Konica Minolta South Africa recently announced its top 2012/2013 dealers at an annual awards dinner held in the Silverstar Casino’s Platinum boardroom.

Johannesburg, GP -- (SBWIRE) -- 11/20/2013 -- Based on sales targets achieved during each financial year, Konica Minolta South Africa (KMSA) holds an annual awards ceremony to acknowledge and appreciate the top dealers. On 18th July 2013, the annual awards dinner was held in the Platinum Boardroom at Silverstar Casino.

"This year Konica Minolta South Africa had an astounding 19 dealers in the top 'gold' category," says Janine Ferreira, public relations officer at Konica Minolta South Africa. "This level includes only our best dealers, those who have achieved 100 percent and more of their target."

Listed in no specific order, the 2012/2013 top dealers, gold winners, were as follows:
- Busiquip
- Corporate Business Automation
- Dalitso
- Diverso
- Integrated Imaging Solutions
- Johannesburg Konica Minolta
- Konica Minolta Gauteng
- Konica Minolta Midrand
- Konica Minolta North
- Gama Business Systems
- Millennium Konica Minolta
- Konica Minolta Business Solutions
- Konica Minolta Zululand
- KZN Konica Minolta
- Min Copiers
- Tytec
- Konica Minolta East Coast
- FFR Konica Minolta
- Konica Minolta Direct.

Janine Farreira added that special category awards were also bestowed to further express the appreciation that Konica Minolta South Africa has for their dealers embracing the brand, its technologies and innovations. The special awards categorises included:

- The Digital Monochrome Dealer of the Year, which was deservedly awarded to Konica Minolta Business Solutions;
- The Digital Colour Dealer of the Year was awarded to Konica Minolta Gauteng; and
- The Production Dealer of the Year award was given to Corporate Business Automation, for the second year running.

The overall 'Dealer of the Year' award was awarded to Konica Minolta Gauteng for outshining the rest of the dealers in more than one line of business. This annual event is held to inspire other Konica Minolta South Africa dealers to improve their approach when selling KMSA products.

About Konica Minolta SA
Konica Minolta South Africa (KMSA) provides a comprehensive range of business solutions to businesses of all sizes, countrywide. The organisation is wholly owned by the Bidvest Group and believes in product excellence and exceptional service. KMSA is also the principal importer and distributor of the award winning bizhub collection of multifunctional printers, copiers, fax machines and other digital devices. Headquartered in Johannesburg, KMSA has an impressive distribution network that includes 17 branches and 49 dealerships in Southern Africa.

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Konica Minolta South Africa has recently planted 500 trees in the Lawley Township in Gauten in line with its mandate to operate in a sustainable way

Johannesburg, GP -- (SBWIRE) -- 10/23/2013 -- In line with its promise to operate in the most sustainable way – from an environmental, social and economic perspective – Bidvest company, Konica Minolta South Africa, has been supporting South Africa's national greening and food gardening social enterprise, Food & Trees for Africa (FTFA), for five years, most recently planting 500 trees in the impoverished Lawley Township in Gauteng. This brings the total of trees donated by the company across the country to 18,178.

The 500 River Bush Willow trees were planted in Extension 1 of the Lawley Township, under the FTFA's Trees for Homes initiative and also in celebration of Arbor Month. Having worked in this area previously, the FTFA had already trained community educators, who helped gauge the community's interest in receiving trees and to check the space available.

Lawley residents then convened at the local fire station where they were educated on the importance of proper ground preparation, planting techniques and aftercare, before being given their trees to take home to plant. The appointed community educators will also undertake follow up checks throughout the year and provide support and assistance where needed. This will ensure that the trees will flourish and will be enjoyed by generations to come.

Laetitia Coetzer, special projects manager for Konica Minolta South Africa says: "The company is dedicated to highlighting the essential role trees play in sustainable development and the livelihoods of people and their environment, now and for the future. Its dedication to this cause extends to maintaining the company's carbon neutral status, recently awarded by the Carbon Protocol of SA (CPSA). As the saying goes, 'He who plants a tree, plants hope,' and we are delighted to do just that."

About Konica Minolta SA
Konica Minolta South Africa (KMSA) provides a comprehensive range of business solutions to businesses of all sizes, countrywide. The organisation is wholly owned by the Bidvest Group and believes in product excellence and exceptional service. KMSA is also the principal importer and distributor of the award winning bizhub collection of multifunctional printers, copiers, fax machines and other digital devices. Headquartered in Johannesburg, KMSA has an impressive distribution network that includes 17 branches and 49 dealerships in Southern Africa.

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Konica Minolta, a leading provider of professional office automation systems and business solutions, takes home the prize awarded by the European Digital Press Association (EDP) for its superior quality of production printing systems.

Johannesburg, GP -- (SBWIRE) -- 09/16/2013 -- Konica Minolta was once again awarded a prize by the renowned European Digital Press Association (EDP), an alliance of Europe's leading digital print magazines, which boasts more than one million professionals as readers. The EDP jury selected the bizhub PRESS 1250 series, including bizhub PRESS 1052, as a winner in the category "Best production cut-sheet printer - high production" 2013. Winning the EDP Award certifies Konica Minolta's path to success in the production printing market.

"We are proud that our continuous efforts to add substantial value to our customers' businesses are gaining international recognition. After having won EDP Awards in 2009 and 2011, we are pleased to have impressed the jury with our bizhub PRESS 1250 series this time as well", says Leon Minnie, product manager of production systems at Konica Minolta South Africa.

A technical committee of digital print specialists, journalists, as well as technical consultants and industry representatives nominates all EDP Awards. "It means a lot to us, particularly because market participants of the print sector are involved in the decision," Minnie adds. The bizhub PRESS 1250 series represents outstanding professional solutions for industrial purposes: it combines a wide range of finishing functions with output speeds between 105 A4 / 60 A3 pages per minute (ppm) and 125 A4 / 70 A3 ppm.

The bizhub PRESS 1250 is built for peak volumes of up to 3,000,000 impressions per month. These models can be integrated into workflow solutions for efficient queue management in order to meet tight deadlines. Optimised hardware materials, high-capacity paper input and output, and unlimited toner supplies increase the reliability and help to reduce customers' costs significantly.

The PRESS models provide a print resolution of 1,200 x 1,200 dpi and offer high media flexibility. This includes the ability to print on paper weights from 40 to 350 gsm in single-sided (simplex) printing and on paper of up to 300gsm for duplex prints. Paper sizes up to 324 x 483 mm are supported and selectable through an intelligent media catalogue.

These models also feature advanced software such as a professional screening utility and an extra utility for tone curve adjustments. The maximum load that each printer will carry seamlessly is 18,000 sheets of paper, which will be processed through a vacuum feed paper tray with front and side air assistance, independently adjustable for blow strength. Over 50 configurations are available by combining a wide variety of finishers such as an automatic ring binder, a perfect binding unit and a finisher for professional saddle stitching as well as a stacker and many more. Other features include an exclusive envelope kit for envelope printing and an optional decurling unit with a humidifier unit.

About Konica Minolta SA
Konica Minolta South Africa (KMSA) provides a comprehensive range of business solutions to businesses of all sizes, countrywide. The organisation is wholly owned by the Bidvest Group and believes in product excellence and exceptional service. KMSA is also the principal importer and distributor of the award winning bizhub collection of multifunctional printers, copiers, fax machines and other digital devices. Headquartered in Johannesburg, KMSA has an impressive distribution network that includes 17 branches and 49 dealerships in Southern Africa. For additional information please visit, http://www.kmsa.com/.

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As Alexander Forbes’ preferred business solutions provider, Konica Minolta SA was tasked with moving 150 printers from the financial institution’s old headquarters to the new building in Sandton

Johannesburg, South Africa -- (SBWIRE) -- 09/05/2013 -- The move from Alexander Forbes' old headquarters to their new premises in Sandton came with great challenges. Baseline Project Management coordinated the entire move and worked closely with Konica Minolta SA to efficiently plan and undertake the relocation of Alexander Forbes' devices. With 150 printing devices that had to be relocated and reorganised in the new building, Konica Minolta definitely had a big job to do.

Nic van der Walt, the Optimized Print Service site manager at Bidvest Company Konica Minolta SA, explained how challenging the task would be as departments were moved in phases over a period of five weekends. Moving only took place on weekends in order to reduce the impact of the move on Alexander Forbes' employees and their work. Konica Minolta was responsible for relocating the bulk print room while ensuring that printing services ran smoothly in both the old and new headquarters.

Nic van der Walt also added: "During this time, we needed to move devices department by department, which was difficult as some divisions shared printing devices with others that were not moving at the same time. There was also some departmental restructuring taking place and the printing needs of the new departments needed to be taken into consideration too. Add to this the fact that some departments, which had previously shared devices, were not moving to the same floor in the new building made for a real challenge."

"The move was planned down to the minute, as there were certain logistical issues that needed to be considered, like the fact that the old building only had one elevator going into the basement from where the devices could be loaded onto the trucks. This elevator had to be shared by all parties involved in the move. Konica Minolta South Africa certainly upheld its side of proceedings, ensuring that our trucks were ready and waiting at the right time for the printers to be loaded up and delivered to the new premises for installation."

Konica Minolta successfully achieved the relocation of all 150 printing devices and received praise from Mientie van der Merwe, the head of tax and special projects at Alexander Forbes, and the project manager at Baseline Project Management. They both made mention of how efficiently the process was handled from auditing the printers to establishing the best locations for each printer in the new offices. Van der Walt concluded that the new print room is not only much bigger but better designed thanks to proper planning and implementation by all involved.

About Konica Minolta SA
Konica Minolta South Africa (KMSA) provides a comprehensive range of business solutions to businesses of all sizes, countrywide. The organisation is wholly owned by the Bidvest Group and believes in product excellence and exceptional service. KMSA is also the principal importer and distributor of the award winning bizhub collection of multifunctional printers, copiers, fax machines and other digital devices. Headquartered in Johannesburg, KMSA has an impressive distribution network that includes 17 branches and 49 dealerships in Southern Africa. For additional information please visit, http://www.kmsa.com/.

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