Large format display graphics pioneer makes a bold move to create new service opportunities for its name brand clients

MISSISSAUGA, Ontario, Feb. 23, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Konica Minolta Business Solutions (Canada) Ltd. (Konica Minolta), a leader in the Graphic Communications industry, is pleased to announce another installation of its flagship Konica Minolta AccurioJet KM-1 UV inkjet press at ICON located in Markham, Ontario. This ground-breaking technology offers unprecedented flexibility and personalization to meet the increasing demands of major brands to visually differentiate in the marketplace.

ICON was founded in 1995 and quickly grew to dominate the display graphics sector.  They now boast four formidable divisions that provide “all things visual”.  With award-winning visual, media, motion and print services, they serve major retailers, CPGs, sports and entertainment industries and marketing agencies. The company was looking for a solution that would provide press quality output with the ability to fully customize each printed piece to support product launch campaigns for clients. After researching several other vendors and technically validating the solutions, they selected Konica Minolta’s AccurioJet KM-1 inkjet press.  ICON views digital print as a highly relevant technology with big growth opportunity.

“Recognizing the strong opportunity that variable print can offer our customers, we initially started talking to the major print vendors in that space,” said Juan Lau, President, ICON. “Once we were introduced to the KM-1, we quickly knew this was the direction to take and Konica Minolta was the right partner. The 23×29” sheet size, speed, and quality output of Konica Minolta’s technology is a perfect marriage that combines desirable traditional press attributes, with the power of digital creativity and the ability to print on the widest range of substrates. We see the KM-1 as game-changer in the digital marketing and variable print arenas, and as a company constantly striving to be different, we feel this system will really set us apart in the marketplace.”

“ICON evolved from a wide-format print specialist when it first began, to one of the country’s leading multimedia and visual communication companies,” said Chris Dewart, President and CEO, Konica Minolta Business Solutions (Canada) Ltd. “This relationship is another step forward towards the credibility Konica Minolta is rapidly gaining in the Canadian Printing Industry. Working with forward-thinking pioneers like ICON helps us better prepare and continue to deliver disruptive technologies to benefit the industry.”

“Konica Minolta has found in ICON a company uniquely positioned to provide its clients with a vast world of offerings in products and solutions and the team to deliver a world class customer experience,” said Bill Troxil, Senior Vice President, Strategic Business Development, Konica Minolta Business Solutions U.S.A., and Inc.  “Under Juan’s leadership, his company culture has surpassed our wildest expectations to serve Canada and beyond.” 

The AccurioJet KM-1 inkjet press brings together the speed and reliability of offset and the digital benefits of variable data printing with the elimination of traditional make-ready.
Key product highlights include:

  • Ability to print on 23” x 29.5” sheet size, allowing for 6-up full bleed letter-size printing at 3,000 pages per hour (18,000 letters per hour)
  • Prints on 17 lb vellum up to 24 point stock weights, without any substrate pre-coating
  • Automatic perfecting/duplexing up to 18 point
  • Prints on traditional offset/litho stocks, as well as textured, synthetics, and canvas
  • Unique patented UV ink immediately cures for maximum post-press durability

About Konica Minolta
Konica Minolta Business Solutions (Canada) Ltd. is reshaping and revolutionizing the Workplace of the Future™ (www.reshapework.ca). With our comprehensive portfolio, we deliver solutions to leverage mobility, cloud services and optimize business processes with workflow automation. Konica Minolta’s IT services division IT Weapons offers a range of IT strategy, support, and network security solutions across all verticals. Konica Minolta has been recognized as the #1 Brand for Customer Loyalty in the MFP Office Copier Market by Brand Keys for ten consecutive years. Konica Minolta, Inc. has been named to the Dow Jones Sustainability World Index for six years in a row. We partner with our customers to give shape to ideas and work to bring value to our society. For more information, please visit: www.konicaminolta.ca and follow Konica Minolta on LinkedIn, YouTube, Facebook and Twitter @KonicaMinoltaCA.

About ICON
ICON is a multi-faceted visual communications company with sales reaching 37M in 2016. Established in 1995, ICON is a recognized leader in the visual communications field operating through its four divisions, ICON Visual, ICON Media, ICON Motion and ICON Print, which specializes in large format and display graphics, digital signage, film production and commercial printing, respectively. ICON has offices in Toronto, Montreal, and NYC and serve key markets that include fragrance, cosmetics, retail, sports apparel, lifestyle and luxury CPG companies, corporate and event marketing, auto dealerships, financial institutions, hospitality, transportation, health care, property development, and digital out-of-home advertising and promotion.

Press Contact: 
Rebekah Fougere, Vice President, Client Services
Think2Grow Marketing for Konica Minolta Business Solutions (Canada) Ltd.
647-987-2127
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