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By: Mark Weiss

12/04/2006

BIZ_SOLUTIONS: Konica Minolta still remains number one for colour in Europe

Sales figures for 2005 from Infosource¹ reveal that Konica Minolta is the number one supplier of colour devices in Europe for the second year running. The results show also that Konica Minolta has held on to the leadership position in the three largest markets in Europe: France, Germany and the UK.

With 38.4 per cent market share in full-colour devices, Konica Minolta is dominating this sector. The closest competitor is trailing in second place with just a 21.6 per cent market share.

This dramatic success has been due to Konica Minolta's full range of full colour devices, from magicolor desktop printers to bizhub PRO production printing systems. These colour systems have won numerous awards from independent industry experts and have gained a reputation for quality and reliability. To ensure that the company keeps hold of this lead in 2006 it announced the launch of three new systems at CeBIT 2006. The bizhub C300, bizhub C352 and bizhub C352P extend Konica Minolta's comprehensive range of high quality and reliable full colour MFPs².

Olaf Lorenz, General Manager Product Marketing Division, said of the company's latest achievements, "This is fantastic news for the company, we feel very strongly that we have the most superior colour products on the market and these figures prove this. We plan to hold on to this position with a very clear strategy of innovation and growth."

¹ Source: Infosource, photocopier market 2005 Western Europe

² Sales start May 2006

About Infosource

InfoSource S.A. is a Swiss-based, privately owned Market Research organisation conducting research in 32 countries worldwide. Established in 1985 with the purpose of providing accurate and reliable market sizing information based on an exclusive methodology, the company specialises in producing detailed market data for the Office Equipment and Telecommunications industries.

http://www.infosource.ch/

About Konica Minolta Business Solutions Europe

Konica Minolta Business Solutions Europe GmbH is a leading provider of image information products with subsidiaries and distributors in more than 50 countries in the EMEA region. The company places major emphasis on the document management and solution business, especially in the field of colour output, as well as on micro systems, facsimiles and related supplies. Konica Minolta Business Solutions Europe is a subsidiary of Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc., headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.

With a total workforce of 19,600 employees world wide, Konica Minolta Business Technologies gained a net sales of close to 4.15 billion Euros in fiscal 2004/2005. Building on its strong core of optical technologies developed over many years as a camera manufacturer, Konica Minolta Business Technologies aims to be a corporation offering products and services that are essential to all areas of digital imaging.

Website: http://www.konicaminoltaeurope.com/

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Contact

Lydia Kirchel

Konica Minolta Business Solutions Europe

Phone: +49 (0)511-7404-401

Lydia.Kirchelbs.konicaminoltaeurope.com