Ricoh Americas Corporation today announced that Martin Brodigan has been named chairman and CEO of Ricoh Americas effective May 1, 2012. Brodigan will succeed Kevin Togashi, who is taking on a new role at Ricoh Group in Japan. Brodigan brings over 20 years of experience at Ricoh to his new position. Most recently, he served as executive vice president and chief operating [...]
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Ricoh Ramps Up Toner Production
Ricoh Company of Japan is adding three new toner production lines at Tohoku Ricoh Company, Ltd., its production plant in Miyagi Prefecture, Japan. Tohoku Ricoh will produce the latest “PxP-EQ” chemical toner for its MFPs production print portfolio. Investment for the new lines comes to approximately 11 billion yen. Construction will start on May 1st, 2012 and operations are planned to [...]
Ricoh Retires IKON Brand Name; New “Imagine. Change” brand Identity
Ricoh Americas has retired the IKON brand name, uniting Ricoh U.S.A. and IKON Office Solutions under one brand name in the U.S. – Ricoh. The firm says the move will result in a stronger, unified organization, and that, as part of the change, it’s integrating the IKON Web site into www.ricoh-usa.com - a visit to IKON’s Web site [...]
New 45-PPM A3 Color Aficio MP C4502 MFP from Ricoh
Ricoh has introduced the Aficio MP C4502, an A3 color MFP rated at up to 45 ppm in black/color, and featuring a revamped color touch screen as well as scanning to cloud-based storage and collaboration sites. The color touch screen (right) can be customized, and is compatible with UDOCX for scanning to cloud-based storage spaces, including Microsoft Exchange Server, [...]
Ricoh Sells Four Direct Branches to RJ Young
While we’ve been accustomed to seeing manufacturers acquire independent dealerships, in a departure, RJ Young Company, an independent office-equipment dealer, has assumed ownership of four Ricoh direct channel commercial accounts in Huntsville, AL; Columbus, MS; Tupelo, MS; and Gulfport, MS. The deal is effective March 1st. As part of the agreement, approximately 30 sales and [...]
New Ricoh Research and Development Lab in India
Ricoh Company of Japan has announced a new IT-focused R&D facility in Bangalore in southern India, Ricoh Innovations Private Limited (RIPL). RIPL is incorporated as a subsidiary of Ricoh Innovations, Inc. (RII), and is a 100-percent Ricoh-owned research institute in the U.S.’s Silicon Valley. Ricoh says RIPL will begin by creating IT solutions adapted to India’s needs, incorporating leading-edge core IT technologies cultivated [...]
Ricoh Expects to Take Loss for Fiscal Year
Ricoh Company of Japan has forecast a loss of 19.6 billion yen, or $252 million U.S., for its fiscal year ending in March 2012. For its last three quarters, Ricoh reported a loss of 36.6 billion yen, which it attributed not only to the March 2011 earthquake in Japan, but to flooding in Thailand, a strong Yen [...]
Ricoh Resumes Production at Laser-Printer Plant in Thailand
Ricoh Company of Japan reports today that it’s re-opened a laser-printer plant in Thailand. Although the plant was not affected by flooding in Thailand last fall, the company says it had suspended production since October 17th last year because of difficulty in sourcing some parts. Ricoh says it resumed production by the end of 2011, [...]
Ricoh A3 MFP Series Features Smaller Footprint, Internal Finisher, Standard Hard Drive Overwrite and Encryption
Ricoh has introduced its next-generation monochrome A3 office MFPs, the Aficio MP 2352/2852/3352 series, which feature a more compact footprint – 23.1″ wide x 25.7” deep – as well as an optional internal document finisher that doesn’t increase footprint – a first for Ricoh’s A3 (11” x 17” media) models. The units, which range in [...]
Ricoh Bolsters A4 Lineup with 52-ppm A4 Aficio SP 5200S Series
Ricoh has begun shipping its black-and-white A4 Aficio SP 5200 Series, which it had previewed last spring, and which it says has a cost per page of under 1 cent. The new units boast a competitive feature set, including full-color scanning, large color touch screen, all-in-one toner cartridge, and optional workflow solutions. The new units [...]
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