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Langenhagen, Germany, September 2008

Industry sales figures by InfoSource, an independent market research organisation, show that Konica Minolta strengthened its position in the segment of full-colour multifunctional printing systems (MFPs) in the first half of 2008: the company is now number one in both Western and Eastern Europe. While climbing back to the top of the Western European market Konica Minolta has successfully defended its pole position in Eastern Europe.

 

Developments in Germany and France match Konica Minolta’s excellent performance on the European full colour printing market, the InfoSource study reveals. While remaining number one in the German market, the company could increase its sales in France and take over the lead in this market as well. In Scandinavia, Konica Minolta’s colour devices proved to be top performers, too. Last years’ results established the company as second-ranking player in Norway’s full colour market and it took third place in Denmark. This year, Konica Minolta’s print systems reached number one in both countries. In Sweden, Konica Minolta even climbed from fourth to first place.

In colour category 4 (30-49 ppm), the Konica Minolta bizhub C353 was the best-selling device Europe-wide. In colour category 3 (20-29 ppm), the company is also clearly leading the market: the bizhub C253 ranked first and the bizhub C203 came in third in the same sales ranking. And in colour category 1 (0-9 ppm), nearly thirty percent of the market went to the bizhub C10, making it number two in the first half of 2008.

"We are obviously very proud of these results," says Olaf Lorenz, General Manager International Marketing Division, Konica Minolta Business Solutions Europe. "The InfoSource figures clearly document our new position as European market leader in the colour printing and copying segment. And they provide recognition of our commitment and investment in colour quality through continuous efforts to improve our technologies and set new standards in this sector."

 

About Infosource

InfoSource S.A. is a Swiss-based, privately owned Market Research organisation conducting research in 32 countries worldwide. Established in 1985 with the purpose of providing accurate and reliable market sizing information based on an exclusive methodology, the company specialises in producing detailed market data for the Office Equipment and Telecommunications industries. www.infosource.ch

 

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 21,000 employees worldwide, Konica Minolta Business Technologies gained net sales of over 4.4 billion euros in fiscal 2007/2008. 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. www.konicaminolta.eu

 

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Contact:

 

Olaf Lorenz

Konica Minolta Business Solutions Europe

Phone: +49 (0)511 7404-378

olaf.lorenz(at)konicaminolta.eu

 

Claudia Bitzer

Pleon GmbH

Phone: +49 (0)711 210 99-416

konicaminoltateam(at)pleon.com