Moscow, November 23, 2021. — Information Agency “Business-Inform” together with the Association of Quality Consumables Manufacturers and Suppliers presented the results of the quality research for laser printing cartridges and corresponding toners for their remanufacturing as well as recommendations for choosing quality products and their suppliers in 2022-2024.
Information Agency “Business-Inform” together with the Association of Quality Consumables Manufacturers and Suppliers (AQCMS), on 23rd of November, this year, held the Conference “High-Quality Cartridges and Toners, as well as their Suppliers on the Russian Market”. During the Conference the results of the quality testing were shown for the most popular non-OEM cartridges (newly-built ones and remanufactured cartridges) done in 2020-2021, the most wide-spread printing defects were analyzed along with the reasons for them, were presented brands which confirmed their quality during independent testing, as well as Russian and International companies – sellers of quality products. A special attention during the Conference was paid towards practical recommendations on organizing procurements of quality non-OEM cartridges and toners in 2022-2024 with consideration to the changes of the Russian legislation. The Conference saw the participation by the representatives of 118 Russian businesses and organizations.
During the Conference 2 reports were heard:
“2022 Procurement – Presenting the Procurement Volumes, Recommended Brands and Their Suppliers” (speakers — Stanislav Malinskiy, “Business-Inform” Group, Alexander Semenov, “Business-Inform” Legal Agency)
The report theses: The dynamics of the Russian supplies market for laser printing and its segments; the open market stagnates, and the alternative market grows at high rates; the Russian legislation for the open market and its changes for 2022; leaders of the open market and their products; traditional issues with the quality products on the open Russian market (yield, printing defects, etc.) and common explanations by the sellers; the product quality demonstrates both the competence and knowledge of its sellers; the Russian legislation for alternative market and its changes in 2021-2022; invitation tenders and the aspects of organizing them; the procedure of choosing the invited participants and its practical implementation; the volumes of confirmed procurements by the Alternative market in 2022 (5.5 mln. cartridges, 920 tons of toner) and their distribution according to printing devices brands; best non-OEM brands and toners for HP, Kyocera, Brother printing devices and their suppliers recommended for invitation and participation in tenders for supplying in the first half of 2022; presenting MSE, Pelikan, Uniton Premium, Mitsubishi, Imex, Integral, Tomoegawa, ITDL, HYB brands and their recommended suppliers; the issues of providing information safety in organizing supplying on the Russian alternative market; the protection of the interests of the suppliers, buyers and manufacturers of the products on the alternative market and its legislative basis.
“Cartridge and Toner Quality Testing in 2022 – Implementation Schedule, Methods and Laboratories” (speaker — Alina Savinova, Information Agency “Business-Inform”)
The report theses: The quality of cartridges and its components: yield, print quality, the suitability for remanufacturing and environmental friendliness; International, European, and Russian standards and their implementation in the methods of cartridge quality evaluation by various organizations; American STMC method, methods of the Russian supplier companies, methods of testing laboratories of “Business-Inform” Group European partners and their legitimacy; the legislative requirements towards technical means and conditions for performing of testing. “Business-Inform” Group state contractual works on evaluation quality of cartridges presented on the Russian, European, and American market in 2022-2024: testing sample procurement organizing, performing independent quality testing and secondary testing of the winners’ results. OPEN QUALITY PRINTING CONTESTs is a possibility for every brand to present its productson the alternative market. 40 main testing parameters during basic cartridge research in state contractual works of “Business-Inform” Group. The Russian manufacturers and their products: results of independent testing; the products of “Business-Inform” Group European partners: results of independent testing; results of testing and their influence on the choice of quality cartridge and toner suppliers for alternative market in 2022-2024.
The participants of the Conference discussed together with the speakers the provided results of the research for laser printing cartridges and corresponding toners for their remanufacturing as well as recommendations for choosing quality products and their suppliers in 2022-2024. A special attention of the Conference participants was paid towards companies and brands recommended for participation in invitation tenders for the first half of 2022. As a nice surprise for all the Conference participants came the new issue of BUSINESS-INFORM Review magazine (issue #32, 2021) and its appendix “Testing and Quality” (November, 2021).
AQCMS: info@aqcmsrus.ru, https://aqcmsrus.ru/?lang=en
BUSINESS-INFORM: bizinform@list.ru, https://sforp.ru/en/
