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Konica Minolta partners with Two Sides
Konica Minolta Business Solutions (UK) Ltd has formed a new partnership with not-for- profit sustainable print, paper and paper packaging initiative Two Sides. Konica Minolta will work with the Two Sides team to educate and inspire businesses and consumers about the sustainability and potential of responsible print. As a champion of the evolving print industry along with its inherent sustainability potential, Konica Minolta joins the Two Sides campaign's growing partnership of supporters and collaborators, which include companies in the forestry, pulp and paper manufacturing, packaging, inks, pre-press, press, finishing, publishing, printing, envelopes and postal operators. “We are delighted to be partnering with Two Sides to highlight the sustainability potential of print as part of our broader environmental, social and governance (ESG) commitments,” said Malcolm Smith, category manager – professional print at Konica Minolta Business Solutions. Biennially, Two Sides conducts a Trend
Tracker Survey into public preconceptions and beliefs. The latest survey, published in 2023, showed that 41% of people surveyed believe paper is a wasteful product. However, figures from Cepi (Confederation of European Paper Industries) key statistics 2022 indicate that 49% of the fibrous raw material used in Europe’s paper industry comes from paper for recycling. and in Europe, 71% of paper ( European Paper Recycling Council, Monitoring Report, 2022 ) and 83% of cardboard packaging (Eurostat, 2021) is recycled. Konica Minolta takes its ESG responsibilities seriously and was named a ‘Leader’ in the IDC MarketScape: Worldwide Sustainability Programs and Services Hardcopy 2023 Vendor Assessment (doc #US49892223, December 2023). It aims to be a robust and innovative company that keeps evolving and contributing to the sustainable growth of society and individuals, using an ESG framework to navigate its efforts and obligations. Its ESG approach is guided by the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, with a particular focus on climate action.
Malcolm Smith category manger – professional print
konicaminolta.co.uk
SYNAXON UK and Integra Business Solutions renew partnership
and delivery of complete IT projects. “Through this alliance, Integra members can call on the extensive resources available from SYNAXON and offer their clients a range of IT solutions – from simple product fulfilment at competitive prices, to tried-and-tested managed services and complete project support,” said Mike Barron, managing director of SYNAXON UK. “For a lot of office products dealers, technical knowledge and dealing with any hardware issues is the main barrier to offering IT solutions. With SYNAXON that’s no problem as we also provide free, no-quibbles, 14-day RMA process, so any faulty products can easily be returned.” Aidan McDonough, CEO, Integra, added: “We are delighted to have renewed our partnership with Synaxon UK. This strategic partnership gives our members a fantastic competitive advantage within the IT arena with access to industry leading IT distributors, managed services and project support. Under this agreement, SYNAXON partners also have a great opportunity to access additional benefits by joining Integra, particularly within OP and diversification areas.”
SYNAXON UK and office supplies dealer group Integra Business Solutions Ltd have renewed their strategic partnership through which partners and members of each organisation will be able to access the benefits of the other at preferential rates. Under this agreement SYNAXON partners can sign-up as members of Integra, gaining access to the company’s preferential trading terms with more than 100 leading suppliers, including leading office products distributors such as Antalis UK and VOW Wholesale. Similarly, Integra members will receive discounted SYNAXON UK membership, giving them access to leading brand products through SYNAXON Hub plus stock and availability data from more than 40 IT distributors via the EGIS procurement platform. They can also offer customers ready-to-deploy managed services options through SYNAXON Managed Services, and with SYNAXON’s Project Support services, make use of the group’s experts to offer consultancy, design
synaxon-services.com
Aidan McDonough CEO
integra-business.co.uk
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