Konica Minolta Exhibits an Array of New Products at drupa2008

Tokyo . –Konica Minolta Group will showcase an array of state-of-the-art products at drupa2008 – the world’s largest printing media trade show held in Dusseldorf, Germany from May 29 to June 11.

Since 1951, drupa has been held every four years and this year marks 14th exhibition. More than 390,000 visitors from around the world attended the previous drupa in 2004. This year, the exhibition space will be expanded to over 170,000 square meters and exhibitors are surpassing 1800. This is, of course, the biggest ever in its history.

In the field of printing media, hybridizing offset printing and digital equipment in workflow is gradually getting popular. For this change in workflow, specialized knowledge is called for in each process from prepress to press and all through to postpress. With the penetration of diversified printing equipment featuring high quality and high productivity, a new market such as one-to-one market adopting transaction mail promotion (TransPromo) method is emerging.

For such an evolving printing media industry, Konica Minolta Group has been demonstrating the newest equipment and workflow at the trade shows held worldwide, and presenting unique solutions nurtured through its years of experience in the industry.

At drupa2008, three companies from Konica Minolta Group will be showcasing new products and state-of-the-art workflow solutions perfectly matching the market trend and business needs. Not only that, examples of improving operational efficiency and productivity, and new approach to add values will be shown at the booth.

Konica Minolta Group, with a view to always be ‘essential’ in printing media field, will continue to offer unique solutions to meet the needs of diversifying market demand and expectations.