Company News: Konica Minolta 3-D Scanning and Engineering Services

(Konica Minolta: Ramsey, NJ) -- Konica Minolta Sensing Americas Inc. (KMSA), the worldwide leader in the industrial measurement of color, light, and shape, announces the addition of its new 3-D scanning and engineering services division to its existing 3-D noncontact-scanner business unit.

“This is a very exciting time for us as we launch this new 3-D services business,” says Jim Clark, KMSA 3-D business unit manager. “We see huge potential in offering this type of service to our customers. Many were not able to afford the purchase of hardware this past year due to economic conditions. We were continually asked if we could simply scan parts on a project by project basis.”

In a rapid response to better service these customers, KMSA has quickly invested and deployed this new division to address the needs of those looking for 3-D service solutions in the areas of reverse engineering, rapid prototyping, 3-D scanning, design and engineering, as well as finite element analysis.

KMSA has been involved in the development and sale of 3-D scanning hardware for well over a decade. “Offering a services division is a major shift in our business model, since our focus has always been on hardware sales. We feel that this shift is very positive and complimentary to the sales side of our business,” says Clark.

KMSA will be primarily utilizing its own VIVID and RANGE series 3-D equipment as these units will fit almost any application. Being a leading manufacturer of hardware, KMSA has vast applications knowledge from nearly every type of manufacturing industry. “This knowledge positions Konica far above existing service-only competitors. We can offer a level of service and expertise to our customers that will be unmatched by anyone else in the industry. For our customers KMSA will be the only resource they will need,” adds Clark.

KMSA will be offering up to 50 percent off all new customers’ first scanning services jobs until Jan. 31, 2010. For more detailed information on 3-D scanning services, please visit www.konicaminolta.com/sensingusa.

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Konica Minolta Sensing Americas Inc. (KMSA), a wholly owned subsidiary of Konica Minolta Holdings USA Inc., is the global leader in the industrial measurement of color, light, and shape. The company developed and introduced the first portable spectrophotometers and colorimeters, adding new dimensions of convenience and functionality. Its innovative products dramatically changed the way color, light, and shape dimension is measured. Products include colorimeters and spectrophotometers for color measurement, spectroradiometers and lux meters for light measurement, and 3-D noncontact digitizers for shape measurement. Thousands of companies’ (including food, plastics, paints/coatings, automotive, aerospace, and cosmetics) product quality is entrusted to Konica Minolta instruments.