’ long-term and sustainable value creation. Socially responsible investment (SRI) assessment companies provide those institutional investors with company ratings based on ESG researches

At Konica Minolta, its businesses have to play a meaningful societal role in contributing to environmental protection and solutions for many challenges surrounding a global society. Based on this approach, the company has been vigorously working on the creation of new values through innovations. As climate change and other environmental challenges have a great social influence, Konica Minolta has started an initiative to share with its customers and suppliers the environment technology and know-how it has mastered so that they will be utilized to help reduction of environmental burden in the broader society beyond the Konica Minolta Group. The comprehensive management system and worldwide CSR activities embedded in the businesses have been highly appraised.

Besides RobecoSAM Silver Class, Konica Minolta has been included in Dow Jones Sustainability World Index for four years and Dow Jones Sustainability Asia Pacific Index for seven years by Dow Jones and RobecoSAM, FTSE4Good Global Index of the UK-based FTSE Group for twelve years, and Japan-based Morningstar Socially Responsible Investment Index since 2003. In addition, the company has been named to CDP’s Japan 500 Climate Disclosure Leadership Index for three years. Konica Minolta has also been awarded Prime Status by Germany-basd oekom research AG since 2011, among the best companies for CSR in its worldwide industry segment.

Under the brand proposition “Giving Shape to Ideas,” Konica Minolta aims to become a sustainable global company vital to society and will contribute to solving social challenges through its business activities.

For its largest media display on the glass facade of Dhaula Kuan Metro station

Limca Book of Records recognises and certifies Konica Minolta for the largest media display created on glass facade ever. This has been done on Dhaula Kuan Metro station in New Delhi.

Konica Minolta marked its successful culmination of marketing campaign by gaining entry to the Limca Book of Records for the largest display on the glass facade. The display was installed by JC Decaux Advertising India Pvt. Ltd. on April 15, 2014 which measures 100.58m (330ft) wide and 12.8m (42ft) high.

Similar to the Guinness Book of World Records, the LimcaBook of Records emphasises the unique achievements of Indians at home and abroad.

“To be recognised by the Limca Book of Records is an honour. We at Konica Minolta believe in doing things differently and we strive to create new value for our users.”, says Mr. V. Balakrishnan Executive General Manager Konica Minolta India.
It is a huge and memorable moment for Konica Minolta to be part of this remarkable history that has been created.

About Konica Minolta Business Solutions India Pvt. Ltd.:

Konica Minolta Business Solutions is a leader in advanced imaging and networking technologies from the desktop to the print shop. Konica Minolta is the global developer, manufacturer of multi-functional peripherals (MFPs), printers, equipment for production print systems and graphic arts, equipment for healthcare systems, measuring instruments for industrial and healthcare applications, inkjet print heads and textile printers for industrial use, and related consumables and solution services. It is also engaged in the development, manufacturing and sale of electronic materials (including TAC films), lighting source panels, functional films (including heat insulation films), and optical products (including lens units).

Konica Minolta has been ranked number 1 in the overall ranking of the Environmental Management Survey by the Nikkei Environment Management, which is one of the most prestigious assessment institutions, and they have been assessing enterprises in Japan for their environmental initiatives annually since 1997.

The company rigorously measures enterprises on five parameters, viz., Environmental Management System, Pollution Abatement & Biodiversity measures, Resource Circulation, Product Ecology and Global Warming Reduction.

The survey was carried out in August–November, 2014 for 726 companies. With this outstanding result Konica Minolta, who are leaders in the field of imaging innovations, has improved on its performance for the same survey last year when it was ranked 6th.

“We are proud to be recognised for our environmental consciousness and green initiatives. We always intend to turn our courageous ideas and ground-breaking technologies into products and services with high level of environmental performance and will continue contributing to further reduction of carbon emissions in a global society” says Mr. Yuji Nakata, MD, Konica Minolta India.

Konica Minolta has been developing environment friendly products which work on CO2 emissions reduction. Konica Minolta has always been committed to produce environment friendly products & technology as per the Konica Minolta’s long-term environmental vision, called Eco Vision 2050.

“We are excited to be ranked number 1 in Nikkei Environment Management ranking. Konica Minolta continues to endorse a sustainable society by being a responsible corporate and believe each one of us can collectively generate positive impact on environment” says V. Balakrishnan EGM (Marketing) Konica Minolta India.

About Konica Minolta Business Solutions India Pvt. Ltd.:

Konica Minolta Business Solutions is a leader in advanced imaging and document technologies from the desktop to the print shop. Konica Minolta is the global developer, manufacturer of multi-functional peripherals (MFPs), printers, equipment for production print systems and graphic arts, equipment for healthcare systems, measuring instruments for industrial and healthcare applications, inkjet print heads and textile printers for industrial use, and related consumables and solution services. It is also engaged in the development, manufacturing and sale of electronic materials (including TAC films), lighting source panels, functional films (including heat insulation films), and optical products (including lens units).

Konica Minolta, Inc. (Konica Minolta) is pleased to participate in the prestigious publication of “COP21 CLIMATE CHANGE THE NEW ECONOMY (CCTNE)” with a two-page advocacy, supporting the global initiatives discussed at COP21 in Paris this month.

Aligned with the worldwide efforts for the sustainable future, Konica Minolta has been committed to turn its innovations into products, services and processes that reduce carbon emissions through the product lifecycle. The company has also been spearheading first-hand actions to utilize its rich technical assets and expertise in working with a wide range of stakeholders and contributing to curb CO2 emissions and overall environmental impact in broader communities and society.

“As a company dedicated to environmental management, we share our extensive know-how among our group companies, with our customers, and even with suppliers to which we have no capital ties,” said Shoei Yamana, President and CEO of Konica Minolta. “Our motivation is to encourage more companies to undertake environmental measures.”

CCTNE is the flagship magazine by London-based World News – CLIMATE CHANGE The New Economy Ltd., published for the annual COP convention and G7 summit. It is an ambitious publishing initiative which will bring further clarity and purpose to the climate debate, creating a platform for governments, corporate leaders and their advisors on a global scale.

The print version of CCTNE is made available for a broad range of world leaders, global corporate business leaders and universities, among others, in time for COP21 summit in Paris, where international leaders work together to agree on a new framework in responding to climate change. The magazine is also distributed to attendees for COP21 at selected hotel rooms and first- and business-class passengers of 18 airlines and departure lounges at the gate.In addition to 40,000 copies of distribution, the magazine is available online for the public.

For more information, Konica Minolta’s advocacy on page 130 and 131 in the electronic version of CCTNE.

Konica Minolta, Inc. (Konica Minolta) will be exhibiting at Eco-Products 2015 (December 10-12, 2015), one of the largest environmental exhibitions in Japan, held at Tokyo Big Sight (Tokyo International Exhibition Center): Booth No. 4-001, East 4 Hall

Konica Minolta will showcase the basis and direction of its environmental management that aims to achieve both resolution of environmental challenges in society and growth of corporate value. The company will also show its unique activities across the board in protecting the earth.

Beyond what it can do by itself, Konica Minolta has started an initiative to share with its customers and suppliers the environmental know-how and technologies it has cultivated for decades. Through such collaboration with the stakeholders, the company has been trying to contribute to a sustainable future on a larger scale.

At Eco-Products 2015, Konica Minolta’s booth will have an area for discussion and consultation about various themes of challenges faced by the management and operational leaders of corporations on daily basis. Diorama and AR (augmented reality) used in the exhibits will be visually stimulating in showing examples of Konica Minolta’s environmental activities.

Overview of Konica Minolta Booth