Yuji Nakata: KM controls 60% of the digital

1. For Konica Minolta, India is the biggest strategic market. Our plan is, to enable the market to grow, from magazine covers to visiting cards. It’s quite simple. If the print market grows, we grow.

2. With the C1000, we have expanded the market. We plugged the gaps. In the last two months, we have notched up 25 units among commercial printers, jobbers and the graphic art segment.

3. Quality is a challenge. One reason is, colour is measured differently by different people. This is why, for the past 14 months, we have conducted seminars for printers and brand owners to demystify the standardisation of colour.

4. The JetVarnish, which has had 450 installations worldwide has three of the hottest demos at PrintPack. Now, it’s very hard to convey this through the spoken word, but what this inkjet UV system does with the texture of the printed is unbelievable. The raised image pops off the page. Its embossing using polymers jetted from inkjet heads.

5. Konica Minolta is on the verge of setting up its second demo centre and training hub in Gurgaon. This should be ready in April 2015. We have “a big surprise” for India. Wait and watch.