Konica Minolta wins prestigious BAPC ‘Supplier of the Year’ award

Published 23rd November 2009

Milton Keynes UK, 23 November 2009
Konica Minolta Business Solutions (UK) Ltd has been voted ‘Supplier of the Year’ by attendees of the BAPC (British Association for Print and Communications) annual conference. The award is in recognition of the Konica Minolta bizhub PRO range of digital production print systems coupled with the service, care and support it provides for customers

The BAPC is the leading representational body for the print and creative industry and its annual conference brings together the BAPC member community. Nominations for the BAPC awards are made prior to the conference and voted on by attendees. As such the BAPC awards are highly prized and respected.

Konica Minolta has a full range of high-speed production print systems to meet the needs of the graphic design and commercial print sectors. The mono bizhub PRO range extends from light production through to high-speed presses for print volumes of up to 8 million images per month. For colour output the flagship system is the bizhub PRO C6501e with a production speed of 65ppm in either full colour or black and white.

In addition to hardware Konica Minolta can supply a comprehensive range of software solutions from its Solutions Portfolio. This includes a number of ‘best of breed’ solutions produced by third party developers and applications developed by Konica Minolta such as the Printgroove POD Suite. Developed to manage the entire digital production print process from job submission and shipping to invoice generation, Printgroove provides a seamless link between the various print systems.

Commenting on the ‘Supplier of the Year’ award Sidney Bobb, Chairman of the BAPC said, “With this award Konica Minolta joins a select group of recipients dating back to 1984. The Association is pleased to recognise and reward excellence within the industry as exemplified by Konica Minolta.”

For Konica Minolta, Nick Hancock, Business Development Manager for the Production Print Division said, “It is with great pleasure that Konica Minolta receives this prestigious award from the BAPC, the print and creative industry’s representative body. It is especially gratifying that the award is based on the votes of the attending members and not an adjudication panel. It shows that we are providing the market with the right products backed by the right service.”