Kyocera Mita Corp. announced that it has entered into a strategic North American supply agreement with IKON Office Solutions, Inc. IKON is the world''s largest independent channel for document management systems and services, including copier, printer and MFP technologies.
Under this agreement, IKON will sell and support three of Kyocera''s monochrome MFPs manufactured for IKON - the KM-3050i, KM-4050i and KM-5050i (30-, 40- and 50-ppm, respectively) - to customers in the United States and Canada. The products are expected to be available from IKON for customer delivery throughout the U.S. and Canada in February 2007.
Koji Seki, Chairman & President of Kyocera Mita Corporation, Japan, described the agreement as one that will help Kyocera Mita increase its market share in North America. "We are honored and proud to take this step with IKON," said Mr. Seki. "When you consider that IKON has access to multiple product lines from many leading manufacturers in our industry, the fact that IKON added Kyocera technology to their product portfolio demonstrates the value that our products deliver in the marketplace."
"This agreement with Kyocera Mita expands and enhances IKON''s best-in-class product portfolio," said Matthew J. Espe, IKON''s Chairman and Chief Executive Officer. "These MFP devices from Kyocera Mita, combined with our straightforward approach to pricing, configuration and service, enable us to offer our customers a robust and reliable pre-configured solution and greatly simplifies the transaction."
