Inkjet & Digital Printing
Konica Minolta Selected as Vendor of the Year by the International Center for Entrepreneurial Development (ICED)
Thursday 09. July 2009 - Prestigious Award Highlights Successful, Mutually-Beneficial Partnership Between Konica Minolta and ICED in 2009
Konica Minolta Business Solutions U.S.A., Inc. (Konica Minolta), a leading provider of advanced imaging and networking technologies for the desktop to the print shop, today announced that it has received the 2009 Vendor of the Year Award from the International Center for Entrepreneurial Development (ICED), the franchisor for the Kwik Kopy Business Center, Kwik Kopy Printing, Parcel Plus, Franklin’s Printing, American Wholesale Thermographers and Ink Well print brands. Presented with this recognition at ICED’s recent conference in The Woodlands, Texas, Konica Minolta was selected from among dozens of the global franchisor’s partner vendors.
ICED began its long history of franchising in 1967 with a single print shop. The ICED family is now one of the largest alliances of print and copy, pack-and-ship, and children’s education franchises, with more than 1,000 locations around the world. Konica Minolta offers the ICED print brands an industry leading solution comprised of digital imaging platforms, applications and a strong support structure to help the franchisees maximize their investments and grow their businesses.
“We are honored to receive this prestigious award from ICED,” said Fred Winckler, Director, Key Accounts – Franchise Print for Konica Minolta Business Solutions U.S.A., Inc. “Our relationship has grown from a basic equipment supplier to a strategic business partner and their family of franchisees has adopted Konica Minolta not just because of the award-winning product line, but due to the level of after-market support that we provide. Due to our successful partnership, all customers of the ICED family of franchisees are able to count on Konica Minolta for all of their printing needs.”
“Konica Minolta has helped ICED and our franchises to realize continued business growth throughout our longstanding partnership and this award is only further evidence of this support,” said Bob Metzger, Vice Chairman of ICED. “Backed by innovative and high quality products and solutions, Konica Minolta is an integral part of our continued success and we are pleased to recognize their support with this award.”