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BUSINESS-INFORM 2020
(June 03-05, 2020, Moscow)
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The global printer market continued its powerful year-over-year growth at the rate of 7.9% in the first quarter of 2016, which signaled its sixteenth successive positive growth quarter. The WQPPT (Worldwide Quarterly Production Printer Tracker) of the IDC (International Data Corporation) showed the value of unit shipment in Q1 had increased to around $1.2...
Global ink and toner retail franchise, Cartridge World, has developed a unique mobile application, PrintWorld®, to meet the needs of the growing mobile workforce. PrintWorld will be launched at Cartridge World’s upcoming International Franchise Expo in New York City, reported businesswire.com. After the launch, the franchise giant will take the next step to work directly...
Xerox has declared the names of the companies resulting from its split. The Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) company will be “Conduent, Inc.” while the Document Technology company will continue to be known as “Xerox Corporation”. According to Xerox, the BPO’s new name comes from its expertise in connecting clients and their constituents through transactions in...
The legal tug-o’-war between Epson and Print-Rite continues in China. Print-Rite Fanling Trading Company and one of Print-Rite’s distributors based in Wuhan, China have both received notice that Epson (China) has filed a lawsuit claiming Print-Rite’s patented ink cartridge (pictured) infringes its patents. Epson’s accusation has already stirred the rumor mill, with some in...
Following HPs launch this week comes yet another OEM—Ricoh—to introduce its first high-end 3D printer, in Europe. The new Ricoh AM S5500P 3D printer is said to be of strategic importance to manufacturers, particularly those in the automotive industry, as it is designed to address specific manufacturing needs and offers PA and PP materials...
A new printer cartridge collection program has been launched in the UK as part of a European recycling scheme by Kyocera Document Solutions UK. The OEM is working with LPR—an organization providing collection and recycling for the whole Kyocera toner cassettes—to provide two different sized boxes to users of Kyocera’s printers. Kyocera maintains it...
Despite news of 13,000 Lexmark employees urging US President Obama to block the proposed acquisition of the publicly listed Lexmark International for $3.6 billion by a consortium of Chinese investors, shareholders have only continued to value the stock highly since the announcement on April 20. Wirth Consulting claim to have received an unsigned copy of...
Seven months after the Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) issued the Initial Determination (ID order No.12) granting the Epson’s motion for summary determination, the U.S. International Trade Commission (USITC) has now announced the termination of the Epson 337-946 Investigation. According to copies provided to RT Media, dated on May 26, USITC has determined to issue...
With deep concern for the environment, Ricoh has developed a new reclaimed material for use in manufacturing its Next Generation MFPs. The new material, jointly developed by NIPPON STEEL & SUMIKIN CHEMICAL CO., LTD. and Ricoh, will use plastic packaging containers collected in compliance with the Containers/Packaging Recycling Act, as well as plastics collected...
The Ricoh Group will launch “Ricoh Global Eco Action Month” starting June 1, with the aim to enhance eco-awareness and improve the quality of environmental management. Ricoh states it will, for the eleventh straight year, conduct a special event, “Ricoh Global Eco Action 2016”, to encourage Ricoh Group employees to think about the environment and...
