News Article Business Solutions

Langenhagen, May 2007

Konica Minolta takes office colour to new heights and continues its winning streak with a BERTL's Best 2007 award. The accolade was given for 'Best Departmental Colour MFP Range with an Outstanding Print Feature Set.'

The office colour MFP range, which includes the bizhub C352, C451 and C550, was commended by BERTL for its versatility, functionality, colour capabilities and security. Features of the award winning range that received special mention include, the oversized A3+ paper capabilities, the colour management range and the Emperon Plus EFI Print Controller which enables these devices to be placed in a range of printing environments.

Olaf Lorenz, General Manager, Product Marketing Division for Konica Minolta Business Solutions Europe says, "We are extremely proud of this award and believe that it reaffirms our leadership in the office colour market. We strive to help companies improve their colour output and enable them to produce professional looking documents in-house without the need for costly outsourcing."

Judges were also impressed by the usability of the office colour range, particularly its ability to make complex tasks easy by storing multiple lists with page-by-page programming, a function which they believe 'sets the document production capabilities of this range apart from rival devices.'

BERTL award winners and nominees are selected after rigorous analysis of the hundreds of digital imaging devices, software, and management utilities in the market place. BERTL analyses many factors including print and copy productivity, image quality, accessibility, design and build quality, standard functions and installation to provide the best advice to users and businesses.

About BERTL
BERTL® Inc. is the premier source for objective, independent product-evaluation reports and comparative analyses on digital imaging devices and software. BERTL's evaluation reports, customer satisfaction research, awards and product ratings are undertaken entirely at BERTL's expense for the benefit of its international subscriber base. At all times, BERTL's primary focus is the end user. BERTL publishes the world's largest library of evaluation reports on copiers, printers, MFPs, fax machines and colour production devices. The reports are available in a range of specialized subscription services: Colour at Work®, LabCheck® and Imaging at Work®. Also available is the DataCheck® service, a database of more than 4,000 products covering all major manufacturers.  www.BERTL.com

About Konica Minolta Business Solutions Europe
Konica Minolta Business Solutions Europe GmbH is a leading provider of image information products with subsidiaries and distributors in more than 50 countries in the EMEA region. The company places major emphasis on the document management and solution business in the office and production environment, especially in the field of colour output as well as related supplies. Konica Minolta Business Solutions Europe is a subsidiary of Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc., headquartered in Tokyo, Japan. With a total workforce of 19,800 employees world wide, Konica Minolta Business Technologies gained a net sales of over 4.42 billion Euros in fiscal 2005/2006. Building on its strong core of optical technologies developed over many years as a printer and camera manufacturer, Konica Minolta Business Technologies aims to be a corporation offering products and services that are essential to all areas of digital imaging. http://www.konicaminolta.eu/

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Contact

Susanne Doepke
Konica Minolta Business Solutions Europe
Phone: +49 (0)511-7404-401
Susanne.Doepke(at)konicaminolta.eu

Konica Minolta team
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