Konica Minolta earns BLI Outstanding Achievement Award for Energy Efficiency

Buyers Lab awarded “Outstanding Achievement” accolades to the most energy-efficient models tested in the past eight months, with honours going to manufacturers including Konica Minolta. The winners exhibited significantly lower than average energy consumption for their respective product categories and offer a variety of environmentally friendly features to help users reduce their overall environmental impact.

After analysing the results for the top performers in a range of printer and MFP categories, BLI awarded a Summer 2013 “Outstanding Achievement” award to the Konica Minolta bizhub C284

The 28-ppm Konica Minolta bizhub C284 gave a stellar performance while running BLI’s environmental job stream test, which helped it earn its award-winning status for energy consumption. In fact, when its job stream energy was extrapolated out to one year, the unit’s projected annual energy consumption was about 41 percent lower than average for A3 colour MFPs in its speed range. But its environmental attributes don’t end at the power cord. This unit also features faster than average recovery times from overnight sleep, above average tested toner yields and a variety of features to help reduce waste, such as blank-page removal for print output. Plus, the unit enters sleep mode at its set time during an error condition—some competitive units tested stay active, consuming needless energy.

Taken from a release from buyerslab.com

Konica Minolta trumps the 2013 Australian Business Awards for Product Excellence

Konica Minolta has once again demonstrated its commitment to product excellence by taking home three Australian Business Awards for the bizhub C754 series (bizhub C224 to bizhub C754).

The awards include Best New Product, Product Innovation and Product Excellence, recognising Konica Minolta as a market leader in product development and sustainability.

“We are honoured to receive this prestigious accolade and be acknowledged by the Australian Business Awards for our overall product superiority. These awards highlight our dedication to providing quality printing solutions to our customers and showcases Konica Minolta as a pioneering market leader in product innovation,” comments Chris Goult, Group Product Marketing Manager, Konica Minolta.

Conducted annually and now in their eighth year, the Australian Business Awards are widely acknowledged as one of Australia’s most respected accolades spanning across the corporate, government and non-profit sectors underpinned by the program’s established framework.

“The Australian Business Awards recognise our most innovative organisations, their outstanding achievements and contribution to the Australian economy. Konica Minolta is a worthy recipient and has demonstrated a commitment to excellence that stands out amongst a dynamic field of Australia’s elite,” says Ms Tara Johnston, Program Director, The Australian Business Awards.

The C754 series provides unrivalled usability while maximising higher volume workflows, offering a revolutionary new user interface and single pass dual side scanning up to 180 originals per minute. The nine inch electrostatic touch panel with “flick and drag” operation, commonly used in smart phone devices, complete with web-browsing capability and third party application integration, engages users with advanced features and a simpler navigation experience.