Konica Minolta Business Solutions

With the tagline "Shape the Future. Strategy. Passion. Leadership," Konica Minolta hosted roughly 1,100 attendees representing 334 dealerships at its 2013 Konica Minolta Business Conference and Product Expo, which was held at the posh Venetian/Palazzo Resort in Las Vegas from Nov. 17-20. The 2013 event also happened to coincide with the 10th anniversary of the merger bewteen Konica and Minolta.

Konica Minolta has been awarded a “2013 Environment Minister’s Award for Global Warming Prevention Activity (Implementation of Countermeasures)” by the Ministry of the Environment, Government of Japan, for its Green Factory Certification System initiative to prevent global warming. The system is part of Konica Minolta’s Eco Vision 2050 vision.

In an effort to expand Konica Minolta’s reach in the Southeast Florida region, the company has acquired CopySource Inc., a business solutions dealership headquartered in Coral Springs, FL. As part of the acquisition agreement, CopySource will operate as a wholly-owned subsidiary of Konica Minolta and maintain its current locations in Broward, Miami-Dade and Palm Beach Counties, as well as its entire roster of more than 60 employees.

Commercial printer company and personnel news from Printing Impressions’ December 2013 edition, featuring

To further improve upon and simplify the recycling process for customer consumables, Konica Minolta Business Solutions U.S.A. has added enhancements to the Konica Minolta Clean Planet Recycling Program. The program helps reduce the overall ecological footprint via a streamlined return and recycle process.

Konica Minolta Business Solutions U.S.A. has been awarded the 2014 PRO Award for “Outstanding Monochrome Light- to Mid-Volume Production Device” from Buyers Laboratory LLC (BLI) for its bizhub PRESS 1250 digital press.

Konica Minolta Business Solutions U.S.A. has enhanced its EnvisionIT portfolio with the addition of two new software solutions—NSi Mobile and Dispatcher Phoenix Worldox Connector. The company has also announced a strategic partnership with Precision Discovery.

Konica Minolta Business Solutions U.S.A.'s parent company Konica Minolta, has joined the Electronic Industry Citizenship Coalition (EICC), a coalition of about 90 leading global electronics companies that seeks to improve efficiency and social, ethical and environmental responsibility in the global supply chain.

With only two sheetfed offset presses on the show floor, digital printing vendors were the 'hot' booths at PRINT 13. Here's a sampling of some of the production inkjet, wide-format inkjet and toner-based digital presses that were highlighted for commercial print shops

Konica Minolta Business Solutions has been shouting from the mountaintops about how hot its new KM-1/IS29 UV color inkjet press—a collaborative effort with Komori—has become, and apparently they weren't kidding.