Sydney, Australia, 22nd January 2025: Konica Minolta is proud to announce that it has received five Buyers Lab (BLI) Awards from Keypoint Intelligence, the world’s leading and independent evaluator of document imaging hardware, software and services. The awards acknowledge the capabilities of Konica Minolta’s multi-functional print devices (MFP), with four individual devices named winners in the Pick Awards. Konica Minolta was also named the winner of the prestigious 2025 A3 Line of the Year Award. Awards from Keypoint Intelligence give companies special recognition for their print and smart workplace technology and services, based on results from lab testing or market research.
Keypoint Intelligence was impressed by Konica Minolta’s broader A3 range, awarding it the 2025 A3 Line of the Year Award. The judges acknowledged “superior performance during Keypoint Intelligence’s testing across the broader A3 line,” and praised Konica Minolta for its “fresh, broad portfolio with a strong feature set that can meet and exceed the needs of hybrid working environments.” Konica Minolta’s MFPs are also cloud-enabled, allowing businesses to not only print and scan, but securely store and access documents in the cloud, providing employees with the flexibility to work from anywhere at any time.
“Our testing of Konica Minolta’s latest A3 MFPs revealed exceptional and consistent performance across the lineup, whether it was the 30 ppm, 45 ppm, or 75 ppm, mono or colour models,” said Pete Emory, Director of Research & Lab Services NA/APAC at Keypoint Intelligence. “From the outset, these copier-based devices impressed us with their simplified setup process and robust administrative capabilities, making fleet setup and management seamless. Once operational, the devices demonstrated outstanding efficiency, professional-looking print quality, and excellent usability. Walk-up experience is intuitive and consistent across the range—whether using the bizhub C301i or the C751i, Konica Minolta’s design, performance, and user experience were indistinguishable.” Security was also a key strength for Konica Minolta’s range, with the awards highlighting its “robust security offering to safeguard sensitive data and mitigate risk of unauthorised access to the device and network.”
Based on long-term comprehensive testing, four of Konica Minolta’s MFPs have also been named in the BLI Pick Awards 2025 – the Konica Minolta bizhub C451i, bizhub C551i, bizhub C651i, and bizhub C751i. Keypoint Intelligence highlights the biggest contributing factors to these accolades, which include impressive productivity, with “faster-than-average job streams and first-print-out times make for highly productive devices in multi-user environments.” The BLI awards also recognise the suitability of Konica Minolta’s devices for modern working, noting that their “above average scan speeds are a big plus for the digitisation needs of today’s hybrid workers.”
Reflecting on the company’s success in the latest BLI Pick Awards, Dean Hosking, Chief Sales Officer at Konica Minolta Business Solutions Australia commented “In today’s evolving workplace, businesses need print devices that not only deliver productivity, usability, and high-quality results but also align with broader digital transformation goals. With hybrid working, these devices must offer seamless connectivity for document management and cloud services while providing robust security to protect against potential vulnerabilities in data management. Konica Minolta is proud to have these attributes recognised by Keypoint Intelligence, not just in individual devices but across our broader A3 product line.”
The award-winning products are part of Konica Minolta’s next generation of bizhub i-Series MFPs. The extensive new range of 21 devices (seven colour A3, five colour A4, six B/W A3 and three B/W A4), includes features and functionality that places the increased need for security and ease of use in the modern workplace at the forefront.
About Keypoint Intelligence
For more than 60 years, clients in the digital imaging industry have relied on Keypoint Intelligence for independent hands-on testing, lab data, and extensive market research to drive their product and sales success. Keypoint Intelligence has been recognised as the industry’s most trusted resource for unbiased information, analysis, and awards due to decades of analyst experience.
About Konica Minolta Australia
Konica Minolta Business Solutions Australia Pty Ltd is a market-leading provider of trusted technology solutions to help Australian organisations keep pace with the needs of the future workplace through innovation and investment technology solutions that leverage the technology of tomorrow, today.
From printing, scanning, and copying to cloud storage and managed IT services, Konica Minolta Australia’s award-winning products and solutions help customers to transform and move information faster.
Creating and working with equitable, socially responsible, and environmentally conscious organisations is an important part of the future workplace. Konica Minolta Australia actively promotes and innovates through diversity and inclusion, ethical supply chain, and climate change action strategies.
Konica Minolta Australia is proud to support the commitment to reconciliation between Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and all other people in the community to help improve life outcomes and opportunities and to create a better future for society at large. As part of this, Konica Minolta Australia developed its Reconciliation Action Plan to publicly commit to reconciliation initiatives, and is a member of Supply Nation, the Australian leader in supplier diversity, to support First Nations businesses.
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