The KIP machines will also be available for display at Konica Minolta's DIS office at Huda City Centre, Gurgaon. Under the agreement, Konica Minolta shall provide the sales and service of the machines to its customers.

Konica Minolta has a long relationship with KIP on a worldwide basis and is selling the KIP products in various countries.

Daisuke Mori, MD, Konica Minolta India, said, “The addition of KIP solutions to our product portfolio will further strengthen our position in transforming India’s printing segment. We have more than 2,000 production printing customers and with this partnership we intend to strengthen our relationship with the customers by offering more products and solutions to cater to their needs.”

Reprographics India was established in 1976 and rolled out its operations in the city of Hardwaras ancillary to BHEL, manufacturing ammonia, semi dry paper, zinc oxide microfilm reader printer paper and dielectric plotter paper as ancillary. The company has since expanded into offering diverse IT solutions in the domains of microfilm scanners, plotters, scanners, book scanners, engineering copiers and application software in the field of image editing, document management, archiving and indexing. The company also manufactures A0 size flatbed scanners/ paper folding machines/ multifunction systems using inkjet printers. The company has in excess of 2,000 installations with its presence through office in more than 20 major cities.

Deepak Khanna added, “To expand our KIP products and its presence in Indian market, this tie up adds more customers by offering value propositions to existing base as well as help both of us to acquire new customer base.”