Konica Minolta Business Solutions

Many of the industry's most prestigious exhibitors have signed on to showcase their latest industry solutions at the Graphics of the Americas Expo & Conference (GOA), being held February 21-23, 2013, at the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando, FL.

Konica Minolta Business Solutions U.S.A. has acquired DocuSource, a dealership headquartered in Cerritos, Ca., to increase Konica Minolta’s document management systems, solutions and services in the southern California region. DocuSource will operate as a wholly-owned subsidiary of Konica Minolta Business Solutions U.S.A. and maintain its two current locations in Cerritos and Los Angeles as well as its entire roster of employees.

Konica Minolta Business Solutions recently held an in-plant open house at its facility in Pittsburgh, Pa. In-plants from around the region attended the event, which featured seminars and demos of equipment from Konica Minolta and its partners.

Finch Paper has launched its FIT (Fluid + Ink + Toner) Color Management and Workflow Services progra

On Tuesday, IPG Editor Bob Neubauer spoke at an in-plant open house event held at Konica Minolta Business Solutions' facility in Pittsburgh, Pa. In-plants from around the region attended the event, which featured several seminars plus an opportunity to see demos of equipment from Konica Minolta and its partners.

Nautilus Solar will be the owner and provider of the 839.5-kilowatt photovoltaic system being installed as part of “Project Sunway,” and will sell the generated electricity to Konica Minolta at a discount to its current utility rate. Based on standards set by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, this project will offset the CO² emissions from 132 passenger vehicles, or the electricity used by 84 homes.

Komori Corp. has signed a global sales agreement with Konica Minolta Business Technologies, the information equipment business unit of Konica Minolta Holdings Inc. As a result, Konica Minolta will supply to Komori the bizhub PRESS series, centered on the bizhub PRESS C8000 digital printing system, in the United States, Europe, Japan and China.

Now in its 18th year, the On Demand Conference and Exposition tried something new this time when it moved south of the Mason-Dixon line to the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington, D.C. Not everyone was happy with the results. Though some exhibits were packed at intervals, others were not so busy. Perhaps the absence of key companies like Xerox, Kodak, Presstek and Standard caused some potential attendees to skip this year's event. Or maybe D.C. was too far for the Northeast day trippers who attended previous years' shows in Philadelphia, Boston and New York.

Last week, the On Demand Conference and Exposition completed its 2011 run at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington, D.C. The venue itself ended up being part of the story because it contributed to the event feeling more like a conference with an exhibit hall, rather than a trade show with an education track

Konica Minolta Business Solutions U.S.A. has launched the Konica Minolta Clean Planet recycling program that will provide easy and cost-free consumables recycling to all customers. Whether they have a single desktop printer, complete fleet of bizhub MFPs, or professional bizhub PRO/PRESS production print systems, all Konica Minolta customers will help reduce their ecological footprint with the Clean Planet Recycling Program’s streamlined return and recycle process.