Anderson & Vreeland, headquartered in Bryan, OH, USA, and Konica Minolta Business Solutions USA, based in Ramsey, NJ, USA, have joined forces to form a joint-venture distribution agreement that combines the resources of both companies. The companies have together introduced the new digital bizhub Press C71cf, which is specifically designed for narrow web applications.

The Konica Minolta C71cf toner-based press takes the successful bizhub Press series of printers to a new level, offering 4C CMYK, up to 44 fpm, 13″ width, up to 47″ repeats and 1200 x 1200dpi resolution (with optical resolution of 3600dpi). Accepting PDF, PS and TIFF formats, the bizhub Press C71cf is compatible with Synthetic, PP/PET and PSA stocks and works with inline or offline finishing solutions.

“This strategic partnership allows us to offer high-end digital printing technology to a much wider spectrum of the narrow web market,” explains Bill Troxil, SVP of Strategic Business Development for Konica Minolta Business Solutions USA “A&V’s extensive sales and service organization will help us reach a wider customer base, who want high-end digital performance for a lower price point.”

“We are excited to team with Konica Minolta and present their award-winning digital printing solutions to the flexo market,” adds Darin Lyon, executive vice president of Anderson & Vreeland.

“Konica Minolta places us in the unique position to offer our customers exclusive benefits and technologies for digital printing.”