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Konica Minolta ME Conference 2023

Konica Minolta Business in 1873 celebrating its 150 customer experiences.
Solutions Middle East has years anniversary in 2023, In the 2nd Half, Konica
recently held the annual and DEVELOP turning 75 Minolta BME did launch
conference 2023 on the 19th years this year. Established the new Embellishment
of January, face-to-face with in 1948 is a big opportunity solution “AccurioShine
partners at Sofitel The Palm, for the brand to celebrate its 3600”. Approximately, 50
Dubai, UAE. The event was past and look forward to the customers and end-users
attended by approximately future.
100 participants outside and On the other hand, work- from outside and within the
within the UAE. It was ing closely together with UAE have joined in the
focused mainly on both customers on their digital launching of the new era of
Konica Minolta and Develop transformation, Konica high-value digital printing
partners. Konica Minolta’s BME Conference 2023 was held in Dubai, UAE Minolta says that in a digital and embellishments.
With the theme Senior Vice President pre- Konica Minolta DX era, there are good business Customization and person-
“Reconnect to Rebuild”, our sented Konica Minolta’s Initiatives. Drawing on local reasons for communicating alization are increasingly in
speaker in the morning pro- Business Direction, fol- expertise backed by a global through multiple cross- demand. Offering 2D or 3D
gram Mr. Osamu Miyauchi, lowed by Mr. Toshiyuki organization in digital print- media channels, and not just effects can make print jobs
Managing Director of Yamada, General Manager ing, Konica Minolta’s port- via paper-based media. The more profitable.
Konica Minolta Middle East of the Production Print folio of hardware, software, afternoon event “Igniting During the afternoon pro-
(BME) has made the honor Business who talked about and services has been Print Possibilities” was gram, there was a panel dis-
to present the Opening the Professional Printing & designed to ignite possibili- focused on business oppor-
Address+FY22 Review, and Industrial Printing Business ties for customers – what- tunities, which Konica cussion on “Digital
FY23 Planning & Strategy. Direction. In addition, other ever and wherever they may Minolta says are every- Embellishment” engaging
Also, two speakers from professional experts from be. where. It just takes a spark to our customers’ success uti-
Konica Minolta Konica Minolta Business It also marks a significant bring more possibilities to lizing KM Embellishment
Headquarters in Japan, Mr. Solutions Middle East also and pivotal moment of the life by embracing new tech- solution to add value in
Hajime Takei, Corporate shared their knowledge on founding of Konica Minolta niques and creating unique their business.

Gulf Print & Pack returns to Dubai in 2024; dates announced

Gulf Print & Pack, the start new business here,” terms of print and post-print
MENA region’s leading exhi- says Killengrey. “Dubai is equipment, but also work-
bition for the commercial the most populous city in the flows,” commented Andy
and package printing indus- UAE and has become a Thomas-Emans, Strategic
tries, will take place at the center of trade and com- Director of the Tarsus Labels
World Trade Center in merce for the Middle East.”
Dubai on 9-11 January 2024. Gulf Print & Pack 2024 and Packaging Group, which
Barry Killengrey, Gulf will give PSPs, commercial organizes Gulf Print & Pack.
Print & Pack event director, printers and packaging con- “Conventional offset
commented: “We’re verters the chance to see a printers are now looking
delighted to be back on the broad range of new technol- closely at cut sheet inkjet
biennial calendar for the GPP will take place at Dubai WTC between 9 and 11 January 2024 ogy in action including wide presses, while both flexo and
first time since the pan- appetite to see more graphic arts suppliers from format printers, digital cor- conventional printers are
demic. During this time, the advances in digital technol- across the globe and over rugated, cut sheet inkjet, seeing increased automation
print and package printing package printing presses and
industry has evolved ogy, automation and work- 7,500 international visitors. digital embellishment sys- in plate making, fully inte-
immensely, with exciting flow capabilities.” “With the milder climate, tems. grated with end-to-end color
new trends such as digital The last Gulf Print & Pack January is the ideal time to “The key trend in the management. Corrugated
embellishment emerging, event was held in June 2022, plan a business trip to Dubai MENA market is the transi- printers also have new digital
and this has intensified the when it attracted leading and the best time to kick- tion to digital, not only in options.”

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