Konica Minolta Business Solutions

Commercial printing industry supplier company and personnel news from Printing Impressions' May 2010 edition.

Takeaways for printing companies from the joint On Demand/Info 360 AIIM Conference & Expo.

PHILADELPHIA—Market research and consulting firm InfoTrends announced the technology winners during the fifth annual On Demand Best of Show awards at the On Demand Conference & Expo here Tuesday. The Best of Show awards were judged in nine categories by professionals from the graphic arts and printing community who were chosen for their accomplishments and extensive knowledge in this market and its technologies. One Best of Show award was presented in each of the following categories:

The On Demand Best of Show Awards Winners are named in nine product categories, including hardware and software.

The bizhub PRESS product line features superior color accuracy, enhanced media handling and high productivity.

It has chosen the bizhub PRO C6501 and PRO 1200 digital presses to drive its full-service marketing services program

Nobuo (Ned) Umehara has been named President and CEO of Konica Minolta Business Solutions U.S.A. effective April 1, 2010.

Set to run January 25-27 at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Gold Sponsors of the conference will include Canon, Kodak, Konica Minolta, Pageflex and Xerox.

Putting greater emphasis on applications and business development tools has been a growing trend among trade show exhibitors.

The focus at Graph Expo was on what’s available to buy today, especially with the deadline looming for the investment tax credit. Digital press vendors asserted that the current economic conditions play to the technology’s strengths. Shorter runs produced on demand combined with more targeted, personalized printing enable the industry’s end customers to make the most of their printing spend, the argument goes. And, it’s more sustainable to boot.