Konica-Minolta expects 15-20% higher turnover in 2006

Konica Minolta Romania, one of the leading players on the local market of office printing & copying products and services, estimates it will post a turnover worth some 15 million euros next year, 15% more than this year. "In the first 3 quarters of this year, we have sold the same amount of colour multifunctional equipment as in 2005 as a whole. If we compare the results posted in the first three quarters of 2006 with the similar period of 2005, turnover has seen an almost 20% increase, stated Helmut Ignat, general manager of Konica Minolta Business Solutions Romania. "There has been a 20% increase in monochrome laser multifunctional equipment and in colour laser printers, while colour laser multifunctional equipment saw a 120% increase. We want to achieve a 15-20% increase in turnover in 2006, and we have a similar target for next year, an over 15% increase," he added. "Ec onomic growth is showing in our business, as we have orders both from developing Romanian companies and from multinationals coming to Romania," Ignat added.