Konica Minolta Invests N1 Billion in Nigeria

Digital printing machine makers, Konica Minolta, has invested about N1billion in the Nigerian economy in recent months, Managing Director of Skysat Technologies Ltd, partners of Konica Minolta, Mr Izzat Debs has said.

He said this in Abuja at the opening ceremony of a two-day Konica Minolta print solutions exhibition with the theme “Productivity and Profitability Come Alive.”

The investment includes the cost of training local technicians in Germany, opening of offices and showrooms across the country as well as stocking them, Debs said.

He said “by deploying Konica Minolta range of digital printing machines in Nigeria, we are contributing to digitization of printing in the country as well as improving on the local economy.”

According to him, the machines could be used by commercial printers as well as corporate organizations to meet printing needs, just as he noted that the success of a similar exhibition held in Lagos earlier in the year encouraged the company to stage another one in Abuja. Port Harcourt is the next city to host its exhibition, he said.

In his remarks, Minister of state for Trade and Investment, Dr Samuel Ortom said “we are convinced that the exhibition of an array of Konica Minolta machines will further drive investment in the printing sector.”

The minister, who was represented by his Special Adviser, Mr Steven Amuche, advised all ministries, department and agencies including the private sector operators “to take advantage of the printing exhibition and develop partnerships for enhanced economic growth of Nigeria.”