This Week in Imaging: Latest Financial Round-Up: Lower Sales, Profits
This was a significant week in the office-imaging industry, with multiple vendors reporting lower sales and profits, and warning of a slowing economy.
Category: Sharp
Sales, Profits Down for Sharp’s First Quarter
In the first quarter, sales for Sharp’s 8K Ecosystem group (which includes copier/MFPs) were down 9.8 percent year-over-year to ¥262.5 billion
A Look at Sharp’s Earnings’ Recovery Since Foxconn Acquisition
In 2016, giant electronics contractor Foxconn – also known as Hon Hai Precision Industry and headquarted in Taiwan – acquired......
Konica Minolta Shifting Production in Response to Trade War
Konica Minolta joins Ricoh Company of Japan, which also recently announced that it will shift some of its copier/MFP production out of China.
Sharp Sees U.S.-China Trade War as ‘Opportunity’
Sharp CEO and Chairman Tai Jeng-wu said trade frictions between the United States and China could provide an “opportunity” to expand its business with Chinese companies, in contrast to many other manufacturers who have voiced concerns over U.S. tariffs on imported Chinese goods.
Mixed Bag for Sharp’s Fiscal Year
Sharp said it has achieved 10 consecutive quarters of increasing net profits since the third-quarter quarter of its fiscal 2016 year.
Sharp Expands Advanced, Essentials MFP Lineup
Sharp today expanded its copier/MFP line with the addition of four new high speed models to its color Advanced and Essentials Series lineup, bringing the total to 11 models in the product family.
Sharp Sales Growth Highest Among Vendors in 2018
The majority of growth was experienced in the Asia Pacific (excluding Japan) and U.S. markets, rather than in Europe.
New Sharp A4 Color Desktop MFPs Feature Voice-Command Operation
For instance, via voice command, users can request the MFP to make a copy or scan a document to themselves.
Sharp to Preview New Printer/MFP with Beefed-Up Security
The MX-C304W also features Voice feature with Amazon Alexa, enabling users to interact with the printer by using simple verbal commands.
This Week in Imaging: The Inkjet-3D Printing Revolution
One of the interesting things about technology is that we can’t always see where it will eventually take us, a case in point being drop-on-demand inkjet printing.
Sharp Reports Latest Financial Results
The company stated that despite the U.S.-China trade war and other economic disruptions, it “secured bottom-line profit…with its profit margin outperforming” the same period a year earlier.
This Week in Imaging: Latest on Fujifilm-Xerox; Canon Continues Toner Take-Downs; Sharp Back at CES
The big news this week was continued turbulence at Xerox, but a recent interview with Fujifilm CEO and Chairman Komori......
This Week in Imaging: Canon and Business Inkjet; HP Opens up MPS Accounts; More
Like HP Inc., Canon will now be selling both laser-based and business-inkjet for the office.
Sharp Launches First Voice-Driven Copier/MFPs
The Alexa voice system enables users, after authenticating themselves, to use voice commands to make copies, scan to email, and call for service.
Average 2018 Copier Sales Rep Said to Be $117,064
“External factors can make top candidates ready to consider their options in an afternoon. They may have a new sales manager they don’t like; the dealer switched their territory; their compensation changed; or they want to relocate.”
