Moscow, January 17, 2022 — Information Agency “Business-Inform” and the Association of Quality Consumables Manufacturers and Suppliers presented the results of marketing research of the Russian toner market for printers and MFPs as well as the results of testing for quality and sustainability of the best and most popular toners presented on the Russian market.
The Information Agency “Business-Inform” and the Association of Quality Consumables Manufacturers and Suppliers (AQCMS) organized and held the Conference, on January 17th this year, “Russian Toner Market in 2021 – Focus on Quality!” During the Conference the results of marketing research of the Russian toner market for printers and MFPs as well as the results of testing for quality and sustainability of the best and most popular toners present on the Russian market were presented. The Conference saw participation by the representatives of 134 Russian businesses and organizations, 67 toner cartridges remanufacturing centers, as well as the leading Russian and International experts.
During the Conference 3 reports were heard:
- “Toner Testing – Classification, Chemical Composition, Components and Physical Properties” (Speaker — Nori Kawakami, “Business-Inform” Group)
The Report Theses: Toners, their classification and usage in different brands; chemical and abrasive toners, the aspects of their manufacturing and usage in office printing; toner components and their role — polymers, magnetites, pigments, additives, etc.; toner formulas and technologies; manufacturing of abrasive toners – feeder, extruder, cooling system, grinder, refining and classification unit, etc.; modern productions of abrasive toners and their differences; production of chemical toners and its features; modern productions of chemical toners and their differences; toner quality and its evaluation in production and office printing usage; toner’s main characteristics as applied to the evaluation of prints; the testing results of toners produced in US, China, Europe, Japan, India, Korea, Malaysia and Russia; using of quality toners is always profitable!; environmental aspects in evaluating of toners’ quality; International agreements, conventions, directives; the influence of toner on the human health – modern requirements towards the particle size and chemical composition; the testing results of toners presented on the Russian and European markets in 2021.
- “The Modern Toner Market – Main Tendencies and Technologies, Global Market Leaders and their Products” (Speaker — Kim Satoshi, “Business-Inform” Group)
The Report Theses: The modern market of toners – Japanese and American manufacturers of quality toners, Chinese manufacturers of popular toners; Russian production, its products and distributors; manufacturing technologies, sales volumes, Global market promotion policies; real and illusory leaders; general tendencies in development of toner productions and information policy of the Chinese companies and the Global market; presenting Global and regional leaders of the toner market and their partners; toner manufacturers, their manufacturing plants and products: Mitsubishi Corp., IMEX Co., Ltd., Tomoegawa Co., Ltd., Static Control Components Ltd.; Integral GmbH, Indian Toners & Developers Ltd., ASC Technology (Beijing) Ltd., Cangzhou ASC Toner Production Ltd. , CET Group Co., Ltd., Everlight/ Trend Tone Imaging, Inc. (TTI), Handan Hanguang OA Toner; testing of products and local factories; the production location matters!; comparative evaluation of prints and the environmental testing of regional markets leaders in 2021.
- “The Russian Market – Leading Suppliers, Popular Brands, their Quality and Sustainability” (Speaker — Stanislav Malinskiy, “Business-Inform” Group)
The Report Theses: The Russian market of toners 2009-2021 – dynamics, tendencies, perspectives; the alternative market, its consumers and suppliers; the economic sanctions change the market and make it more quality-oriented; main manufacturers and suppliers of toner on the Russian market – the dynamics of the sales volumes, information, advertising and price policies, quality and sustainability of supplied toners; testing of 20 popular toner brands presented on the Russian market in 2020-2021; where are the competence and the quality?; facts and traditional myths of the Chinese and Russian suppliers – attention towards the details; defining the best toners and their suppliers for 2022-2023 procurements – legislative requirements and “invitational” contests; the procurement volumes for 2022 and their distribution; winners and nominees of OPEN QUALITY PRINTING CONTEST 2021; presenting the best toner brands and their suppliers — Mitsubishi, IMEX, Static Control, Integral, Tomoegawa, HYB toners; presenting the popular toner brands — Handan, TTI, ASC; comparative testing of the best and popular toners – quality and sustainability are always profitable!; Russian toners and their manufacturers – numbers and facts; suppliers of foreign toners under Russian brands: Who is who?; Information-Search System “The Global Market of Toners”, its functional features, contents, development perspectives and the usage experience during 2020-2021 procurements; using the Information-Search System in planning and preparing of toner procurements for alternative market; presenting the new Russian suppliers of quality toners and components for 2022-2024 alternative market; distribution of quotas and organizing shipments from US, Japan and China.
The participants of the Conference discussed together with the speakers the provided information, recommendations, testing results, practical aspects of choice and procurement organizing for quality toners for remanufacturing of cartridges for office HP, Kyocera, Brother and Lexmark printing devices. The Conference participants paid special attention towards the issue of coordinating the procurement of the presented quality toner brands from the recommended Russian suppliers, as well as towards the issues of organizing the input quality control of procured and supplied products during 2022-2024.
As a nice surprise for all the Conference participants came the new issue of BUSINESS-INFORM Review magazine (issue #33, 2021) and its appendix “Testing and Quality” (December, 2021).
AQCMS: info@aqcmsrus.ru, https://aqcmsrus.ru/?lang=en
BUSINESS-INFORM: bizinform@list.ru, https://sforp.ru/en/
