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BUSINESS-INFORM 2020
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In two separate notices, both OEM Xerox and Aftermarket Clover have issued warnings to the US dealers and markets that clones are “destroying an entire industry.” Xerox has sent out a two-page flyer stating, “Clone cartridges are 100% new-built cartridges produced by third-party manufacturers to look like the real thing. Often sold as ‘remanufactured’ and...
Information Agency “Business-Inform” (http://www.sforp.ru/) has prepared and released a new issue of BUSINESS-INFORM Review magazine (#13, 2016). The magazine contains news of the Global and the Russian office printing markets, up-to-date results of marketing researches, overviews of the 2016 autumn exhibitions and conferences. Special attention has been paid towards the expertise and achievements of the...
Another U.S. non-profit charity claims it is successfully raising money through the recycling of printer cartridges. According to gcdailyworld.com, the Bloomfield Downtown Revitalization group (BDR) has signed a contract with Funding Factory which buys used toner and inkjet cartridges. The Funding Factory—a subsidiary of Clover Technologies Group—claims to have paid out US$33.2 million to 58,200 participants, and...
To further safeguard its interests and defend the business of its authorized dealers, Epson has conducted a series of raids in Mumbai and Chennai. Local police joined Epson to demonstrate the government’s “no tolerance” position towards the sale and manufacturing of counterfeit inks. Epson’s vigilance team urged Mumbai police to raided one dealer’s premises in...
A few changes will be made to Lexmark International, Inc (Lexmark) following the completion of its acquisition by a consortium lead by Apex Technology Co., Ltd. The OEM announced the close of the deal on November 29, 2016. The statement advised the company will continue to function as before from its headquarters in Lexington, Kentucky....
Monster Technology reported that most businesses today have corporate social responsibility (CSR) protocols, and that because of this more consumers value companies that are ‘green’, with a good start for new businesses is to look at their print environment. In a recent survey by CompTIA, “a non-profit association for the technology industry”, 900 executives from the...
Novel printers of a global leading manufacturer of document imaging solutions and document management systems have won the Good Design Award 2016. According to Kyocera, its awarded series of printers include new A4 MFPs, ECOSYS M5526cdw, ECOSYS P5026cdw, ECOSYS M2640idw, and ECOSYS P2040dw printers. Those printers possess simple and compact design, low-noise operations, and a toner...
HP claims its recycling program, in co-operation with Staples, has collected over 128 million pounds (58 million kgs) of hardware and HP supplies. According to 3DL Media, the OEM started to work with the office supply giant ten years ago. The idea was to set up a chain of return and recycling «drop-off» locations to recycle...
Importing cartridges covered by an ITC order into the US face many potential hurdles. Merritt Blakeslee (pictured), US attorney from the Blakeslee Law firm in Washington DC. shared his legal expertise about GEOs as they relate to printing consumables, with almost 200 delegates at the RT imaging Summit in Zhuhai. Blakeslee pointed out that there...
