Konica Minolta – acquisition of Knowledge Partners

• Knowledge Partners (“Knowledge Partners”) is an Australian enterprise content management (ECM) specialist, established in 1999, with offices in Brisbane, Melbourne & Sydney
• The business is a SharePoint specialist and OpenText reseller, with capability across Microsoft (including Office 365) and Hewlett Packard information management technologies, and an established track record in the ECM space
• Miles advised Konica Minolta Business Solutions Australia on the acquisition, undertaken as part of Konica Minolta’s global “Transform 2016” strategy to shift focus from hardware supply toward services & solutions
• The acquisition complements Konica Minolta’s existing capture & digitisation capability, strengthening its position as a provider of managed content services to enterprise & government customers

Industry Context

The transaction reflects the strategic pivot of global print & imaging manufacturers into IT services and enterprise content management, as traditional hardware volumes decline and customers increasingly seek end-to-end digital and document-management solutions.

Further information on this transaction is available at: Konica Minolta / Knowledge Partners Press Release