Konica Minolta Australia opened its new Australian headquarters in Sydney on Friday.
The building was officially opened by the Hon Maxine McKew, the member for Bennelong, and Parliamentary Secretary for Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government. Special guest at the occasion was the Japanese Consul General, Mr Nobuhito Hobo, pictured at left with Ms McKew and Konica Minolta Australia managing director, Mr Hiro Kaji.
The keynote speaker was James Castrission, who made headlines when he and his friend, Justin Jones, were the first people to kayak across the Tasman Sea to New Zealand. Castrission gave a graphic account of the perils of the trip, which took 62 days, including wild storms, sharks, and being caught in a large whirlpool in the middle of the crossing, which cost them two weeks and a great deal of anguish.
The company’s new Sydney head office building, called Konica Minolta House, includes a ground floor showroom for demonstrations of the company’s comprehensive range of printers and digital presses, dedicated technical and customer training facilities, and an on-site café and crPche. The offices and meeting rooms are located on two floors of the building, and use colourful carpet floor covering reflecting the colours included in CMYK.
Konica Minolta House was designed by award-winning architects Bates Smart in Sydney, who created it to attain a 4.5-star National Australian Built Environmental Rating System (NABERS).
Executive general manager, Konica Minolta Business Solutions, Dr David Cooke, said, “Our impressive new office space has already created a buzz for staff and clients coming to the building for meetings and demonstrations. We hope we will continue to see the Konica Minolta business offering grow and prosper while supporting the environment wherever we can.”
Konica Minolta marked the opening ceremony by announcing an initiative to help offset the carbon of attendance at the event. The business has commissioned the planting of 200 native Australian trees from seed through Greenfleet, a not-for-profit organisation dedicated to reducing the impact of greenhouse gas emissions from business, transport, air travel and household energy use.
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