Konica Minolta Inida Brings Enrichments To it’s Managed Content Solutions Offering

India, 17 April,2023: Konica Minolta India, a prominent provider of digital transformation solutions and services, continues to support businesses in transitioning from paper-based systems to seamless digital solutions and services. As part of this commitment, the company has announced major enrichments to its Managed Content Services (MCS) portfolio to provide features with low-code automation capabilities, aimed at empowering Indian firms to improve their Document life-cycle management and Business Process Management (BPM).

Konica Minolta India, through their MCS offerings, leverages its unified enterprise-wide solutioning platforms and adds value through its consultation-based approach to tailor make solutions to fit their customer’s business requirements. With their current enrichments, the Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) mode of deployment can be leveraged by organisations looking to accelerate their Digital Transformation journey with minimal hassle and quicker ROI. To ensure secured cloud deployments, these solutions are hosted in Tier-4 datacentres meeting the best of industry standards.

Speaking about the anticipated launch Mr. Katsuhisa Asari, Managing Director, Konica Minolta India, said, ” At Konica Minolta, we are always eager to gain a deeper understanding of the unique challenges our clients face to enhance productivity. After comprehending their content management and utilization requirements, we are delighted to introduce our unique software to the Indian market. MCS offerings can propel our clients ahead, with its out-of-the-box offerings in today’s fast-paced digital landscape. In the normal course of their operations, our clients receive documents in various formats, including hard copies and electronic versions, from multiple locations. At this juncture, MCS assumes a vital role in structuring the content in an organized manner, enabling them to optimise their workflows and achieve their objectives with greater efficiency.”

With its “low-code/no-code” process designer, rapid implementation and flexibility is the new norm that ultimately leads to an Intelligent Connected Workplace.

To further enable Rapid Implementation, Konica Minolta has biz-out-of-the-box accelerator for popular industry use cases like Accounts Payable automation, Contracts Life-cycle Management, Vendor Onboarding, Talent Acquisition and so on.

The modular design provides flexibility in terms of overall solutioning, deployment and pricing. Through these offerings, Konica Minolta will lead towards a Green Digital Transformation which is also aligned to their global sustainability goals where they aim to be ‘Carbon Minus’ by 2050. Ultimately, enrichments to its solutioning platform will aid Konica Minolta in serving their customers better leading to an efficient and paperless workplace.

Pamex 2023: Konica Minolta showcases its range of offering

At Pamex 2023, held at the Bombay Exhibition Center on 27-30 March, Konica Minolta showcased its printers to existing and potential customers and resellers.

India, 14 April,2023: Konica Minolta used the event as an opportune moment to showcase its offerings, including industrial and professional printers; in industrial printers, AccurioLabel 230, AccurioShine 3600, along with its digital die-cutting solutions and in professional printers, AccurioPress C12000 with IQ-501.

Konica Minolta emphasised the extensive benefits of its digital press, the Accurio Label 230, for its customers regarding productivity, flexibility, and stability to meet growing market needs. Overall, the company showcased six sheetfed professional printers and three industrial printers along with finishing accessories, to make pre-press to post-press setup with ample business opportunities in the printing market.

Katsuhisa Asari, Managing Director, Konica Minolta India, said, “We are delighted to receive such a positive response from all potential businesses in the region. The exhibition has given us an insight into how Konica Minolta is enabling businesses in the printing segment to expand their operations. At the same time, it has given us a new viewpoints/areas in which we can develop and modify our products that further assist our user base.

He added, “We, at Konica Minolta India, believe that trust is the best medium to grow success. In tandem with this as our core value, we have well-positioned ourselves in providing office automation and digital printing solutions that aid us in bolstering our credibility amongst our esteemed partners and resellers. With our solutions and products, we are committed to assisting businesses in achieving their sustainability target.”

Konica Minolta also demonstrated their AccurioShine 3600 and AccurioPress C12000 as tools for digital label production. The AccurioShine 3600 is a pioneering technology that customers could use for building 2D and 3D gloss effects on its products. With customisation and personalisation at the forefront of Konica Minolta’s offerings, the company cater to the ever-growing demand for tailored printing solutions that enable customers to address the increasingly complex requirements of modern-day printing.

Konica Minolta’s ‘Print Xpress’ initiative aims to attract potential printing businesses

Konica Minolta flags off 4 Print Xpress coaches to demonstrate production printing solutions to potential customers in India’s T2, T3, and T4 towns

India, 21 March,2023: Promoting Konica Minolta’s 150-year legacy, Konica Minolta India recently flagged off its first mobile roadshow platform titled ‘Print Xpress – Innovations in Print’ in the presence of Katsuhisa Asari, managing director; Kuldeep Malhotra, deputy managing director and senior leadership members of the company.

The one-of-a-kind roadshow showcased Konica Minolta’s production printer AccurioPrint C4065 High Chroma Engine – AccurioPress C73hc and finished Print Application Zone to educate customers for new business opportunities in the digital print business.

The core objective to launch this innovative platform is to connect with new customers and showcase new business possibilities to the existing players and also to new entrants in the digital production printing space.

As part of the Print Xpress, four coaches carrying the digital presses set out to travel in all four directions while demonstrating their usage to potential and existing customers. The roadshow started from Greater Noida and is aimed to cover the T2, T3 and T4 towns like Meerut, Gorakhpur, Samastipur, Tezpur, Ranipet, Karwar, and Kavali among others, focusing on customers and unfrequented locations.

At the ribbon-cutting ceremony, Katsuhisa Asari, managing director of Konica Minolta Business Solutions India, said, We are excited to launch Print Xpress, our latest initiative to expand our reach and introduce our advanced printing technologies to the customers. We look forward to meeting new customers during this nationwide show. We are proud to pioneer innovative solutions and services in India’s printing, imaging, and document management industries. We are committed to helping our customers to achieve more efficient, cost-effective, and sustainable workflows. We will continue to strive for excellence in everything we do.

Print Xpress is the first initiative in the digital production printing domain wherein modified coaches are used to exhibit our solutions to a wide array of potential customers, including jobbers, photo lab owners, print businesses, and creative agencies, residing in different cities and towns. As an industry leader, we hold more than 50% market share and offer the most comprehensive product portfolio from pre-press to post-press.

A leader is one who knows the way, goes the way and shows the way’ – Print Xpress is the perfect example to showcase our commitment towards reaching and educating new potential customers and existing businesses to start and grow. In the last 12 years, we as a leading brand grew multi-fold,” said, Kuldeep Malhotra, deputy managing director, sales and OP marketing division, Konica Minolta Business Solutions India.

Boosting ties: Konica Minolta holds Office Printer customers meets

• Key leaders of Konica Minolta were present during the meets.
• The company plans to strengthen relations with existing customers and expand its user base.

India, 16 March,2023: Konica Minolta India, a leading name in, the field of enterprise, commercial & industrial printing along with business process automation, hosted a series of meets to interact with Enterprise customers across the country. In meets held across 4 locations, Delhi, Chennai, Bangalore, and Pune, the company engaged with end users and gained insight into their business requirements and market dynamics through this networking event. This insight is instrumental in guiding the company’s leadership as they make strategic decisions and develop policies that address their customers’ unique requirements while keeping pace with the market’s ever-changing needs. Ultimately, this aids Konica Minolta in serving its customers better, building lasting relationships, and achieving long-term success. The meets also aimed to foster more robust and long-term customer relationships.

The meets aimed to highlight the benefits of using Konica Minolta’s Multifunction office Printer (MFP) technology that enhances businesses’ efficiency on account of its new-generation features and new age solutions to address customer challenges. These customer meets were held over a month. The leadership team of Konica Minolta attended the meeting. The leaders emphasized transforming their clients’ businesses through Konica Minolta’s broad range of innovative print solutions.

Speaking about these events, Mr. Katsuhisa Asari, Managing Director of Konica Minolta India, said,” At Konica Minolta, we are always eager to connect with our customers and gain a deeper understanding of their unique challenges and opportunities. We explored how our advanced technology, innovative solutions, and comprehensive services can support our customers in achieving their business objectives and drive their success forward in today’s rapidly evolving digitized industry. With our broad range of printing solutions we are able to transform our client’s business and help them gain competitive advantage. We aim to produce a tangible output aligned with each of our client’s unique visions, giving shape to their innovative ideas.

The meetings were suitable opportunities to showcase how Konica Minolta’s product portfolio, which includes hardware and solution offerings such as Intelligent Connected Workplace/document and print management, can back organizations in their journey toward digital transformation without compromising on data security concerns.

Emphasizing the significance of these meetings, Mr. Kuldeep Malhotra, Deputy Managing Director, Sales Division & Office Marketing, said, “We were thrilled to have organized such events that not only allowed us to network but also aided us in understanding customer goals and shaping our plans to cater to their precise needs. These meetings let us devise how our state-of-the-art printers could align with our customer’s digital ambitions. It allowed us to know more than we can cognize by ourselves. We are confident that these events will be essential to driving growth and unlocking new opportunities for our company and customers.”

Konica Minolta Launches Go-Green Initiative, Starts Deliveries Of Products Via EV

India, 10 February,2023: Konica Minolta has initiated local deliveries of small machines and accessories to its consumers in Delhi, Noida, Cochin, and Guwahati via Electric Vehicles. The company has shifted to pollution-free 2-wheeler and 3-wheelers for a greener tomorrow. It now caters to delivering small machines, spare parts, and equipment under 100 kilograms to customers. It uses electric 2- and 3-wheelers in Delhi and Noida to meet the customers’ needs and is utilising 2-wheelers in Cochin and Guwahati.

Expressing thoughts on this initiative, Katsuhisa Asari, MD, Konica Minolta said, “Through this initiative, we aim to do our bit to reduce the impact on the environment and leave a greener presence. We at Konica Minolta believe that any opportunity you have to be green, be it in everyday life or business innovations, you should take it. Our customers have also reacted positively to our switch to eco-friendly transport. Their support has further helped us make the switch efficient and smooth.”

The Go-green is a step towards flourishing growth in a global, sustainable world. The EVs being utilised work on rechargeable battery-based engines, leading to low running and maintenance costs as opposed to traditional fuels. The vehicles have no toxic emissions that would affect public health.

Konica Minolta has a program to collect used MFPs and printers from customers and recycle them, following applicable laws. Instead of manually crushing these discarded items entirely, the partner agency recycles and reuses them as raw materials after appropriate segregation. With this vision, Konica will contribute for reducing carbon emissions by 60 per cent by 2030 and 80 per cent by 2050 under Eco-vision 2030 and Eco-vision 2050.

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Konica Minolta showcases digital print solutions at CEIF 2023

India, 19 January,2023: Konica Minolta Business Solutions showcased its Accurio C12000 and C83hc at the CEIF 2023 held at the Jio World Centre in Mumbai from 5 to 7 January.

When asked what the main trends and industry developments are, Manish Gupta, head of marketing at Konica Minolta (KM) said, “Bringing production efficiencies are the key trends.” He pointed out that photographers and small photo labs are looking at expanding their scope of operations and KM has the right products to bring a good TCO for the new entrants into digital photobook printing.” KM has introduced a 120 pages per minute production printer AccurioPress C12000 to meet the requirement for high-speed production. Both the engines offer unique value to the customers.

KM showcased the Accurio at the show. As Gupta said, “Our endeavour at these expos is to meet our prospective customers and share the new inputs with our existing customers. This is the platform where our customers can meet sales, service, pre-sales, and marketing under one roof.” He added. “CEIF gives the opportunity to the visitors to get to know and understand key aspects of photo entrepreneurship. Be it: image correction, imposition, printing, and post-printing including internet integration and sharing the images over various platforms.”

Commenting about the CEIF show, Gupta said, “Things are changing after Covid. Today, customers are looking for more solutions besides printing. The trade people are looking at more value-added things like uniform colour, media versatility, finishing options etc. to bring a change from the past.

Gupta pointed out that “Digital printing particularly KM in our opinion has helped a lot of customers in India to survive and thrive. This is because the traditional methods of printing photobooks were getting obsolete and were not environmentally friendly. KM introduced high chroma machines to upgrade to digital.” Gupta said, “We foresee the market of photobook printing to grow, and we continue to bring more products and solutions for this sector.”

He said, “Today we have a lot of people shooting many more photographs on their smartphones. The photo to photobook conversion has begun.” But Gupta hastened to add, “A lot needs to be done to educate the people in managing and monetising the photographs available with them. Some companies are doing this, but there is still a long way to go.”

Konica Minolta partners with Brother International (India) to target Enterprise customers

New Delhi, 1 December,2022: Konica Minolta Business Solutions India Pvt Ltd on Thursday announced a partnership with Brother International (India) Pvt Ltd.

The partnership agreement is meant for the Indian market, a statement from the company said. Brother India has options to provide state-of-the-art A4 printers, meant especially for enterprise customers, while Konica Minolta India will promote these products under the original brand name — Brother, the statement said.

Through this partnership, Konica Minolta India will address the consumer needs for such A4 size printers in this segment, the statement added.

Katsuhisa Asari, Managing Director of Konica Minolta Business Solutions India Pvt Ltd, said:
“We at Konica Minolta India are thrilled to partner with Brother India. This partnership will provide more growth opportunities for both organizations.

“The difficulties presented by the digital transition have greatly aided in our learning and exposed us to newer consumer behaviour, allowing us to provide value to our clients in the form of specialized marketing solutions. Our “Customer-centric” approach will help us to align the needs by offering various product solutions,” he said.

Alok Nigam, Managing Director of Brother International (India), said: “We are excited to begin this new cooperation with Konica Minolta to reach new audiences in the dynamic and vibrant Indian printing market. We continually seek innovative methods to complement the changing consumption habits of our consumers.

“This partnership exactly does that for us as it offers complete printing solutions with A4 and A3 capabilities to the customers and makes it mutually beneficial for Brother India & Konica Minolta.

Konica Minolta India Organised Customers Meet in Kolkata

• The event was attended by Production Printer Customers

• The key agenda of the meet was to leverage technology to bolster customers’ businesses

Kolkata, 23 September,2022: Konica Minolta Business Solutions India Pvt Ltd., a leading name in providing digital transformation solutions & services, organized an East Zone production printers’ customer meet in the city of joy – Kolkata. The event was aimed to strengthen the company’s relationship with its existing customers and to strengthen the regional footprint.

From Konica Minolta Business Solutions India Pvt. Ltd., the event was attended by leadership team which included India Managing Director – Katsuhisa Asari and Deputy Managing Director, Sales Division & Office Marketing – Kuldeep Malhotra with other Senior leaders from Sales, Marketing, Logistics, Finance and Service.

With the key agenda to leverage technology and to bolster customer’s business, the discussion focused on how Konica Minolta’s one-upmanship technology and products can be used to expand individual businesses.

Speaking about the event, Mr. Katsuhisa Asari, Managing Director, Konica Minolta Business Solutions India Pvt Ltd., said, “We always look forward to meeting our customers and receive their feedbacks on our services and products. It is not just an opportunity to strengthen our business, but it also gives us a platform to strengthen our bonds with the customers who are the most important stakeholders for us. The meet gave us a chance to hear from our customers about the stories on how they could survive their respective businesses during pandemic and how Konica Minolta India could support them during tough times.”

Konica Minolta’s production printing division has more than 50% market share, in India and Leadership in Eastern market. With India continuing to transform itself into a digital economy, the company will be able to further strengthen and expand its business in the East region. Currently we are having our customer base in entire eastern zone – Kolkata, Bihar, Jharkhand, Orissa and 7 states of Northeast with vide network of service and supply chain management. We have recently opened our mother warehouse in Kolkata to support our eastern zone customers.

The meet was held at The Oberoi Grand Hotel, Kolkata.

The printing industry has evolved dramatically in recent years by showing a growth of more than 10% YoY, thereby creating a path for modern technologies that expedite operations and deliver high-quality prints. On the customer side, the demands are also shifting. Konica Minolta Business Solutions India Pvt. Ltd., has developed offerings with integrated workflows and accessories to automate printing solutions, thus saving time, and meeting the customers’ print requirements.

About Konica Minolta Business Solutions India Pvt Ltd.

Konica Minolta Business Solutions India Pvt Ltd. is a wholly owned subsidiary of Konica Minolta Inc., Tokyo, Japan. With its expertise in imaging, data processing, and data-based decision-making, Konica Minolta creates relevant solutions for its customers and solves issues faced by society. As a digital workplace solution provider, Konica Minolta helps its clients to identify and unlock the potential digitalisation to help companies reach the next level in the digital maturity of their organisation by rethinking the workplace. With its commitment to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), Konica Minolta has pledged to consistently pursue its sustainability and social responsibility goals. The company has been repeatedly recognized for its rich history of social contribution as well as for working towards achieving the SDGs throughout its business and is listed among “2021 Global 100 Most Sustainable Corporations in the World”, also having received the highest level in EcoVadis Sustainability Ratings. Worldwide, the company has over 43,000 employees and is operating in over 150 countries.

For more information, please visit : www.konicaminolta.in

Konica Minolta Business Solutions India Pvt Ltd Organises Customers Meet in Chennai, Tamil Nadu

• The event was attended by Production Printer customers

• The key agenda of the meet was to leverage technology to bolster customers’ businesses

• The meet also witnessed the presence of company leadership, including Managing Director, Katsuhisa Asari and Kuldeep Malhotra, Deputy Managing Director, Sales Division & Marketing

Chennai, 19 August,2022: Konica Minolta India, a leading name in providing digital transformation solutions & services, organized a South Region production printers’ customers meet in Chennai earlier in the day. With this event, the company aims to strengthen its relationship with its existing customers while evaluating and expanding its regional footprint.

This meet, attended by Konica Minolta India customers, was the first company’s physical event in the post-pandemic times. Other than the customers, the event also witnessed the presence of company leadership, including Managing Director, Katsuhisa Asari and Kuldeep Malhotra, Deputy Managing Director, Sales Division & Office Marketing along with other Leadership Team.

With the key agenda to leverage technology to bolster customers’ business, the gathering focused on how they can use Konica Minolta’s technology and products to expand their businesses.

Speaking about the partnership  Mr. Katsuhisa Asari, Managing Director, Konica Minolta India said, “It was exciting to be part of this event. Meeting with our loyal customers and listening to their success stories gives us immense pleasure and a sense of satisfaction. During this meet, we discussed the latest technologies and innovations in the production printing segment. We held conversations on how businesses have performed during the pandemic and to what extent Konica Minolta’s products have helped them.”

Konica Minolta has been sustaining more than 50% market share in the Production Printing space for more than 10 years. With the Indian economy growing, Konica Minolta is excited about the growth of the production printing in India.

“The last two years of the pandemic were difficult for all of us, majorly because we were not able to meet our customers in person. Now that things are going back to normal, we thought it would be the best time to organize a meet. Hence, the event. During the meeting, we held talks around the economy, the printing sector, innovations in the segment, and areas where Konica Minolta can contribute or improve its existing services. We are taking away some great pointers that will further help us in re-aligning our business in the near future,” said Kuldeep Malhotra, Deputy Managing Director, Sales Division & Office Marketing, Konica Minolta India.

The meet was held at ITC Grand Chola, Chennai

In recent years, the printing industry has evolved dramatically, creating a path for modern technologies that expedite operations and deliver high-quality prints. On the customer side, their demands are also shifting. Konica Minolta India has developed offerings with integrated workflows and accessories to automate printing solutions which saves time and able to meet print requirements of the customers.

About Konica Minolta India

Konica Minolta Business Solutions India is a wholly owned subsidiary of Konica Minolta Inc., Tokyo, Japan. With its expertise in imaging, data processing, and data-based decision-making, Konica Minolta creates relevant solutions for its customers and solves issues faced by society. As a digital workplace solution provider, Konica Minolta helps its clients to identify and unlock the potential digitalisation to help companies reach the next level in the digital maturity of their organisation by rethinking the workplace. With its commitment to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), Konica Minolta has pledged to consistently pursue its sustainability and social responsibility goals. The company has been repeatedly recognized for its rich history of social contribution as well as for working towards achieving the SDGs throughout its business and is listed among “2021 Global 100 Most Sustainable Corporations in the World”, also having received the highest level in EcoVadis Sustainability Ratings. Worldwide, the company has over 43,000 employees and is operating in over 150 countries.

For more information, please visit : www.konicaminolta.in