10 January 2012 - Johannesburg – January, 2012: KYOCERA MITA South Africa announced that eight of its recently launched mono and colour multifunction devices have successfully achieved the rigorous Blue Angel environmental accreditation. The Blue Angel award is only given to products that fit a comprehensive list of criteria that ranges from low power consumption in sleep mode and low noise in operation, to waste prevention, long-life components, eco-friendly packaging and harmless toner emissions. Additionally, the products must provide standard duplex functionality and suitability for use with recycled paper. |
The devices awarded with this auspicious accolade include the colour multifunctionals: FS-C2026MFP+, FS-C2126MFP+, FS-C2526MFP, and FS-C2626MFP and the monochrome multifunctionals: FS-3040MFP+, FS-3140MFP+, FS-3540MFP, and FS-3640MFP.
All of these devices benefit from KYOCERA MITA’s unique ECOSYS long-life components that aim to lower consumable costs, whilst minimising waste and provide an overall exceptionally reliable product.
Michael Powell, Product Marketing Manager at KYOCERA MITA South Africa states: “We’re ecstatic that these superb and recently launched products have confirmed their strong environmental performance by meeting the Blue Angel standard. As the oldest environment-related approval label for products and services in the world, Blue Angel is one of the most stringent and well respected standards to achieve.” Powell further elaborates that as the leading provider of document solutions globally such accolades are further testament to the superior products provided by KYOCERA to enhance business processes in the document environment.
About KYOCERA MITA South Africa
KYOCERA MITA South Africa is a leading manufacturer of document output devices for the business market. From black & white and colour copiers to network-ready multifunctional systems, laser printers and wide-format imaging devices, KYOCERA’s technically advanced and award-winning products offer reliable and efficient office automation. Backed by ECOSYS technology, every KYOCERA machine is designed with long-life components to improve document management processes whilst reducing the effect on the environment. KYOCERA MITA South Africa is fully BEE compliant through a BEE partnership with Nozala Investments.
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