01732 759725 14 BULLETIN Blue Angel certification Katun’s Arivia MFP line has obtained Blue Angel certification, one of the world’s most respected eco-labels for environmentally responsible products. This achievement highlights Katun’s commitment to delivering sustainable, highperformance printing solutions that help workplaces reduce their environmental impact. The Arivia MFP line earned certification for its low energy consumption, reduced emissions, minimal noise level, and use of environmentally responsible materials. The devices are also designed to support efficient resource use in office environments, helping organisations lower operating costs while meeting sustainability goals. “We are proud that our Arivia MFP line has achieved Blue Angel certification,” said Tony Ko, Vice President of Hardware and Business Solutions at Katun. “This achievement reflects our dedication to providing reliable, high quality products and solutions that deliver exceptional performance while contributing to a more sustainable future.” www.katun.com Xerox introduces first products under unified brand The Xerox C240/C245, C255a, and C300/C303a/ C305ae colour printers and multifunction printers are the first hardware offerings launched under the unified Xerox brand following the company’s integration with Lexmark. The updated Xerox brand identity, including the refreshed logo, reflects the next phase of transformation into a stronger, more competitive technology company. “The integration of Xerox and Lexmark has expanded what we can deliver, and these products reflect that directly,” said JacquesEdouard Gueden, Chief Revenue Officer at Xerox. “This product line gives our clients in the small workgroup segment a reliable, straightforward solution built on the combined resources of both companies, and our channel partners a stronger portfolio to sell.” www.xerox.com Konica Minolta claims No. 1 position Konica Minolta Business Solutions Europe is the market leader in A3 colour multifunction printers across Europe, according to the latest FY2025 (April 2025 – March 2026) market data from Infosource. The market intelligence firm reports an impressive 18.8% market share for Konica Minolta, with more than 119,300 A3 colour MFPs sold across European markets. The result underscores Konica Minolta’s continued commitment to innovation, customer value and a solution-driven approach to digital workplace technology. “Claiming the leading position in the A3 colour MFP market is an important milestone for us and a testament to the trust our customers place in Konica Minolta across Europe,” said Torben Mowka, Manager Office Product Management, Konica Minolta Business Solutions Europe.” www.konicaminolta.co.uk Quocirca recognises Canon’s ACT leadership Canon has been named a leader in Quocirca’s AI, Cloud and Technology (ACT) Print Industry Ecosystem Leadership report. This new industry research provides a deep analysis of key print industry OEMs and ISVs, exploring how they are using automation and AI, cloud and technology ecosystem capabilities, to create new future-proofed, value-added services for their customers. The report reveals Canon’s strong leadership in this area, highlighting that the organisation is using ACT to enhance its service approach and connect the print and scan infrastructure of its customers and partners with digital processes – helping to support them to improve operational efficiency, collaboration and ways of working. www.canon.co.uk Award win for Sharp Sharp UK has won Customer Service Excellence of the Year at the 2026 CPC Excellence Awards, recognising its commitment to delivering exceptional support, innovation and service to education clients across the UK. As one of the UK’s leading procurement frameworks for the education sector, CPC recognises suppliers that consistently deliver outstanding service, value and support to their members. www.sharp.co.uk Torben Mowka Vasion launches intelligent print automation Vasion has announced the availability of Intelligent Print Automation (IPA), enabling organisations to leverage the File > Print muscle memory of the workforce to keep data from going dark. Every time employees click File > Print to send documents to printers, save them to PDFs or scan them to unmanaged folders, enterprise data becomes unstructured and quietly goes dark. Dark data escapes compliance controls, bypasses AI workflow and quickly becomes a liability. IPA seamlessly integrates with any application to intelligently route documents to virtually any destination, ensuring organisations’ business intelligence does not go dark again. Ryan Wedig, Co-founder and CEO, Vasion, said: “The market that was supposed to solve this problem was full of companies rolling up acquisitions, squeezing margins, killing innovation, and calling old, hosted software SaaS. We took a different path: a substantial, multi-year R&D investment to build a cloudnative, multi-tenant platform with fully immutable microservices that was ready for single-click AI integration. Intelligent Print Automation is here, and we built it.” While PrinterLogic remains part of the broader Vasion platform, IPA adds eForms, eSignature, OCR-enabled storage, and agentic document processing, all managed through custom no-code workflows. For existing Vasion customers, IPA sits within their existing infrastructure. For new customers, it’s a single platform entry point that replaces what would otherwise require multiple vendors and months of integration work. www.vasion.com
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