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Konica Minolta Business Solutions (Canada), Ltd.
Date Posted: May 22, 2009

Mississauga, ON – May 22, 2009 – Konica Minolta Business Solutions (Canada) Ltd. (Konica Minolta Canada), a leading provider of advanced imaging and networking technologies for the desktop to the print shop, today announced the addition of three new executive leaders. The recently appointed leaders (Satoshi (Sol) Tachioka as President; Grant Hume as Executive Vice President, Sales, Service and Marketing; and George Tanouye as Vice President, Finance and Administration) will focus on enhancing Konica Minolta's prominence in the Canadian marketplace while reinforcing its position as one of the world's top equipment and solutions providers.

"I am very pleased to join Konica Minolta Canada where I plan to adopt many of Konica Minolta's Global initiatives. I'm also proud that the Global commitment to preserving the environment has already been adopted in Canada as we are the first with EcoLogo certification (for multifunctional devices)", says Satoshi Tachioka, President. "My aim is to ensure that Konica Minolta Canada continues to be an exceptional company - enjoying prosperous growth, employing inspired people, and developing a good corporate culture, while escalating our corporate social responsibility initiatives," he stated.

Sol's distinguished career at Konica Minolta Business Technologies spans 29 years with abroad positions in Hong Kong and Germany, both times returning to Japan. He was most recently in charge of product planning, including hardware and solution software - participating in much of bizhub's recent innovative technological developments.

"I'm very excited to be part of the Konica Minolta team, working to position our award-winning products as creators of value for our customers", says Grant Hume, recently appointed Executive Vice-President, Sales, Service and Marketing for Konica Minolta Canada. "We're working diligently to plan for and anticipate a higher growth trajectory over the next 3 years," he adds.

Grant's notable experience includes 17 years at Xerox leading successful sales, marketing, product marketing, and operational teams both in the field and at Head Office. Executive roles leading sales and marketing teams followed at TELUS and Direct Energy.

"I look forward to ensuring Konica Minolta Canada becomes operationally excellent," said George Tanouye, Vice-President of Finance and Administration for Konica Minolta Canada. "I plan to use this opportunity, as a new member of the leadership team, to help Konica Minolta achieve even greater levels of financial performance," he adds.

George is a Chartered Accountant with extensive experience in the distribution and manufacturing sectors. Previous to Konica Minolta, he worked as a Senior Manager at KPMG in Toronto in their Assurance Practice, working primarily with multi-national clients, and was also a senior member of KPMG's Japanese practice.

About Konica Minolta Business Solutions (Canada) Ltd.

Headquartered in Mississauga, Ontario, Konica Minolta Business Solutions (Canada) Ltd. delivers world-class service through its extensive network of direct sales offices and authorized dealers throughout Canada. Konica Minolta is a leader in advanced imaging and networking technologies bringing together advances in security, print quality, and network integration via its award-winning line of bizhub® multifunction products (MFPs); bizhub® PRO production printing systems; magicolor® desktop colour-laser printers and all-in-ones; and pagepro™ monochrome desktop laser printers and all-in-ones.

Konica Minolta provides advanced solutions and software applications for device administration, document management, forms and variable data, cost accounting, print production, and more. Konica Minolta is also the first manufacturer and distributor of multifunction devices (MFPs) in North America to receive EcoLogo's newest office products certification (CCD-035 Office Machines, Multifunctional Device Category) - based on EcoLogo's latest and very stringent environmentally-friendly requirements.

For more information, please visit Konica Minolta at www.konicaminolta.ca/business
Learn more about Konica Minolta's bizhub line-up of products at www.allyouneedishub.com
For more information about Konica Minolta's environmental initiatives visit www.konicaminolta.ca/environment

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