Riyadh, 26th December 2010: The Management & Staff of Hoshan Company Limited (HCL), Saudi Arabia's leading office technology company, celebrated 30 years anniversary of successful strategic partnership with Konica Minolta Business Technologies, one of the world's leading manufacturers of multifunctional copiers, at a ceremony held on this occasion at the Marriott Hotel in Riyadh.

This prolonged partnership has proven through the years to be successful and effective, resulting in the development of Hoshan Company Limited which has become one of the largest leading companies in the office technology field, with expanded and diversified operations offering sophisticated business solutions to the multifunction devices industry."

The ceremony was attended, among others, by Mr. Jun Haraguchi, Director General Manager, Sales HQ Konica Minolta Japan, in addition to Mr. Rakan El Hoshan, President & CEO of Hoshan Company Limited, and a number of major customers from all over the kingdom & officials of the two companies and media representatives from Saudi Arabia.

Mr. Rakan El Hoshan, President & CEO of Hoshan Company Limited, said on the sidelines of the celebration: "Thirty years of partnership with a global company such as Konica Minolta is an important achievement for us. It has been an interesting journey that saw our company growing as one of the largest companies operating in the multifunction devices industry" in Saudi Arabia and the Middle East.

Mr. Hoshan added: "We are delighted to be celebrating together this common success which confirms the ability and excellence of the two companies to provide the best-in-class services and technology solutions to our customers in the Saudi market, as well as our commitment to providing products and services that comply with the highest global industry standards."

He continued: "We were able, during the past thirty years, to maintain our leadership position in the market thanks to our steadfast and close relationship with our customers established through our constant endeavour to enhance the quality of our products and to provide new and sophisticated technologies. We have been able to achieve this through the provision of high quality products and continuous innovations which were introduced by our strategic partner Konica Minolta, with whom we look forward to a stronger business relationship and a continued growth in the kingdom".

For his side, Mr. Jun Haraguchi, Director General Manage Sales HQ Konica Minolta, underlined that Hoshan Company Limited and Konica Minolta have both succeeded over 30 years of dedicated partnership in introducing new technologies to the Saudi market such as new digital copiers and multifunction colour devices. He continued: "We are determined to continue to develop our operations in the Saudi market."

He also added: "Konica Minolta and Hoshan have always strived to deliver the best innovative technology solutions and assist their customers in the promotion of their business. We are now focused on achieving our aspirations and our expansion plans and continuing to develop our services to offer the best value to our customers at competitive prices."

Mr. Jun Haraguchi confirmed that Hoshan and Konica Minolta share the same marketing investment strategy intended to establishing and branding themselves as one of the top players in the industry, an achievement tended to be coupled with the specialized technology of Konica Minolta. Mr. Haraguchi, closed his address by the valuable comment that Konica Minolta is committed to take this partnership for another 30 years & more with Hoshan.

Mr. Vaclav Muchna who is one of YSoft founders and CEO, took this opportunity to personally congratulate to the remarkable 30-years anniversary of the cooperation between Hoshan and Konica Minolta. He added that being an entrepreneur for last 10 years, he can really realize how big success is the partnership between Hoshan and Konica Minolta.  He said, that we are very proud, that the trust of these great companies resulted in very successful cooperation.

Ysoft is globally operating company based in the Czech Republic in Europe, and its daughter companies are spread around the world ranging from Japan, Singapore through many companies across Europe to the United States.

YSoft deals with Hoshan within the KSA territory, and with Konica Minolta, they formed two strategic alliances: Sales & Marketing alliance and Research & Development alliance.

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About Al Hoshan Co. Ltd
Hoshan Group (HOSHAN COMPANY LTD.) - www.hoshangroup.com- is a 100% Saudi owned limited liability Company with headquarters based in Riyadh, founded in Saudi Arabia in 1964. The Group consists of various companies handling following different areas of specialization.

  • Hoshan Office Automation

  • Hoshan Operations & Maintenance

  • Hoshan Interiors (Furniture Division)

  • Hoshan Integrated Systems

  • Hoshan Trading Fze (Jebel Ali)

  • H2O Concepts UAE 

Today  Hoshan Group employs over 1,200 people of whom more than 450 are engineers (electrical, electronic, IT, architectural, civil and mechanical).

Hoshan has been doing business in Saudi Arabia for last 40+ years in the field of Office Automation Products and Communication Solutions, possessing excellent knowledge and expertise in designing, selling, delivering, implementing/integrating and supporting all these services throughout the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Hoshan operates out of 20 sales offices, and 30 maintenance centres spread throughout Saudi Arabia's vast territory, wherein showroom space exceeds 20,000 square meters and warehousing facilities in excess of 35,000 square meters.

About Konica Minolta:
Konica Minolta manufactures business and industrial imaging products. Its business line includes copiers, laser printers, fax machines, and multifunction devices. Focused on the production printing market, Konica Minolta primarily targets corporations, copy service providers, and print shops. The company also makes optical devices, including lenses and LCD film; medical and graphic imaging products, such as x-ray image processing systems, color proofing systems, and x-ray film; photometers, 3-D digitizers, and other sensing products; and textile printers. As a core company of the Konica Minolta Group, Konica Minolta Business Technology INC. is in charge of the global deployment of office equipment, centering on multi-function peripherals (MFPs) and laser printers. It provides the products, systems and solutions that satisfy the demands of the office and production printing markets.

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Hoshan Co.
Abdullah Hamayoon Babar
Product Manager
Konica Minolta
hoshan office automation
E-mail: ahamayun@hoshangroup.com
Tel: +966 (1) 477 2323 x 1230
Fax: +966 (1) 465 6248
M: +966 (50) 294 6882

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