Inkjet & Digital Printing
Konica Minolta Celebrates an Award-Winning 2012
Thursday 20. December 2012 - Company Receives Numerous Awards in 2012 Including Recent "Innovative Product of the Year" Award
Konica Minolta Business Solutions U.S.A., Inc. (Konica Minolta) is proud to celebrate an award-winning calendar year 2012 with today’s announcement that Better Buys for Business has awarded the company a 2012 Innovative Product of the Year Award for the bizhub PRO 951. Adding this most recent accolade to the company’s portfolio of awards received in 2012, Konica Minolta received recognition in the areas of environmental sustainability, product and solution innovation, and overall industry leadership.
Receiving numerous awards for solution performance and reliability, Konica Minolta was recognized as a Leader in the “Magic Quadrant for MFPs and Printers, Worldwide” published by Gartner, Inc. and named a #1 Brand in the “MFP Office Copier” category for the fifth consecutive year by Brand Keys. Industry analyst firm Buyers Lab, Inc. awarded Konica Minolta “A3 MFP Line of the Year” and the inaugural “Document Imaging Solutions Line of the Year.”
In recognition of its economic, environmental and social performance, Konica Minolta was named to the Dow Jones Sustainability World Index for the first time in 2012, and also to the Dow Jones Sustainability Asia-Pacific Index for the fourth consecutive year. The company was included in the 2012 FTSE4Good Global Index by FTSE International Limited (FTSE) in the U.K., one of the best known indices in the world for socially responsible investment (SRI) communities. This is the ninth year in a row that Konica Minolta earned this recognition.
“The year 2012 was a landmark year for Konica Minolta across all business sectors and the many awards we received recognize the success of both our technologies and corporate initiatives,” says Kevin Kern, senior vice president, Marketing, Konica Minolta Business Solutions U.S.A., Inc. “Customers can count on Konica Minolta as they move into 2013 for the award-winning solutions and corporate strategies that are on the leading edge of innovation.”