Change in Leadership at DEVELOP GmbH

Langenhagen, May 2007. The president of DEVELOP GmbH, Takafumi Isomura, is leaving the company on 31 July, 2007 for age reasons. His successor, Masahiko Nagao, who has been with the Konica Minolta Group for 23 years and has worked for DEVELOP before in the past, will take over on 1 August, 2007.

Takafumi Isomura has been with the parent concern, Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc. with headquarters in Tokyo, Japan, for 35 years. He has been active in Europe for the last 20 years. "I've been quite pleased and very satisfied with the many successful years of collaboration with DEVELOP GmbH's trading partners" said the departing president. "And I'm happy to be able to hand over the business of DEVELOP GmbH to Masahiko Nagao, who I am sure will enjoy the same trust and good collaboration that I have enjoyed“.

Since April of this year, Dirk Roos has been acting as the new General Manager for national and international business operations. The Manager was until now responsible for the areas of German Business Operation and General Administration. "Dirk Roos has impressed the company with his very good results and therefore was given greater responsibility“, explained Takafumi Isomura.

DEVELOP GmbH is a 100 percent subsidiary of Konica Minolta Business Solutions Europe GmbH. It is part of the parent concern of Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc., headquartered in Tokyo, Japan. With nearly 19,800 employees worldwide, Konica Minolta Business Technologies recorded net sales in fiscal year 2006/2007 of approximately 4.41 billion Euros.

Within the concern, DEVELOP GmbH promulgates its own marketing and sales policy. The company is a leading provider of modern office communications solutions with independent distributors and specialty retailers in 49 countries around the world. In Germany, over 300 authorized contract retailers provide a wide presence.