Tokyo (March 13, 2013) – Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc. (Konica Minolta) is pleased to announce that Buyers Laboratory LLC (BLI) *1, the leading global provider of information and testing services to the digital imaging industry, chose Konica Minolta as the winner of its most coveted award, 2013 “Line of the Year” in the A3 MFP*2 segment for the third consecutive year.