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"Press release

Konica and Minolta European headquarters now registered as Konica Minolta companies

Langenhagen, Germany, January 2004
In January 2003 Konica and Minolta announced their world-wide management integration. Now the Konica and Minolta European headquarters have been officially registered and are operating under Konica Minolta. The new companies have taken over all rights and obligations of the former Konica Business Machines Deutschland GmbH, Konica Europe GmbH and Minolta Europe GmbH.
The new companies are Konica Minolta Business Solutions Europe GmbH, located in Langenhagen, and Konica Minolta Photo Imaging Europe GmbH, located in Hohenbrunn. The shareholders are Konica Minolta Business Technology, Inc. and Konica Minolta Photo Imaging, Inc. in Japan.


The companies are operating in four business fields: business technologies, photo imaging, cameras, and measuring. With operative bases in 23 European countries the companies have a total workforce of around 6,000 employees.
Konica Minolta Business Solutions Europe places major emphasis on the business of photocopiers and printers, especially in the field of colour output, as well as on business solutions, facsimiles and related supplies. Konica Minolta Photo Imaging Europe is a leading provider of consumer and commercial photographic materials, photographic equipment such as analogue and digital cameras and measuring instruments. Building on its strong core of optical technologies developed over many years as a camera manufacturer, the Konica Minolta Group in Europe aims to be a corporation offering products and services that are essential to all areas of digital imaging.

The German-based Business Solutions sales operations of both Konica and Minolta was spun-off to a new German sales company, Konica Minolta Business Solutions Deutschland GmbH, which is also based in Langenhagen. The domestic German sales operations of photo imaging and cameras are operating under Konica Minolta Photo Imaging Europe GmbH and based in Hohenbrunn."

Sobald wir die deutsche Fassung erhalten, werden wir auch diese hier veröffentlichen.

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