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Konica Minolta develops, manufactures and sells printing devices to customers in all segments. Its products include multifunction printers for SMB customers, to high-end printing devices for production printing customers. Marco Siebel talks to general manager Akira Fujita to find out more.
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onica Minolta Business Solutions Europe GmbH operates from the German town of Langenhagen. In 2011 its revenue reached €1.85 billion, and it has a €2 billion revenue target for 2012 as well as a more than €2.5 billion revenue target for 2015. In Europe, 7400 employees work from 30 countries, serving 68 countries in the EMEA area. The parent company is Konica Minolta, located in Japan. Other business areas include optics, healthcare and industrial ink-jet.
Since Konica Minolta started operating in Europe in 1965 it has become known for selling its mid-range multifunction colour printers. It holds a leading position in the market for printers in category 2 (20-29ppm) and category 3 (30-39ppm). Akira Fujita, general manager business operations Konica Minolta Business Solutions Europe GmbH, talked about customer intimacy, digital production printing, IT service management and the promising
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