Konica Minolta News Archive (2004)

Konica Minolta Launches Landmark bizhub™ Brand

Mississauga, ON. "April 27, 2004" Konica Minolta Business Solutions (CANADA) Ltd. (Konica Minolta) announces the launch of bizhub™, a groundbreaking brand that is set to raise the bar on business equipment. Products under the bizhub brand are the first network imaging systems to be co-developed by the two imaging industry pioneers "Konica and Minolta" who merged in October 2003. The state-of-the-art bizhub network imaging systems create an environment where business professionals can build and share a valuable pool of knowledge that can be securely accessed at anytime from anywhere to maximize efficiency.

The bizhub brand is Konica Minolta's realization of the future of MFPs - products that drive business and centralize the business professional. Konica Minolta's bizhub network imaging systems are designed to:

"The bizhub brand name clearly distinguishes Konica Minolta's position in the crowded MFP marketplace and clearly elaborates what our products are designed to do. The bizhub network imaging systems turn information into assets. Documents can now be shared, scanned, printed and finished from one central document resource," said Denis Antunes, Director, Marketing & Strategic Planning. "The bizhub brand of products provides business professionals with the assurance that they do not have to be in the office to be in the loop. From wherever and whenever, bizhub enables secure access to the information that they need. With bizhub, the future of the MFP is here today."

• Create a work style that is not restricted by time or place through their networking and network management functionality, as well as their security features;
• Empower businesses to experience the advantages of knowledge and information sharing with their document management and data handling capabilities; and
• Accelerate the flow of business, improve productivity and increase usability through their versatile functionality, high reliability and universal design.

First bizhub Network Imaging System – The bizhub C350

Launched in April 2004, the bizhub C350 is the first Konica Minolta MFP to bear the bizhub brand. The bizhub C350 brings the brand's universal design concept - network functionality and management, security features, document management, superior image quality, data handling, high reliability and concern for the environment in one platform – to fruition.

With the bizhub C350, businesses have access to an advanced colour imaging system at the price of a monochrome device, enabling them to have cost-effective colour on demand. A full-colour printer/copier/scanner, the bizhubC350 was developed to be the power center of the office workgroup environment, combining high quality, greater flexibility and increased productivity for seamless workflow. The bizhub C350 offers print/copy speeds of 35ppm B&W and 22ppm colour, a standard built-in PCL print controller, networking, advanced scanning capabilities, Konica Minolta Simitri® Colour Polymerized Toner, ISO 15408 Level 3 Security (currently in evaluation), network and document management tools through the PageScope software suite, and Energy Star certification.

Advertising Campaign

To mark the launch of the bizhub brand, Konica Minolta will debut a new advertising campaign in April 2004. The campaign will include 30-second spots on national network and cable television programming, including CBS Sports, ABC, CNN and ESPN, as well as print, Web and outdoor/stadium advertising.

About Konica Minolta Business Solutions (Canada) Ltd.

Leading the world in document imaging innovation, Konica Minolta Business Solutions (Canada) Ltd., a division of Konica Minolta Holdings, Inc., is one of the foremost providers of systems and solutions for document creation, production and distribution.

We deliver a complete line of black & white and full-colour printers, copiers, facsimile machines and multifunctional document systems, as well as the support services and the software solutions that bring it all together.

The integration of the best parts of our parent companies, Konica and Minolta, took the industry by storm and left our competition in the dust. Konica Minolta Business Solutions delivers the most technologically advanced products, the most comprehensive support and the best solutions for your document processes.

Complete line of high-speed, high-volume production document systems, up to 85 pages per minute and 1.25 million impressions per month.

Full line of superior quality colour imaging systems for corporate, graphics arts and production environments, including our 50 page per minute ColourFORCE™ 8050.

Wide range of multifunctional workgroup document systems and facsimile machines with advanced office functionality such as network scanning and internet faxing.

Software solutions designed to bridge the gap between computers and document systems, offering everything from simple scan-to-file to completely automated document manipulation to enterprise-wide workflow process solutions.

Infrastructure management and document process streamlining with our team of professional services engineers.

Comprehensive and award-winning support committed to customer satisfaction.