Kyocera-Mita AU

<p>Sydney, Australia – Wednesday 24 August, 2011 - Kyocera Mita Australia and New Zealand, one of the world's leading document imaging companies, is ranked as one of the dominant providers of A4 colour workgroup Multifunction printers (MFPs) by IDC and has received a host of new awards from Buyers Laboratory, Inc. (BLI), a leading global source for unbiased and reliable intelligence for the imaging industry.</p> <p>Kyocera has long been recognised for its strong product line up in the A3 colour MFP, monochrome printer and A4 MFP sectors. It was only twelve months ago that Kyocera launched A4 colour workgroup MFPs and in this short time has moved to a leading position in the Australian market as customers’ most popular choice in this category according to IDC Australia.</p> <p>George Kharoufeh, senior product manager, Kyocera Mita Australia and New Zealand, says “Achieving such a rapid rise in this colour MFP sector is an encouraging achievement and reconfirms the value of our ECOSYS design and long life technology. Receiving a second award by BLI for high speed colour, further cements our position as a leading vendor in document management solutions.”</p>

<p><b>OSAKA, Japan and FAIRFIELD, N.J.</b> – August 1, 2011 – Kyocera Mita Corporation (KMC), announced the appointment of Mr. Norihiko Ina as president of its subsidiary, Kyocera Mita America, Inc. (KMA), effective today.</p>

<p>As part of its online strategy, Kyocera has joined the fast paced social media world by <br />recently launching a presence on Facebook, Twitter and Linked In. Content will be <br />focused on sustainable office tips, Kyocera’s philosophy of long term thinking and <br />continuous innovation as well as product news and news from the global brand. </p>

<p>Sydney, Australia – Wednesday 18 May, 2011 – Building on the success of its flagship <br />TASKalfa multifunctional product series, Kyocera Mita Australia, one of the world's leading <br />document imaging companies, strengthened its award-winning lineup, today, with the <br />announcement of 11 new colour and black &amp; white TASKalfa MFDs. Prior to its official <br />release today, the Kyocera TASKalfa 5550ci Colour MFD achieved “Reliability Certified” <br />and “Highly Recommended” ratings for efficiency and reliability from Buyers Laboratory, <br />Inc.</p> <p>The new products are engineered to provide common technology across the TASKalfa <br />range and this translates to common accessories and common operation for each of the <br />11 models. “We’re excited about this as it means real benefits for business. Learn one – <br />learn them all, so businesses with multiple new Kyocera devices can run one training <br />session and have accessories which operate on each and every model, providing asset <br />optimisation and simplicity,” said Mark Vella, marketing manager, Kyocera Mita Australia <br />and New Zealand.</p> <p>Among the new MFDs launching today, the TASKalfa 5550ci Colour MFD was awarded for <br />its highly reliable, class-leading rated colour and monochrome drum yields; excellent <br />value, outstanding overall performance and productivity; and highly automated and <br />intuitive network installation.</p>

<p>Sydney, Australia – Wednesday 4 May, 2011 – Kyocera Mita Australia, one of the world's leading document imaging companies, has been selected by the Commonwealth Department of Finance and Deregulation to supply printers and Multi-function Devices as part of the Major Office Machines Whole of Government Equipment and Support Panel.</p> <p>“Kyocera’s ability to offer both print and MFD technology enabled us to be one of the few vendors chosen to supply product in both category 1 - Network Printers and Category 2 - Multi- function Devices,” David Finn, managing director Kyocera Mita announced. Kyocera has long been recognised as a major vendor on many State government supply contracts throughout Australia. Kyocera’s award winning and reliable technology, class leading Total Cost of Ownership and environmentally friendly design has secured them State government contracts in Western Australia, South Australia and New South Wales and SWARH in Victoria.</p>

<p><b>FAIRFIELD, N.J. – May 2, 2011 </b>– Kyocera Mita America, Inc., one of the world's leading document solutions companies, today announced it has been honored with the 2011 Monochrome Printer Line of the Year by Buyers Laboratory, Inc. (BLI), a leading provider of product intelligence for the imaging industry. In achieving this award, all Kyocera monochrome printers and multifunction printers (MFP) tested by BLI in the last year received “Highly Recommended” ratings, and four devices garnered individual “Pick of the Year” awards.</p> <p>“Kyocera’s monochrome printers and MFPs have outperformed all others, not only providing strong reliability in BLI’s thorough lab testing, but delivering superb value as well,” said David Sweetnam, BLI’s European Lab Manager. “After rigorously evaluating the performance, features and value proposition of a broad range of monochrome models, Kyocera products proved to be strongest in the value and performance they offer the end user. Kyocera’s monochrome printers and MFPs are highly reliable and robust workhorses that can easily withstand the stresses of busy workgroups, while being easy on the wallet.”</p> <p>The Kyocera devices that have contributed to this win include the FS-3140MFP, “Outstanding A4 MFP for Mid-Size Workgroups,” Winter 2011; FS-1320D, “Outstanding A4 Printer for Mid-Size Workgroups,” Winter 2011; FS-1370DN, “Outstanding A4 Printer for Mid-Size Workgroups,” Winter 2011; and the FS-1128MFP, “Outstanding Personal Monochrome Multifunction Printer,” Summer 2010. </p>

<p>01 April 2011 - Kyocera Mita Europe B.V. today announced the creation of a new Nordic Headquarters facility that will provide strategic and tactical support to Kyocera Mita sales companies in Norway, Sweden, Finland and Denmark. In recognition of this Kyocera Mita Svensak AB will be renamed as Kyocera Mita Nordic AB. Located in Stockholm, the new facility will be central to Kyocera Mita’s goal of tripling market penetration in the region. </p> <p>Boosting the Kyocera Mita brand profile and increasing investment in the development of a regional channel strategy will be key functions of the new headquarters. In addition, the team will spearhead the introduction of Kyocera Managed Document Services (MDS) which will offer highly economical and efficient managed document services to customers while generating new revenue opportunities for Kyocera Mita channel partners. To support its channel partners in successfully delivering Kyocera MDS the new headquarters will deliver comprehensive partner training, tailored product offerings to drive sales and access to tools such as KYOfleetmanager, which enables the remote monitoring, optimisation and billing of Kyocera machines in the field. The new headquarters will allow Kyocera Mita to respond to the needs of customers in the region better and faster. </p>

<p><b>FAIRFIELD, N.J. – March 1, 2011</b> – Kyocera Mita America, Inc., one of the world's leading document solutions companies, today announced the formation of a new Global Services Division, with the mandate to drive growth by optimizing operational and product synergies between the market and various functions of the company. </p> <p>A key focus of the Global Services Division will be to enhance and expand the Kyocera brand promise by actively seeking innovation and growth opportunities that create tangible product differentiation in such areas as document capture, document management, job accounting and managed document services. David Factor, a seasoned industry executive with nearly 30 years of experience, has been appointed as Director, Global Services Division. All changes will be effective March 1.</p> <p>“GSD will serve as a vital point of contact between globally based companies who procure products and services on a worldwide basis, and our internal product, services and application development teams,” said Michael Pietrunti, President and CEO, Kyocera Mita America. “This new division is step change advantage in ensuring our company is ideally aligned to meet evolving market needs, and, to enable our professionals and product experts to fuel true industry innovation.” </p>

<p>Sydney, Australia – Wednesday 8 September, 2010 - Kyocera Mita, one of the world's leading document imaging companies, today announced that they have been recognized by BERTL, Inc. with Five Star, Exceptional ratings for their TASKalfa 300i, TASKalfa 420i and TASKalfa 520i black and white multifunctional devices (MFD) and selected as BLI’s 2010 Pick of the Year Winner – Outstanding Personal Monochrome Multifunction Printer for their FS-1128MFP. In addition Kyocera received BLI’s Recommended award for their FS-4020DN and FS-C5400DN printer models and awards from Beter Buys for Business. </p> <p>BERTL’s Five Star, Exceptional rating is reserved exclusively for devices that deliver an outstanding range of business-critical features and functions, are innovative, easy to use, well-designed and represent exceptional value for the money for their target base. </p> <p>The Business Equipment Research and Test Laboratories Inc. (BERTL) is an independent testing laboratory whose purpose is to provide objective, independent product evaluation reports and comparative analyses on imaging devices and software solutions. </p> <p>BERTL analysts evaluated several hundred copiers, printers, fax, multifunctional, colour and production devices to identify the select group of devices that stand apart from the others. Kyocera’s TASKalfa monochrome MFDs earned recognition from BERTL for their ability to offer high productivity speeds, class-leading preventive maintenance (PM) schedules (300,000 for the 300i, 500,000 for the 420i/520i), and industry-leading memory capacity of 2GB of RAM and 160GB hard disk drive. Kyocera’s TASKalfa series received high marks for print and copy productivity, high image resolution of 600dpi for optimum image quality, extensive paper supply for the 300i (2,200 sheets) and 420i/520i (4,200 sheets), as well as document finishing and security features. </p>