Kodak and Konica Minolta sign global distribution agreement

Under the agreement, the companies will offer production digital printing systems from each company’s portfolio, providing customers with more options based on their volume, applications and performance requirements. The agreement capitalizes on Kodak’s expertise and solutions in the mid- to high-volume cut-sheet digital printing market and Konica Minolta’s strength in the top tier of the light to mid production printing market, and opens up new areas of opportunity for customers of both companies.

Under the new agreement, Kodak will sell the Konica Minolta bizhub Press C6000, C7000 and Konica Minolta bizhub Press C8000 in the United States, United Kingdom, Germany and France and the Konica Minolta bizhub PRO 1200/1200P monochrome digital presses in the United States. Kodak will offer the full line of equipment, controllers and accessories associated with the Konica Minolta portfolio—including the Print Controller for the CREO Color Server developed by Kodak’s Print On Demand Solutions Group, which can easily integrate with Kodak Prinergy Workflow for complete control in a multi-vendor environment.

Konica Minolta will continue to sell the Kodak Dogimaster Digital Production Systems and will also add the Kodak NexPress Digital Production Color Presses to its portfolio in the United States. Konica Minolta will continue to sell Kodak NexPress Presses in Australia. In Europe and Japan, Konica Minolta has begun to sell the Kodak Digimaster Digital Production Systems.

The products of both companies will maintain the manufacturer’s brand.