Press release Konica Minolta Business Solutions Europe announces new President Ikuo (Indy) Nakagawa succeeds Ken Osuga, who will transfer to Headquarters in Tokyo, Japan Langenhagen/Germany, 1st April 2014 Today, Konica Minolta Business Solutions Europe GmbH announces an important change to their executive board. On 1st April 2014, Ikuo (Indy) Nakagawa will assume the role of President of Konica Minolta Business Solutions Europe GmbH. He succeeds Ken Osuga, who has been at the top of the European executive board for the last three years. Mr. Osuga will move to the position of Chief Financial Officer at Konica Minolta Headquarters, Konica Minolta Inc., in Tokyo, Japan. Ikuo (Indy) Nakagawa started his career in 1982 at Minolta Company Limited in Osaka, Japan, and has enjoyed more than 30 years of success at Konica Minolta. During that time, he has held various management positions in sales and marketing, in corporate and strategic planning as well as holding senior management positions in the USA and Asia. His last position was that of President of Konica Minolta Business Solutions China. “It is a great honour to serve as President of Konica Minolta Business Solutions Europe, our strongest region by sales.” Between 2003 and 2013, Konica Minolta’s European sales grew from 1.3 to 2.2 billion euros, an increase of 67 per cent. Konica Minolta currently employs nearly 9,000 people in Europe, almost twice as many than in 2003. “Konica Minolta Business Solutions Europe has experienced a decade of change, innovation and growth, and I am confident Ikuo (Indy) Nakagawa will keep us on this successful path”, comments Ken Osuga, who has been working for Business Technologies for many years. After over 15 years in Europe, with three of them as President of Konica Minolta´s European Headquarters, Mr. Osuga will now leave Europe to take on the CFO position at Konica Minolta Inc. in Tokyo, Japan. Here he will be responsible for the corporate functions of all businesses in the Konica Minolta Group.
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Konica Minolta Business Solutions Europe has evolved into a customer-oriented provider of hardware-based managed services with an impressive track record: nearly 3,500 of Konica Minolta customers in Europe have a contract for the company’s Managed Print Services known as Optimised Print Services, or OPS. Konica Minolta’s Managed Content Services enjoys solid positioning with its SharePoint-based in-house brand, dokoni SUITE, an innovation that enables companies to easily manage unstructured information. The company`s expertise in Infrastructure Management Services (IMS) as well as Managed Content Services (MCS) are represented by Konica Minolta’s specialist companies Raber+Märcker, Serians and Koneo. Konica Minolta continues to excel in its core competence field of office and production printing: In 2013, the company reached the number one European position in the colour segment (A3 + A4) on the office printing sector (20.5%, InfoSource), and has proudly defended its leading position in the small and mid-size Production Printing market for many years (41.3% in 2013, InfoSource). Konica Minolta successfully upholds its commitment to enabling Production Printing businesses, by generating new opportunities that benefit its customers’ growth. Such opportunities include consultancy, insight information and programmes such as its Digital1234 business-building programme or its Marketing Print Management / Marketing Management Services (MPM/MMS) through Charterhouse.
New President Konica Minolta Business Solutions Europe as of 1st April 2014: Ikuo (Indy) Nakagawa
About Konica Minolta Business Solutions Europe Konica Minolta Business Solutions Europe GmbH, based in Langenhagen, Germany, is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Konica Minolta Inc., Tokyo, Japan, forming part of its Business Technologies business area. As a leading global service provider in the field of IT- and document processes as well as digital production printing solutions the company excels in service-led business consulting, implementation and management and provides a range of world-leading printing systems and solutions. In this context, Konica Minolta’s Optimized Print Services concept (OPS) combines consultancy, hardware, software implementation, and operation in order to enhance business process efficiency and cost-effectiveness. To support customers optimally with powerful and sustainable solutions, technology leader Konica Minolta continuously invests in research and development work and regularly sets new standards.
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Konica Minolta Business Solutions Europe is represented by subsidiaries and distributors in more than 50 countries in Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA). With over 30,600 employees around the world (as of June 2012), Konica Minolta’s Business Technologies business area earned net sales of over EUR 5.4 billion in financial year 2012/13. For further information about the company, visit www.konicaminolta.eu. Product images are available at www.konicaminolta-images.eu. Konica Minolta contact Silke Zßhlke Konica Minolta Business Solutions Europe GmbH Phone: +49 (0)511 7404-5604 silke.zuehlke@konicaminolta.eu
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