Konica Minolta 2006 Annual Report Download - page 10

Download and view the complete annual report

Please find page 10 of the 2006 Konica Minolta annual report below. You can navigate through the pages in the report by either clicking on the pages listed below, or by using the keyword search tool below to find specific information within the annual report.

Page out of 58

  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5
  • 6
  • 7
  • 8
  • 9
  • 10
  • 11
  • 12
  • 13
  • 14
  • 15
  • 16
  • 17
  • 18
  • 19
  • 20
  • 21
  • 22
  • 23
  • 24
  • 25
  • 26
  • 27
  • 28
  • 29
  • 30
  • 31
  • 32
  • 33
  • 34
  • 35
  • 36
  • 37
  • 38
  • 39
  • 40
  • 41
  • 42
  • 43
  • 44
  • 45
  • 46
  • 47
  • 48
  • 49
  • 50
  • 51
  • 52
  • 53
  • 54
  • 55
  • 56
  • 57
  • 58

8
New Products & Solutions
The market has steadily grown over the past sev-
eral years. In the fiscal year ended March 2006,
in addition to introducing the new high speed
MFP “bizhub PRO” series, we formed a specially
designated sales team and worked to provide
services. As a result, high unit sales growth was
seen in the high speed segment. We believe that
markets such as in-house printing divisions of
large corporations and major franchise copy
shops will see further expansion going forward.
Konica Minolta has strong productivity and is
competitive in polymerized toner featuring low
heat fixing technology, in accumulated workflow
know-how in the printing business, color manage-
ment know-how and in the utilization of a wide
range of MFP options compared to competitors’
products. Through such initiatives, we plan to
ensure a 30% worldwide market share of high
speed color MFP unit sales in particular in the
fiscal year ending March 2009, thereby assuring
a number two or better position in the industry.
In addition to fully utilizing this competitiveness,
we plan to strengthen our consulting capabilities
in providing application software and contents
and to strengthen our product offerings in digital
printing and the computer-to-plate (CTP) area. In
CTP in particular, we expect that American Litho
Inc., a major U.S. printing plate maker that was
acquired in 2005, will contribute to sales.
* The production printing segment represents the total
of the high speed MFP segment reported under
Business Technologies business and the graphic
imaging segment excluding film.
What about the production
printing market?
1,200
900
600
300
02006 2009
Production Printing Sales Plan
(excluding film)
(Billions of Yen)
+275%
+60%
CTP-related products
Production printing units
CHAPTER 04