Business Solutions|Printing Solutions- KONICA MINOLTA

Konica Minolta, a global leader in advanced multifunctional printing segment has set another benchmark in the enterprise printing segment with the receiving of the prestigious SME Channels Award for its A3 MFP Printers.

With this the company has further strengthened its position in the highly competitive A3 Multi Functional Printing market in India, surpassing the other major vendors in the country’s printing space.

Konica Minolta’s bizhub A3 MFP series is tailored specifically to cater to the requirements of modern offices, furnishing whole new range of cutting edge features and functions to augment the office operations with maximum efficiency. The top of the line series also helps businesses generate high quality material.

Sharing his delight on the receiving of the award, Yuji Nakata, Managing Director, Konica Minolta India said, “We are honoured to receive the SME Channel award for our A3 MFP series which offers next generation features to efficiently meet the comprehensive requirements of new age offices. Konica Minolta is committed to spearhead the printing segment with its highly skilled global R&D workforce, dedicated to produce cutting edge and disruptive technologies in the vertical.”

The company also embarked its presence in the label and packaging segment in the country recently, with the unveiling of its bizhub PRESS C71cf printing solution at Labelexpo 2016, which will help businesses in the domain harness the endless benefits of digital printing.

Expressing a similar opinion, Kuldeep Malhotra, Sales Head, Konica Minolta India, said “The Indian printing market is witnessing a rapid transition with the emergence of new requirements, demanding holistic printing solutions. Our printing solutions align perfectly with these new age market demands, ensuring end to end printing operations for businesses.”

The award ceremony, held at New Delhi witnessed the gathering of numerous veterans and industry head honchos from different verticals.

About Konica Minolta

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, a global leader in production printing segment has announced that it will unveil its industry leading bizhub PRESS C71cf printing solution at Labelexpo 2016, to facilitate printers/convertors in the label and packaging segment, transitioning from analogue to digital printing.

The launch will also mark the company’s presence in the nascent yet high potential Digital Label Printing segment in India. The event will be held at India Expo Centre and Mart, Greater Noida, Delhi NCR from November 17 to November 20. Visitors can catch a glimpse of Konica Minolta’s new product line up at Hall No. 5, Stall No – F21.

bizhub PRESS C71cf leverages Konica Minolta’s cutting edge dry toner technology platform and comes as a perfect end to end printing solution for mid-range businesses involved in label printing with diverse requirements. The machine also offers an impressive printing resolution of 1200 dots per inch (dpi) and can print images with a maximum size of 1195*320 mm. The machine is flexible to use a variety of medias for various requirements of the jobs.

Expressing his delight on Konica Minolta’s participation at Labelexpo, 2016 , Yuji Nakata, Managing Director, Konica Minolta India said, ‘’India is one of the fastest emerging economies worldwide and is witnessing a rapid shift in the printing segment with an increasing demanding for high volume and diverse printing requirements. We at Konica Minolta are committed to help mid range industrial printing businesses in the country, avail the countless benefits of digital printing with our new product line up which we will showcase at the Labelexpo, 2016.

Visitors at Labelexpo, 2016 will also get a chance to fetch a detailed briefing about the two printing solutions by Konica Minolta’s top executives including Mr. Toru Suda, General Manager, IP Business Development Division, Konica Minolta Inc., Japan, Mr. Yuji Nakata, Managing Director, Konica Minolta India; Mr. Yoshinori Koide, Marketing Head for PP Business Unit & Mr. Kuldeep Malhotra, Sales Head, Konica Minolta India and Mr. Manish Gupta , National Manager,PP & IP Business Marketing .

About Konica Minolta

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

About Labelexpo :

Labelexpo comes as the biggest platform In India for printing solution providers to demonstrate their offerings at a single venue. Consumers visiting the expo also get to experience live demonstrations of new disruptive technologies, emerging in the printing space to expand their business operations and explore new untapped markets. For more information please visit:www.labelexpo-india.com

Konica Minolta, Inc. (Konica Minolta) today announced that it has opened a strategic business base in France to facilitate the growth of its industrial printing business.

Established as part of a global management strategy, this is Konica Minolta’s first overseas business base in its core business area, where the company will formulate medium- and long-term strategies to strengthen its industrial printing business by evaluating customer value propositions.

Aiming for workflow transformation in industrial printing

Konica Minolta is determined to evolve into a problem solving digital company capable of faciliating workflow transformation with its digital technologies to deliver greater convenience and higher productivity to customers’ work processes. The market size of industrial printing, including labels, packaging and textiles, is estimated at 50 trillion yen, which means there is a huge growth potential in the digital printing business. Also, needs for digital printing are increasing as more and more.

companies turn to marketing strategies that motivate customers to buy using exclusive label and packaging designs.Konica Minolta aims to deliver new value to the industrial printing industry and expand its digital printing business by leveraging its digital technologies to meet the need for high-mix small-lot production and shorter lead time, and also by offering solutions to enhance efficiency of printing operations.

Developing business in Europe, the center of the industrial printing business, in a customer-centric manner

With a concentration of leading-edge industrial printing companies and manufacturers of related equipment, Europe deserves to be called a global trendsetter in the industrial printing business. With a business base in Europe, the center of the global industrial printing market, Konica Minolta aims to accelerate the development of solutions for industrial printing through a cyclic process of creating new customer values and business models and then evaluating the values and business models jointly with customers. This customer-centric cyclic process, which Konica Minolta has employed as its original framework to evaluate customer values, has been making meaningful contributions to the company’s business and technical development in recent years.

In the label and packaging printing industry, digitalized high-mix small-lot production is also expected to largely enhance the efficiency of the post-press process of varnishing, laminating, foil stamping, and die cutting. Konica Minolta will seek opportunities to accelerate open innovation in this field through its existing alliance with MGI Digital Technology (MGI), a leading high value-added digital printing equipment* manufacturer based in France, and also by strengthening partnerships with a number of post-press equipment manufacturers in Europe.

In addition, Europe accounts for more than 50% of the world’s digital textile printing market and leads the world in the digitization in printing of wall paper and construction materials. While Konica Minolta has been offering inkjet digital textile printers and inkjet printheads to the European market, the company is confident it can develop new solutions for workflow transformation by being closer to the market.

* For the purpose of this news release, decoration printing equipment means equipment used to apply decorations to printed surfaces in the post-press process, such as spot varnishing and foil stamping.

Expanding business in the industrial printing area to achieve a huge growth

Since launching high-quality, compact production print systems with low introduction cost in 2003, Konica Minolta has largely expanded the digital printing market in the areas of commercial printing and in-house volume printing. For over a decade since then, Konica Minolta has created a digital commercial printing market and expanded the scope and range of its business activities, while developing print systems for various usage (from light to heavy) focusing on color printers. As a result, the company has increased the size of its production print business more than fivefold. In this process, Konica Minolta has implemented its own unique measures to strengthen the commercial and industrial printing business ahead of its competitors in the industry. These measures include applying its prowess in inkjet technology to the production print area, launching the Marketing Production Management (MPM) service that helps customers improve the printing process and supports planning and production of high value-added printed materials tailored to specific purposes such as sales promotion, entering into a financial and strategic alliance with MGI, acquiring additional stake in MGI and consolidating the financial results of MGI.

Under its Mid-term Business Strategy, Konica Minolta plans to expand its business by offering new solutions in industrial printing as well as value-added services in commercial printing to achieve its target to increase the total revenue in the production print business to 360 billion yen in fiscal 2020. Especially in the label and packaging markets, high-mix small-lot production has become available at an accelerated pace. Placing importance on the label and packaging markets that are likely to continue to steadily grow in the future, Konica Minolta has already prepared itself to cater to the needs of this promising market with the official launch of the bizhub PRESS C71cf on-demand label printer and the AccurioJet KM-1 B2 digital inkjet press, as well as by entering into a financial and strategic alliance with MGI.

Konica Minolta Business Solutions India proudly announces that the company will be leveraging its proven, world-class printing technology by introducing a new digital solution for the label and packaging industry. The bizhub PRESS C71cf will benefit businesses as they transition from conventional printing to digital technology. This digital press is the first of many new products that supports Konica Minolta’s strategy in the label and packaging industry market.

As the market for digitally printed packaging and labels continues to expand rapidly, driven by factors such as customization and regionalized products, Konica Minolta leverages its reliable dry-toner technology platform. As one of the market leaders in the print space, Konica Minolta is defining what true disruptive technology is by providing a way to make digital better than it has ever been done before. Konica Minolta is positioning the C71cf as a mid-range option that fills the gap between entry-level and high-end systems.

“bizhub PRESS C71cf stands apart with its surprising ease of use, coming as a perfect printing machine for the short run requirements of labels to complement their offset process. We are excited to introduce new, economical and productive Digital Press for the Label Industry. With its flexibility and efficiency, bizhub PRESS c71cf delivers a new level of value to the industry” adds Yoshinori Koide, EGM – PP & IP Marketing, Konica Minolta India.

More details of the product

bizhub PRESS C71CF incorporates the pioneering Dry-toner electro photography printing mechanism, offering full colour (CMYK) support. The machine also offers an impressive printing resolution of 1200 dots per inch(dpi), equivalent to 3600 dpi *1200dpi/8bit and can print images with a maximum size of 1195*320 mm.

bizhub PRESS C71CF incorporates the pioneering Dry-toner electro photography printing mechanism, offering full colour (CMYK) support. The machine also offers an impressive printing resolution of 1200 dots per inch(dpi), equivalent to 3600 dpi *1200dpi/8bit and can print images with a maximum size of 1195*320 mm.

The digital printing solution also supports a paper width of 330 millimetres and prints a maximum image width of 320 millimetres, ideal for medium sized printing businesses with diverse client requirements. It uses low-temperature fusing technology and Simitri HDE toner, and can print on a wide range of materials including polypropylene and synthetic paper.

bizhub PRESS C71cf is compatible with multiple file formats including PDF, PS (APPE compatible) and 8bitTIFF and can seamlessly perform printing operations at speeds of up to 18.9 meter per minute, depending on the paper type.

Konica Minolta’s highly proficient engineers have also kept the power consumption of the bizhub PRESS C71cf at bare minimum, keeping in mind the budget constraints of mid level businesses. Coming with an unwinder and rewinder diameter of 500 millimetre, the end to end digital printing solution is capable of Variable-data printing (VDP) with support for formats including PPML and PDF-VT.

bizhub PRESS C71cf’s print substrates comprise of pressure-sensitive paper in gloss, white BOPP, PET, polypropylene, semi-gloss and wine stocks. The printer’s cutting edge digital technology offers easy prototyping, customisation as well as the convenience of personalised text and graphics on labels.

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

About Labelexpo :

Labelexpo comes as the biggest platform In India for printing solution providers to demonstrate their offerings at a single venue. Consumers visiting the expo also get to experience live demonstrations of new disruptive technologies, emerging in the printing space to expand their business operations and explore new untapped markets. For more information please visit:www.labelexpo-india.com

Konica Minolta, Inc. (Konica Minolta) has been named to the Dow Jones Sustainability World Index (DJSI World) for five years in a row in recognition of its economic, environmental and social performance.

This year, Konica Minolta received a high score in materiality, a new assessment category added to the economic dimension, and for the third consecutive year earned the highest evaluation in the Computers & Peripherals and Office Electronics sector of the environmental dimension, which includes climate strategy, environmental policy, management system and information disclosure.

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CSR activities at Konica Minolta

1. Reevaluation of materiality to identify six priority issues

Last year, Konica Minolta reevaluated materiality and identified the following six issues that needed to be addressed and given priority in its CSR activities:

• Environment
• Social innovation
• Customer satisfaction and product safety
• Responsible supply chain
• Human capital
• Diversity

In identifying materiality issues, Konica Minolta conducted quantitative evaluation of its corporate activities from two perspectives; namely, “materiality to stakeholders” and “materiality to the company’s business,” while asking outside experts for their opinions in order to incorporate objectivity into its decisions. These were then validated by the newly established CSR Executive Meeting, whose main members are executive officers.

2. Environmental efforts under the Medium-Term Environmental Plan

In 2009, Konica Minolta was among the first companies to formulate a long-term environmental plan called Eco Vision 2050, with a goal to reduce CO₂ emissions through a product’s lifecycle by 80% by 2050 compared to fiscal 2005 levels. To achieve this goal, the company is promoting the Medium-Term Environmental Plan 2016, along with the Medium-Term Business Plan, on a worldwide basis.

In implementing the Medium-Term Environmental Plan 2016, Konica Minolta aims to work closely with its stakeholders to create values and grow together. To be specific, the company is working to gain greater trust from its shareholders and investors through appropriate disclosure of its non-financial information (e.g. by publicizing its inclusion in the DJSI World and various other SRI indices and sharing its environmental efforts at shareholders’ meetings.) The company also organized an ESG meeting for analysts this year.

3. Applying the results of internal assessment for inclusion in the DJSI World to its CSR activities

For several years, Konica Minolta has been utilizing the results of internal assessment for inclusion in the DJSI World as a means to enhance the level of its CSR activities. In doing so, Konica Minolta aims to better implement the PDCA cycle with a deeper understanding of how the company should cater to the demands of society in each assessment category.

Under the brand proposition “Giving Shape to Ideas,” Konica Minolta is committed to remaining vital to society by driving CSR initiatives in its businesses and contributing to improving social quality through creation of new values.

About DJSI World

The DJSI World is the first global index to track the financial performance of the leading sustainability-driven companies worldwide and is provided by RobecoSAM, the Switzerland-based sustainability investment company, and S&P Dow Jones Indices in the U.S. It assesses corporate sustainability from economic, environmental and social developments. The index is highly recognized among global institutional investors who take a close look at CSR management and sustainability. In the annual review of the world’s 2,500 companies, 316 companies have been listed on the DJSI World and, within the list, 26 are Japanese companies including Konica Minolta.

Reference: External assessment

In addition to the DJSI World and the DJSI Asia Pacific, Konica Minolta has been included in various global SRI indices and obtained high CSR ratings.

Konica Minolta participated in the 4th Digi Image 2016 organised by KPA and Aakar at Neelakanta Convention Center, Opposite BIEC, 10th Mile, Tumkur Road, Madavara Post, Bangalore, India.

The Digi Image 2016 Exhibition was a three day event starting from July 15th- 17th 2016. Digi Image has grown steadily in popularity and has become the region’s most influential, annual meeting point for people involved in the photography, videography and creative imaging sector. During the event Konica Minolta highlighted its unique products bizhub PRESS C71hc, C1060 and MGI Samples. With a stall size of 30sqmt in the Expo, Konica Minolta had more than 393 visitors including Photographers, Videographers and Media techies at its stall. Overall it was quite a good experience for Konica Minolta as it not only received good responses but also commitments for investing in Konica Minolta device for business requirements.

Hosted by Karnataka Photographers Association, the region’s leading Photo Video Association, Digi Image attracted visitors from all over the India, with thousands of photography and imaging specialists, introducing them to cutting-edge technology, Industry Experts and an extensive programme of workshops. The range of Product categories included digital cameras, image workflow applications, and digital imaging technology and studio equipment. Visitors also got the chance to test and try new equipment, book professional shooting sessions using fully equipped pop-up studios, found out the latest products entering the market and gain access to many of the leading brands within this rapidly evolving industry.

About bizhub PRESS C71hc

The 3rd generation machine bizhub PRESS C71hc brings benefits over its predecessor. This model incorporates advanced colour reproduction capabilities of the manufacturer’s proprietary high-chroma toner that provides enhanced printing services. Truly amazing quality results can be achieved for photo books and photo merchandise, promotional materials, and other sophisticated print products. Bizhub PRESS C71hc also comes with an optional banner tray to support the printing on media up to 13×47. This gives the customers to print bigger format of photo albums. Another asset of the bizhub PRESS C71hc is their wide range of finishing capabilities and its combination with a workflow software Print Xpress.

About bizhub PRESS C1060

The Bizhub Press C1060 is a multi-Role Digital Presses designed to accomplish a wider range of printing missions at higher standards for the next level of success for print providers. It achieves offset-like results that meet expectations. It also reproduces minute text and thin lines clearly as well as rich colour gradations even for colour images through synergy with 1,200 × 1,200 dpi high-resolution printing and Simitri HDE toner.

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 Business Solutions, renowned for its world-leading digital printing technology successfully participated in the Photo Today 2016 Expo organized by Buysell Interactions Pvt Ltd. at Dr. Shyama Prasad Mukherjee Indoor Stadium, Goa, India.

The Photo Today 2016 Expo was a three day event starting from July 15th- 17th 2016. It was an international show for Photography, Videography and Digital Imaging, frame and album making industry, an exclusive place where supply and demand come together. During the event Konica Minolta highlighted bizhub PRESS C71hc and MGI Samples at its stall. About 324 visitors visited Konica Minolta stall including professional photographers, advertising agencies, photo retailers, photo and video traders, agents, end users, manufacturers, distributors etc.

HThe event focused on photo processing equipments, cameras, lenses, camera filters, flash lights, trade magazines, mini lab systems, professional lab equipments, video graphics equipments, frame making equipment, identification card makers and many more.

About bizhub PRESS C71hc

The 3rd generation machine bizhub PRESS C71hc brings benefits over its predecessor. This model incorporates advanced colour reproduction capabilities of the manufacturer’s proprietary high-chroma toner that provides enhanced printing services. Truly amazing quality results can be achieved for photo books and photo merchandise, promotional materials, and other sophisticated print products. Bizhub PRESS c71hc also comes with an optional banner tray to support the printing on media up to 13×47. This gives the customers to print bigger format of photo albums. Another asset of the bizhub PRESS C71hc is their wide range of finishing capabilities and its combination with a workflow software Print Xpress.

About the MGI Group:

The MGI Group is composed of MGI Digital Graphic Technology, headquartered in Paris (Ivry-sur-Seine), France, and KÖRA-PACKMAT, located in Villingendorf, Germany, and CERADROP, located in Limoges, France and Konica Minolta is are the shareholders in our organization. We are proud on partnering with Konica Minolta in India and worldwide to bring synergies into the business.

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

Buyers Laboratory LLC (BLI) today announced the winners of its coveted Pick awards for the summer 2016 season, with Konica Minolta earning accolades for its outstanding A3 Multifunctional printers (MFP) bizhub C308 and bizhub 227. The MFP’s stood out for reliability, efficiency-enhancing capabilities and was honoured for “productivity”.

As an independent company evaluating office document equipment and applications, BLI has been putting products to the test for more than 50 years. By assessing reliability, image quality, ease of use, productivity and a range of other criteria, the tests reveal the products that deliver customers the best value and most trouble-free performance. BLI Pick awards are presented twice annually.

“The Konica Minolta bizhub C308 and bizhub 227 are designed to keep your small-to mid-size workgroup productive,” said BLI Manager of Lab Operations Joe Ellerman. “Excellent reliability, user-replaceable drums and high paper capacities minimize downtime, while the BLI award winning MyTab in the drivers lets you set preferences and shortcuts at the desktop and up to 25 shortcut keys saves time for walk-up users. You can also sync your smartphone or tablet to the MFP to simplify mobile printing”.

“We are honoured and grateful to receive this award, and are ever committed to provide powerful and sustainable solutions to our elite customers in the coming years. This accolade further supports the leading innovation and proven performance over the peers” said Mr. Yuji Nakata, MD Konica Minolta Business Solutions India Pvt. Ltd.

About Buyers Laboratory LLC

Buyers Laboratory LLC (BLI) is the world’s leading independent provider of analytical information and services to the digital imaging and document management industry. For over 50 years, buyers have relied on BLI to help them differentiate products’ strengths and weaknesses and make the best purchasing decisions, while industry sales, marketing and product professionals have turned to BLI for insightful competitive intelligence and valued guidance on product development, competitive positioning and sales channel and marketing support. Using BLI’s web-based bliQ and Solutions Center services, 40,000 professionals worldwide create extensive side-by-side comparisons of hardware and software solutions for over 15,000 products globally, including comprehensive specifications and the performance results and ratings from BLI’s unparalleled Lab, Solutions and Environmental Test Reports, the result of months of hands-on evaluation in its US and UK labs. The services, also available via mobile devices, include a comprehensive library of BLI’s test reports, an image gallery, hard to find manufacturers’ literature and valuable tools for configuring products, calculating total cost of ownership (TCO) and annual power usage. BLI also offers consulting and private, for-hire testing services that help manufacturers develop and market better products and consumables.

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. (Konica Minolta) has launched the Excellent Green Factory Certification System and plans to involve its suppliers, customers and communities in its efforts to reduce CO2 emissions and achieve Excellent Green Factory certification standards at all of its major production sites around the world by fiscal 2018. The company today published Konica Minolta CSR Report 2016 (Japanese version) on its official website, disclosing the results of the past fiscal year and plans for its environmental management, including the new certification system.

Outline of Excellent Green Factory Certification System

Under its original Green Factory Certification System, Konica Minolta attained its goal of achieving Level 2 at all of its production sites around the world by fiscal 2015. The Excellent Green Factory Certification System is being launched as the next step to achieve higher goals.

In addition to complying with the conventional certification standards for reducing environmental impacts from internal sources, the new system is designed to meet the standards for reducing CO2 emissions from external sources by working in unison with suppliers, customers and communities. As an ultimate goal, Konica Minolta aims to achieve the standards for Sustainable Green Factory certification by sharing its environmental technologies and know-how with external stakeholders to reduce CO2 emissions from external sources by an amount which equals CO2 emissions from internal sources.

Excellent Green Factory Certification Standards

A production site that has met all the following criteria is certified as an Excellent Green Factory.

Certification as Sustainable Green Factory requires reducing CO2 emissions from external sources by an amount which equals CO2 emissions from internal sources.

Hong Kong, HK – Buyers Laboratory LLC (BLI) today announced the winners of its coveted Pick awards for the Summer 2016 season, with Konica Minolta earning accolades for their outstanding products. The leading provider of intelligence on the document imaging and solutions industry, BLI has been putting products to the test for more than 50 years. BLI Pick awards, presented twice annually, acknowledge the hardware and software offerings that measure up as the best in their respective categories throughout rigorous lab testing during the previous six months. Unique in the industry, the comprehensive tests assess a wide range of the most important features and performance factors for buyers.

BLI’s Summer 2016 Picks go to the following top performers:

Konica Minolta, Inc.

bizhub C308 (also sold as the DEVELOP ineo +308) Outstanding 21- to 30-ppm A3 Colour MFP bizhub 227Outstanding 21- to 30-ppm A3 Monochrome MFP

Konica Minolta Devices Stand Out for Reliability and Efficiency-Enhancing Capabilities

Busy workgroups need an MFP that keeps workflow moving throughout the day and Konica Minolta’s BLI Summer 2016 Pick winners do just that. “The Konica Minolta bizhub C308 and bizhub 227 are designed to keep your small- to mid-size workgroup productive,” said BLI Manager of Lab Operations Joe Ellerman. “Excellent reliability,user-replaceable drums and high paper capacities minimize downtime, while the BLI award winning MyTab in the drivers lets you set preferences and shortcuts at the desktop and up to 25 shortcut keys saves time for walk-up users. You can also sync your smartphone or tablet to the MFP to simplify mobile printing.”

About Buyers Laboratory LLC

Buyers Laboratory LLC (BLI) is the world’s leading independent provider of analytical information and services to the digital imaging and document management industry. For over 50 years, buyers have relied on BLI to help them differentiate products’ strengths and weaknesses and make the best purchasing decisions, while industry sales, marketing and product professionals have turned to BLI for insightful competitive intelligence and valued guidance on product development, competitive positioning and sales channel and marketing support. Using BLI’s web-based bliQ and Solutions Center services, 40,000 professionals worldwide create extensive side-by-side comparisons of hardware and software solutions for over 15,000 products globally, including comprehensive specifications and the performance results and ratings from BLI’s unparalleled Lab, Solutions and Environmental Test Reports, the result of months of hands-on evaluation in its US and UK labs. The services, also available via mobile devices, include a comprehensive library of BLI’s test reports, an image gallery, hard to find manufacturers’ literature and valuable tools for configuring products, calculating total cost of ownership (TCO) and annual power usage. BLI also offers consulting and private, for-hire testing services that help manufacturers develop and market better products and consumables.

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