Briarcliff Manor School District Prepares for PARCC Assessments with Konica Minolta

New District Printing Solution Supports Technology in the Classroom Initiatives while Reducing Print Volumes by 25 Percent 

Konica Minolta Business Solutions U.S.A., Inc. (Konica Minolta) today announces that Briarcliff Manor School District in Briarcliff Manor, New York has implemented a comprehensive print solution from Konica Minolta as part of its PARCC (Partnership for Assessment of Readiness of College and Careers) initiative. Leveraging Konica Minolta’s EnvisionIT Education platform, the complete solution helped the district reduce printing volumes by 25 percent while expanding print and document management capabilities to teachers and staff.

With PARCC guidelines scheduled to go into effect for the 2015-2016 school year, Briarcliff School District needed to update its technology infrastructure to meet this and other educational standard initiatives. In addition to implementing a virtual technology environment from VMware® Horizon View™, the district replaced its aging printer fleet with 96 new Konica Minolta bizhub multifunctional printers (MFPs) and added Nuance Equitrac for Follow-You Printing capabilities as well as Nuance eCopy ShareScan for advanced document capture and scanning.

“Konica Minolta was the only solution that met our requirements and worked seamlessly with our virtual technology environment,”says Erica Beasley, Chief Technology & Information Officer, Briarcliff Manor School District. “Our new integrated Konica Minolta print and imaging solution allows us to provide staff and students with greater access to technology resources both inside the classroom and from home. More importantly, the District is now ready to begin the PARCC assessment testing phase and will be ready for the 2015-2016 school year.”

Using Equitrac Follow-You Printing capabilities, Briarcliff is able to set up one virtual printer that allows teachers, staff and students to submit print jobs and retrieve them from any bizhub MFP located throughout the schools using their individual ID number or building key cards. Briarcliff students and staff are able to print documents from any desktop computer, laptop, tablet, or mobile phone to a bizhub MFP using Equitrac.  Students can print homework, assignments or even club fliers at home and retrieve them at one of the school’s bizhub MFPs the next day.

To simplify devices in the elementary school, the District replaced all of its classroom printers and scanners with bizhub C35 Color All-in-one Printers. Teachers can now print or scan in color from one device. The added color capabilities allow teachers to enhance the educational experience for younger students. With eCopy ShareScan, teachers have the ability to scan in color and display images on the interactive whiteboards reducing the need for printed materials.

“Konica Minolta EnvisionIT Education is helping schools work smarter and meet state and national technology standards by providing integrated solutions that streamline processes, ensure document security and provide schools with advanced print and document management capabilities,” says Kevin Kern, senior vice president, Marketing, Konica Minolta Business Solutions U.S.A., Inc. “Our customers can count on Konica Minolta to provide tailored solutions designed to meet their specific industry needs and requirements.”

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About Konica Minolta
Konica Minolta Business Solutions U.S.A., Inc. is a leader in advanced document management technologies and IT Services. The company focuses on complete business solutions including production print systems, digital presses, multifunctional products (MFPs), managed print services, vertical application solutions and related services and supplies. Konica Minolta has won numerous awards and recognition including being recognized as the #1 Brand for Customer Loyalty in the MFP Office Copier Market by Brand Keys for six consecutive years, and “A3 MFP Line of the Year” award winner from Buyers Laboratory LLC for four consecutive years. In 2012, Konica Minolta received “Document Imaging Solutions Line of the Year” recognition from BLI. Konica Minolta, Inc. has also been named to the Dow Jones Sustainability World Index for two years in a row. For more information, please visit www.CountOnKonicaMinolta.com and follow Konica Minolta on Facebook, YouTube, and Twitter.

About EnvisionIT Education
EnvisionIT Education from Konica Minolta Business Solutions U.S.A., Inc. helps K-12 schools, universities, libraries and other educational institutions “envision” how they can work smarter and more efficiently with integrated workflow solutions designed and supported by Konica Minolta. With more than 4,500 education customers across the U.S., Konica Minolta combines a range of document solutions, including IT Services, interactive presentation tools, cost recovery and automated grading software, with the most advanced printing and scanning solutions in the industry. These tailored solutions save time, reduce expenses, streamline workflow and improve productivity in classrooms, school districts, universities and libraries. Visit www.kmbs.konicaminolta.us/education for more information about EnvisionIT Education.

US company claims to have developed world’s first multi-coloured 3D printer

 

A US company claims to have developed the world’s first multi-material full-colour 3D printer capable of making objects of hard, soft and flexible polymers.

The 3D printer developed by Stratasys features “triple-jetting” technology that combines droplets of three base materials, reducing the need for separate print runs and painting.

This ability to achieve the characteristics of an assembled part without assembly or painting is a significant time-saver, the company said.

It helps product manufacturers validate designs and make good decisions earlier before committing to manufacturing, and bring products to market faster, it said.

“I believe our new Objet500 Connex3 Colour Multi-material 3D Printer will transform the way our customers design, engineer and manufacture new products,” said Stratasys CEO David Reis.

Engineers at beta user Trek Bicycle in Waterloo, Wisconsin are using the 3D Printer for assessment and testing of accessories like bike chain stay guards and handlebar grips prior to actual production.

“Now we produce bicycle parts that look and feel like production parts. We are particularly excited about 3D printing our models directly in colour,” said Mike Zeigle, manager of Trek’s prototype development group.

Similar to a 2D inkjet printer, three colour materials – VeroCyan, VeroMagenta and VeroYellow – are combined to produce hundreds of vivid colours, the company said.

These colour materials join a range of PolyJet photopolymer materials including digital materials, rigid, rubber-like, transparent, and high temperature materials to simulate standard and high temperature engineering plastics.

The 3D Printer also features six palettes for new rubber-like Tango colours, ranging from opaque to transparent colours in various shore values to address markets such as automotive, consumer and sporting goods and fashion.

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Konica Minolta Group 3rd Quarter/March 2014 Consolidated Financial Results

The Business Technologies Business recorded solid sales, mainly of color units in
both office and PP fields, and made steady progress with cost reductions,
thereby driving sales and profit gains for the entire Company.
Momentum in sales and profit was maintained in accord with the full-year plan,
which included upward revisions.
Main points of 3Q/Mar 2014 financial forecasts

• Net sales : ¥682.9 bil. （YoY +18%）
• Operating income : ¥38.9 bil. （YoY +44%）
• Net income : ¥10.8 bil. （YoY +5%）

Net sales increased due to growth in sales volumes, the effect of M&As and foreign
exchange rates, particularly in the Business Technologies Business.
A significant gain in the Business Technologies Business covered the decline in the
Industrial Business.
The Company also established a solid profit structure in the Healthcare Business.
This result includes the recording of loss on business withdrawal from the glass substrates
for HDDs business and impairment loss at production sites for lens units used in mobile
phones.

Full release HERE

Presentation Slides HERE

Summary below:

(Units of less than 1 million yen have been omitted.)

1. Overview of the 3Q performance (From April 1, 2013 to December 31, 2013)

(1) Business performance

Percentage figures represent the change from the same period of the previous year.

[Millions of yen]

	Net sales		Operating income		Ordinary income		Net income
3Q Mar/2014	682,876	18.2%	38,905	43.6%	36,736	40.7%	10,811	4.8%
3Q Mar/2013	577,727	3.1%	27,090	16.3%	26,117	38.2%	10,317	91.1%

Note: Comprehensive income
3Q Mar/2014: ¥ 41,218 million (135.3%)
3Q Mar/2013: ¥ 17,520 million (- %)

 

	Net income per share	Net income per share (after full dilution)
3Q Mar/2014	20.39 yen	20.34 yen
3Q Mar/2013	19.46 yen	18.87 yen

 

(2) Financial position

[Millions of yen]

	Total assets	Net assets	Equity ratio (%)
December 31, 2013	997,683	498,618	49.8%
March 31, 2013	940,553	466,416	49.4%

Note: Shareholders’ equity
As of December 31, 2013: ¥ 496,886 million
As of March 31, 2013: ¥ 464,904 million

 

 

2. Dividends per share

[yen]

	1Q	2Q	3Q	Year-end	Total annual
FY Mar/2013	–	7.50	–	7.50	15.00
FY Mar/2014	–	10.00	–
FY Mar/2014 (forecast)				7.50	17.50

Note: Change to the latest dividend forecast announced:  None
Breakdown for dividends of 2Q Mar/2014
Common dividend: ¥ 7.50
Commemorative dividend: ¥ 2.50

 

 

3. Consolidated results forecast for fiscal year ending March 31, 2014
(From April 1, 2013 to March 31, 2014)

Percentage figures for the full year represent the change from the previous fiscal year.

[Millions of yen]

	Net sales		Operating income		Ordinary income		Net income		Net income per share
Full-year	930,000	14.4%	58,000	42.6%	54,000	38.8%	18,000	19.0%	33.94 yen

Note: Change to the latest consolidated results forecast announced:  None

 

 

Notes

(1)

Changes in status of material subsidiaries during the quarter under review (Changes to specified subsidiaries accompanying the additional consolidation or removal from consolidation of companies):  Yes – excluded three subsidiaries: Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc.
Konica Minolta Advanced Layers, Inc.
Konica Minolta Technology Center, Inc.
Note: For more detailed information, please see “(1) Changes in Status of Material Subsidiaries during the Quarter under Review” in section 2. SUMMARY INFORMATION (NOTES) on page 12.

(2)

Adoption of special accounting treatment used in preparation of the quarterly consolidated financial statements:  Yes
Note: For more detailed information, please see“(2) Adoption of Special Accounting Treatment Used in Preparation of the Consolidated Quarterly Financial Statements” in section 2. SUMMARY INFORMATION (NOTES) on page 12.

(3)

Changes in accounting policy, changes in accounting estimates, or restatement due to correction
a. Changes in accounting policy accompanying amendment of accounting principles:  None
b. Changes in accounting policy other than ” a.” :  None
c. Changes in accounting estimates:  None
d. Restatement due to correction:  None

(4)

Number of outstanding shares (common stock)
a. Outstanding shares at period-end (including treasury stock)
    Third quarter of fiscal year ending March 31, 2014:  531,664,337 shares
    Fiscal year ended March 31, 2013:  531,664,337 shares
b. Treasury stock at period-end
    Third quarter of fiscal year ending March 31, 2014:  1,354,332 shares
    Fiscal year ended March 31, 2013:  1,346,048 shares
c. Average number of outstanding shares
    Third quarter of fiscal year ending March 31, 2014:  530,319,121 shares
    Third quarter of fiscal year ended March 31, 2013:  530,287,023 shares

 

Konica Minolta Maintains CR Market Leadership

Konica Minolta Medical Imaging announced today that for the eighth year in a row, the company is the top rated CR solutions vendor in the U.S. according to MD Buyline survey results. MD Buyline is a leading, independent provider of evidence-based information and vendor rankings are based on actual user satisfaction composite ratings.

Konica Minolta received the highest ranking across all six categories and was the only company to receive a 9.0 or higher in each of the categories. Additionally, Konica Minolta has been the only company to maintain a composite rating of 9.0 or higher since the first quarter of 2012. In the last two quarters of 2013, Konica Minolta has maintained its 9.0+ rating while the market average of all vendors declined.

“The latest MD Buyline results are further testament to the superiority of Konica Minolta CR solutions customer experience, particularly in the areas of performance, post sale support, and reliability,” says Diane Hunt, Vice President, Marketing, The America’s. “We are very proud to deliver products and services that exceed our customers’ expectations.  We and our distribution partners are committed to raising the industry bar for expected level of product features and quality, post sales service and applications training across all of Konica Minolta’s Primary Imaging Solutions.”

In the latest survey, MD Buyline reported that rather than eliminating CR technology, customers are placing their CR units in strategic areas where the use of CR remains an optimal workflow solution. MD Buyline noted that customers continue to use CR technology in conjunction with DR technology.  Konica Minolta CR solutions, REGIUS, Nano and ImagePilot CR remain at the top of the list for buyers’ future purchases of CR due to the high uptime levels noted in the MD Buyline survey. 

 

About Konica Minolta Medical Imaging

Konica Minolta Medical Imaging is a world class provider and market leader in medical diagnostic primary imaging. With over 75 years of endless innovation, Konica Minolta is globally recognized as a leader providing cutting-edge technologies and comprehensive support aimed at providing real solutions to meet customer’s needs. Konica Minolta Medical Imaging, headquartered in Wayne, NJ, is a unit of Konica Minolta, Inc. (TSE: 4902).  For more information on Konica Minolta Medical Imaging products and services, please visit www.medical.konicaminolta.us.

All Covered Acquires California-based KnowledgeCentrix

Expands its Footprint in Southern California

Foster City, Calif. and Ramsey, NJ – January 24, 2014 – All Covered, a division of Konica Minolta Business Solutions U.S.A. (Konica Minolta) and one of the nation’s leading IT Services companies, is pleased to announce that KnowledgeCentrix, a full-service IT Services consulting company serving businesses in Southern California, has joined All Covered. With the addition of KnowledgeCentrix, All Covered now has a strong foothold in Los Angeles and brings on board a talented group of IT Services professionals that understand the technology demands facing businesses today.

“We are excited to begin 2014 with the addition of KnowledgeCentrix, a company that shares our passion for delivering best-in-class IT Services,” says Todd Croteau, president of All Covered. “Their deep expertise helping customers implement cloud technologies aligns with our cloud services offerings and allows us to meet the growing demand from customers for cloud-based document storage and sharing.”

Servicing Southern California with offices in Los Angeles, Irvine and San Diego, KnowledgeCentrix has been providing IT services and technology consulting to businesses of all sizes. KnowledgeCentrix excels in seven core solution practices including Virtualization, Unified Communications, Information Worker, Business Continuity Disaster Recovery, Infrastructure Optimization, Application Delivery and Managed Services. A team of IT and business experts not only implement and support customer technology initiatives, but also assess and make strategic recommendations on how to optimize and maximize current infrastructure investments.

“From our initial discussions to present, I am confident that All Covered and Konica Minolta share a common value system with KnowledgeCentrix,” says Chris Andreozzi, president of KnowledgeCentrix. “Both companies believe that taking care of employees and customers is a top priority. As a result of the acquisition, we will now be able to offer our customers a broader selection of technology services to enable their continued business success. Equally important, KnowledgeCentrix employees will benefit long term from increased opportunities with All Covered and Konica Minolta.”

 

Originally published at: http://kmbs.konicaminolta.us/

Y Soft declared one of Europe’s top 100 companies

We’ve (Y Soft) received a nice surprise from the 2013/14 European Business Awards (EBA) – Y Soft won the prestigious Ruban d’ Honneur prize in the Import / Export category. This means we are now officially one of the 100 most successful European companies doing business today.

In this international competition, the EBA expert jury first nominated 527 national winners from 2,175 competing companies. Last November we let you know that we had been chosen as one of the winning nominees. Then from these 527 nominees, 100 companies in ten categories were presented Ruban d’ Honneur awards, based on votes by the expert jury and the general public.

The jury will select one final winner from each category. A representative of each of the 100 nominees will meet in London in early March to present their company’s success story to the jury. Y Soft Executive Director himself, Václav Muchna, will defend the Y Soft colors. The final winners will be announced and awards presented at a gala evening ceremony in Athens on May 22.
 

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The prize in the Import / Export category, which Y Soft has now won, is awarded to organizations that demonstrate a consistently positive trend in the import and export of goods and expanded coverage in existing or new markets by means of creative and innovative operating processes. The award is also based on the company’s demonstrated ability to be resilient and to positively influence the development of international trade.

Hewlett-Packard to repay $459K in state incentives

CONWAY, Ark. (AP) — Hewlett-Packard Co. has negotiated to repay $459,000 of the state incentives it received to build a customer-service center in Conway after falling short on hiring goals, according to the Arkansas Economic Development Commission.

The company received $10 million from an incentive fund the governor controls to go toward infrastructure for the Conway center, but the agreement included provisions for the state to reclaim money if employment goals aren’t met. The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette reported Wednesday (http://bit.ly/1kXLcif ) that a clawback provision in HP’s incentive agreement was triggered by the company’s failure to have 1,000 full-time employees after five years.

The company laid off 500 workers last summer at its customer-support center in Conway, which opened in 2010. But HP announced in December that it would be hiring 200 software programmers and analysts— jobs that will pay more than those eliminated last summer.

“We don’t view this as negative by any means,” said Scott Hardin, spokesman for the Arkansas Economic Development Commission. “The agreement is set up to encourage the company to hire more employees.”

Sarah Pompei, global media relations director for Hewlett-Packard, declined comment Tuesday as to whether any of those hires have been made yet.

“HP is deeply committed to our employees and the communities in which they live and work. We will continue to abide by the terms and obligations of the commitments we have with government agencies,” she said.

 

 

 

 

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Konica Minolta makes history with winning the A3 MFP Line of the Year Award for the fourth year in a row

There could hardly be a better start for Konica Minolta into 2014 than with winning the BLI’s A3 MFP Line of the Year for the fourth time in a row – unparalleled in the decades-long history of BLI Awards.

Each year Buyers Lab, world’s leading provider of information and testing services to the document-imaging industry, awards the vendor whose product line is best, based on an extensive list of criteria. Konica Minolta convinced the jury across all areas – reliability, image quality, ease of use and productivity. In addition, Konica Minolta has also won four individual device awards following BLI Pick of the Year Awards for the bizhub C364e, bizhub C454e, bizhub 554e and the Mono Printer for Mid-Size Workgroups bizhub 4700P.

“To be awarded A3 Line of the Year already for the fourth time in a row is an extraordinary honour for us. This prestigious award fills us with pride and confirmation for our continuous efforts to enable our customers’ businesses. With the development of new top-class products as well as offering future-proof software and services, we – i.e. our customers and Konica Minolta together – are well positioned for continued growth”, says Olaf Lorenz, General Manager, International Marketing Division Konica Minolta Business Solutions Europe. The fact that the company has been awarded with this accolade for the fourth year in a row speaks for itself: Konica Minolta is known for its customer centricity and understanding of its partners’ challenges; a development that is being mirrored by Konica Minolta’s evolution from a hardware to a services provider in recent years.

The assessment considers criteria such as the breadth of the vendor’s line and its ability to provide quality products suitable to a broad spectrum of customer needs, from low-volume to high-volume. “What it boils down to with Konica Minolta is consistency,” said George Mikolay, BLI’s senior product editor for A3/Copier MFPs. “Whereas competing lines may stand out in certain speed bands, or in either colour or black, Konica Minolta’s engines stand out across the board – in reliability, ease of use and image quality – in virtually all speed bands in both colour and black. No other vendor brings the same quality of performance across its product line to the same degree.” BLI Managing Editor Daria Hoffman underlines: “What Konica Minolta has achieved with a fourth consecutive Line of the Year win is unprecedented. The fact that year after year Konica Minolta continues to surpass the competition is a testament to the sustained quality of its A3 line.”

Reliability has proven to be the quality most important to buyers, and Konica Minolta’s product line has proven its mettle in this regard. Its current A3 products have logged more than 1.5 million impressions in BLI’s lab with consistently reliable performance. “In fact,” said Mikolay, “at real-world monthly usage volumes, it would take five Konica Minolta devices before users would experience even a single misfeed a month among them.” BLI Manager of Laboratory Testing Pete Emory added, “The reliability Konica Minolta devices have consistently shown, from the low end to the high end, truly separates its line from others we have tested.” And the fact that Konica Minolta’s devices have user-replaceable colour drums means that, unlike with many competitive devices, a service call is not required to replace them – a design that maximizes uptime.”

Furthermore, Konica Minoltas bizhub C364e, bizhub C454e, bizhub 554e and bizhub 4700P have won the BLI Pick of the Year Awards in the speed ranges from 31- to 40-ppm, 41- to 50-ppm and 51- to 60-ppm. Similarly to the “Pick”-winner of the previous year – bizhub C364, bizhub C454 and bizhub C554 – the tested products of Konica Minolta are convincing with their reliability and quality during the whole printing process. Their – over all devices identical – multi-touch operation and panel customisation allow operating the device panel like a smartphone or tablet PC. This asset of overall consistency regarding functionality and usability also applies to Konica Minolta’s software and OpenAPI as well as IWS application platform. Users benefit from the easy, intuitive usability and the option to customise the user interface to their needs. Besides the efficient productivity and performance improvement, the bizhub C364e, bizhub C454e, bizhub 554e boast in addition an enhanced scan function which allows for the creation of Word or Excel documents directly on the user’s PC. Especially the bizhub C364e and the bizhub 554e impressed the jury. “Add it all up and the bizhub C364e provides users with uptime that its peers in this speed band just can’t match,” said BLI Research Editor Jessica Schiffenhaus. BLI Manager of Laboratory Testing Pete Emory added, “The bizhub 554e offers many great features, but above all, it’s proven to be very reliable.”

Beside the “Pick”-winning bizhub C364e and bizhub C454e, Konica Minolta’s currently available A3 business colour models include the highly recommended bizhub C224e, bizhub C284e, bizhub C554e; the bizhub C654e and bizhub C754e. Konica Minolta’s currently available A3 monochrome models include the “Pick”-winning bizhub 554e, and the Highly Recommended bizhub 364e, as well as the bizhub 215, bizhub 224e, bizhub 284e, bizhub 454e, bizhub 654e and bizhub 754e.

Konica Minolta also offers production devices, including the PRO-Award winning bizhub PRESS C7000 (2012) and bizhub PRESS 1250/1250P (2014), which further add to the scope and breadth of Konica Minolta’s offerings.

Konica Minolta and MGI Digital Graphic Technology enters into a strategic alliance

Konica Minolta invests minority stake in MGI and forms a strategic alliance aimed at accelerating the innovation and commercialization of next generation digital printing solutions

PARIS – January 20, 2014 and Tokyo – January 21, 2014—Konica Minolta, Inc.(Konica Minolta) and MGI Digital Graphic Technology (MGI) announced today that they have reached an agreement whereby Konica Minolta will acquire a 10% stake in MGI , valued at €13.7m, through a reserved capital increase. This investment will be dedicated to drive future growth, and is part of a common long term vision to establish a stronger presence in the professional digital printing market.

Building on a strong relationship that has lasted over a decade, the two business partners have agreed to expand their collaboration by entering into a strategic alliance that leverages both co-development and the co-marketing of existing and future products.

Creating new and mutually rewarding opportunities, Konica Minolta and MGI will build upon each other’s strong history, proven track record of innovation and customer service to create a strong joint effort enabling long term successes.

This agreement will allow for:

• MGI to grow to greater heights as a global player, as it gains additional exposure supported by the strong reputation and positioning of Konica Minolta worldwide;
• Konica Minolta to capitalize on MGI’s expertise in the digital printing market and its capacity to innovate;
• Both companies to devote their best efforts to expand sales of existing and new products, including, but not limited to, the Meteor Digital Press line;

As part of this alliance, MGI will maintain its independence and will remain autonomous in defining its strategic axes in the midst of a rapidly evolving industry landscape.

Edmond Abergel, CEO and Chairman of MGI: “We are very happy and proud that Konica Minolta recognizes our accomplishments and our unique capacity to innovate. This strategic alliance will be the basis for the development of tomorrow’s innovative digital solutions.”

Konica Minolta, will promote the “genre-top strategy” (a strategy to concentrate the management resources on the most promising business areas and markets to ensure global leadership in these fields) in these growing markets, especially in the field of production printing systems. Through this strategic alliance, Konica Minolta aims to achieve group-wide growth and maximize its corporate value.

Konica Minolta Sponsors the Dempsey Racing/Konrad Motorsport Porsche

Konica Minolta has announced that the company, along with Konica Minolta Business Solutions de México, is an official sponsor of the No. 28 Dempsey Racing/Konrad Motorsport Porsche 911 GT America in the Rolex 24 At Daytona IMSA TUDOR United SportsCar Championship race, Jan. 25-26.

 

The 52nd anniversary Rolex 24 At Daytona will be the first race for IMSA TUDOR United SportsCar Championship, the newly unified organization between the GRAND-AM Rolex Sports Car Series and the American Le Mans Series.  The Dempsey Racing/Konrad Motorsport Porsche will be co-driven at the Daytona opener by Christian Engelhart, Rolf Ineichen, Lance Willsey, Klaus Bachler and Konrad Motorsport team owner Franz Konrad.

“Extending our marketing initiatives to include the Rolex 24 At Daytona is an exciting opportunity that we are pleased to be a part of,” says Michael Mathé, senior vice president, International, Konica Minolta Business Solutions U.S.A., Inc.  “As a sponsor of the Dempsey Racing/Konrad Motorsport Porsche, Konica Minolta is able to reach international customers – particularly those attending the event – on a new level and further increase brand awareness of our technologies.”

“We have a long history of racing with Konica Minolta, and it is a pleasure to once again work with the organization in the racing circuit,” says Konrad. “The organization’s reputation for overall excellence fits in nicely with the winning values that our team strives to personify.”

The No. 28 Konica Minolta entry will be campaigned alongside the sister No. 27 Dempsey Racing Porsche 911 GT America that will be driven by Patrick Dempsey, Andrew Davis, Joe Foster and Marc Lieb. Dempsey, the popular Hollywood actor, is also a lead driver for and team owner of Dempsey Racing.

Other schedule highlights for the event include the Rolex 24 At Daytona qualifying on Thursday, Jan. 23, the IMSA Continental Tire SportsCar Challenge race on Friday, Jan. 24, and a pair of IMSA Ferrari Challenge races on Friday and Saturday, Jan. 24 – 25.

The complete event schedule is available online at www.daytonainternationalspeedway.com.