“The Market Has Spoken”… Konica Minolta Product Line Wins Multiple 2010 BERTL Readers’ Choice Awards

Ramsey, N.J. – February 23, 2010 – Konica Minolta Business Solutions U.S.A., Inc. (Konica Minolta), a leading provider of advanced imaging and networking technologies for the desktop to the print shop, today announced that BERTL® Inc (BERTL) has named Konica Minolta a 2010 Readers' Choice Award winner.  Earning awards in the Segments 1-3, 11-45 pages per minute (ppm) Division and Production Division, the bizhub®, bizhub PRO®, magicolor®, and pagepro® product lines were all recognized as part of the awards. Konica Minolta also received an award for overall excellence with the highest rating in Color Range.

Konica Minolta was awarded 2010 Readers' Choice recognition in the following key categories:

• Color Range – Overall Winner

• Output Quality – Laser MFP Color, Segments 1-3, 11-45 pages per minute (ppm) Division

• Product Reliability - Laser MFP Color, Segments 1-3, 11-45 pages per minute (ppm) Division

• Environment Sustainability – Laser MFP Monochrome, Segments 1-3, 11-45 pages per minute (ppm) Division

• Output Quality – Laser MFP Monochrome, Segments 1-3, 11-45 pages per minute (ppm) Division

• Workflow Integration – Laser MFP Monochrome, Segments 1-3, 11-45 pages per minute (ppm) Division

• Value for Cost – Laser Printer Monochrome, Segments 1-3, 11-45 pages per minute (ppm) Division

• Workflow Integration – Laser Printer Monochrome, Segments 1-3, 11-45 pages per minute (ppm) Division

• Environment Sustainability – Production Division 

• Value for Cost – Production Division

For the sixth consecutive year, BERTL conducted a global, industry-wide survey covering all major manufacturers' copier, printer and MFP performances by asking readers to relate their opinions on how different manufacturers handle key issues such as ease of use, reliability, image quality and training.  BERTL allows buyers, end users and resellers to be the ultimate judges of digital imaging systems and provide an overall rating of manufacturer performance in key categories from both buying and selling perspectives.  Responses were received from corporate executives, enterprise buyers, technical professionals, resellers and end users in more than 90 countries. 

"We are always pleased with the overwhelming response we get from the print and imaging community when we issue this survey each year and 2010 was certainly no exception," said Margie Davis, BERTL Managing Director.  "Konica Minolta received a number of awards this year across their entire color, monochrome and production print lines which is verification that this manufacturer is listening to their End-user and Reseller communities."

"Receiving this many 2010 BERTL Readers' Choice Awards is a key indicator of our success in ensuring that our customers can continue to count on Konica Minolta for all their print and imaging needs," said Kevin Kern, Senior Vice President, Marketing, Konica Minolta Business Solutions U.S.A., Inc.  "Our ongoing product innovation is driven by such user needs and demands, and we look forward to even further success in 2010 and beyond."

About Konica Minolta

Konica Minolta Business Solutions U.S.A., Inc. is a leader in advanced imaging and networking technologies for the desktop to the print shop.  For the second consecutive year, Konica Minolta was recognized as the #1 Brand for Customer Loyalty in the MFP Office Copier Market by Brand Keys.  For more information, please visit www.CountOnKonicaMinolta.com and follow Konica Minolta on Facebook and Twitter.

This article was originally posted on Bertl.