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Ricoh
Ricoh Company, Ltd.
株式会社リコー
Type Public TYO: 7752
Industry Electronics, Imaging
Founded Tokyo, Japan (February 6, 1936)
Headquarters Chūō, Tokyo, Japan
Area served Worldwide
Key people Masamitsu Sakurai Chairman, Shiro Kondo
President & CEO
Products Imaging solutions
Digital/analog copiers
multifunction printers
laser printers
facsimile machines
digital duplicators
related supplies and services
related softwares
Network system solutions
PCs, servers and related services, support
and supplies
Industrial products
Thermal media
optical equipments
Ricoh Building, the headquarters (January 2007)
semiconductors
electronic componeuts and measuring During this time, Ricoh acquired Savin, Gestetner, Lanier,
equipment Rex-Rotary, Monroe, Nashuatec, and most recently IKON.
Others
Digital cameras
Although the Monroe brand was discontinued, products
projector, etc continue to be marketed worldwide under the remaining
brand names. In 2006, Ricoh acquired the European op-
Revenue US$ 21.5 Billion (2010)
erations of Danka for $210 million. These operations con-
Net income US$ 298.2 Million (2010) tinue as a stand alone business unit, under the Infotec
brand.
Employees 108,525
Website www.ricoh.com
History
Ricoh Company, Ltd. (株式会社リコー, Kabushiki- The company was founded in 1936. Before relocating to
gaisha Rikō) (TYO: 7752) or Ricoh is a Japanese company
Ricoh, Chūō, Ricoh was first in Minato, Tokyo.[2] In 2006 Ricoh’s
that was established in 1936 on February 6th, as Riken headquarters moved to the Ricoh Building, a 25-story
Sensitized Paper (理研感光紙, Riken Kankōshi), a compa- building in the Ginza area in Chūō; there it occupies the
ny in the RIKEN zaibatsu. Its headquarters is located in same space as its sales offices.[3]
Ricoh Building in Chūō, Tokyo.[1] Throughout the late 1980s and early 1990s, Ricoh was
Ricoh produces electronic products, primarily cam- the primary manufacturer of Pitney-Bowes copiers. They
eras and office equipment such as printers, photocopiers, have also manufactured copiers for Toshiba, fax ma-
fax machines, and offers Software as a Service (SaaS) doc- chines for AT&T and Omnifax, as well as a wide variety of
ument management solutions such as DocumentMall. In equipment for numerous other companies including du-
the late 1990s through early 2000s, the company grew plicators for AB Dick.
to become the largest copier manufacturer in the world.
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In 2003 Ricoh bought naming rights to the CNE Coli-
seum (now known as Ricoh Coliseum) in Toronto.
Ricoh Research
In 2004 Ricoh acquired Hitachi Printing Solutions, Ltd Ricoh has many technology and customer research
creating a new company, Ricoh Printing Systems, Ltd. groups around the world. For example, Ricoh Innova-
In 2005 Ricoh bought the naming rights to the sta- tions [1] is a research subsidiary of Ricoh Company that is
dium/entertainment complex, home to Coventry City located in Silicon Valley, California, focusing on technol-
Football Club now called the Ricoh Arena. ogy, cloud, mobile solutions, and customer research. In-
On January 25, 2007, Ricoh announced purchase of formation about other Ricoh research labs can be found
IBM Printing Systems Division for $725 million and in- at [2].
vestment in a 3-year joint venture to form the new Ricoh
subsidiary, InfoPrint Solutions Company, with a 51%
share.
Integration with NRG
On August 27, 2008, Ricoh announced its intentions of In November 2006, Ricoh announced the integration of
acquiring IKON Office Solutions for $1.6 billion and later the head office of Ricoh Europe B.V. (REBV) in Am-
that year, on November 1, Ricoh completed the acquisi- stelveen, Netherlands, with NRG’s European headquar-
tion.[4][5] ters in London, United Kingdom. This was completed on
In May 2011, Ricoh announced a cut of 10,000 jobs April 1, with the former NRG HQ in London becoming
worldwide up to March 2014 from the current 40,000 the Strategic HQ and the former REBV HQ in Amstelveen
workers in Japan and 68,900 others overseas. The com- becoming the Operational HQ. This mirrors a similar
pany would also shift 15,000 workers to areas with more process which took place in the US with Lanier and Ricoh
growth potential.[6] USA.
On July 1st, 2011, Ricoh and Hoya Corporation an- This integration was the first step in integration
nounced that they have entered into an agreement by within each country in Europe. A single country organi-
which Ricoh will acquire Pentax Image Systems Business sation was created in Austria on July 1, 2007, the UK in-
from Hoya Corporation, which has been a part of Hoya tegration being currently in process and integration al-
Corporation.[7] so taking place in Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, the
On October 1st 2011, Ricoh announced the establish- Netherlands and Spain.
ment of Pentax Ricoh Imaging Company, LTD[8].
Intent to buy Pentax from
Global Network Hoya
The Ricoh Group has sales and support, production, and
On July 1, 2011, Japanese optical glass-maker Hoya an-
research and development operations in nearly 180
nounced that it would sell its Pentax camera business to
countries under its regional headquarters in Japan, the
copier and printer maker Ricoh, in a deal the Nikkei busi-
Americas, Europe, China, and the Asia-Pacific.
ness daily said was worth about 10 billion yen ($124.2 mil-
lion).[9]
Regional Headquarters
• Global Corporate Headquarters List of Ricoh products
Ricoh Co., Ltd., located in Tokyo, Japan
• Americas Regional Headquarters
Ricoh Americas Corporation, located in New Jersey,
USA, covers the United States, Canada and Latin
American countries
• Europe Regional Headquarters
Ricoh Europe, located in London, U.K., covers
Europe, Africa and Middle East
• Asia/Pacific Regional Headquarters
Ricoh Asia Pacific Pte. Ltd., located in Singapore,
covers South-East Asia, Australia, New Zealand
• China Regional Headquarters
Ricoh China Co., Ltd., located in Shanghai, covers
Mainland China
Caplio R6
• Korea Regional Headquarters
Sindoh Co., Ltd.(formerly Sindo Ricoh Co., Ltd.),
located in Seoul, covers South Korea
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• Ricoh Caplio R5 (7 megapixel, 28–200
equivalent zoom)
• Ricoh Caplio R6 (7 megapixel, 28–200
equivalent zoom, larger screen, super slim)
• Ricoh Caplio R7 (8 megapixel, 28–200
equivalent zoom)
• Ricoh R8 (10 megapixel, 28–200 equivalent
zoom)
• Ricoh R10 (10 megapixel, 28-200 equivalent
zoom)
• Ricoh CX1 (9 megapixel, 28-200 equivalent
zoom)
• Ricoh CX2 (9 megapixel, 28-300 equivalent
zoom)
Caplio GX100 • Ricoh CX3 (10 megapixel, 28-300 equivalent
zoom)
• Ricoh CX4 (10 megapixel, 28-300 equivalent
zoom)
• Ricoh Caplio GX (5.1 megapixel, also available
as Rollei prego 5100)
• Ricoh Caplio GX8 (8 megapixel) 28-85mm
equivalent zoom with 22 mm optional
adaptor
• Ricoh Caplio GX100 (10 megapixel) 24-72mm
equivalent wide zoom with 19 mm optional
adaptor [3]
• Ricoh GX200 (12 megapixel) 24-72mm
equivalent wide zoom with 19mm and
135mm optional converter lenses. Replaced
the GX100.
• Ricoh Caplio 400G Wide (3.2 megapixel)
• Ricoh Caplio 500SE (8 megapixel, 28-85mm
equivalent zoom with 22 mm optional
adaptor, GPS-ready)
• GR Digital
Ricoh SD/MMC Card Reader Controller found in a Sony VAIO • Ricoh GR Digital (8 megapixel) 28mm
FW series Laptop equivalent prime lens with 21 mm optional
adaptor
• Ricoh GR Digital II (10 megapixel) 28mm
The following is a partial list of products marketed to the
equivalent prime lens with 21 mm optional
public under the Ricoh brand.
adaptor
• Digital cameras
• Ricoh GR Digital III (10 megapixel) 28mm
• Compact
equivalent prime lens with F1.9 aperture
• Ricoh Caplio G3 (3.24 megapixel)
• GPS and Camera All-in-one
• Ricoh Caplio G4 (3.24 megapixel)
• Film cameras
• Ricoh Caplio Pro G3 GPS Camera, Network
• Ricoh 500 35mm rangefinder with rapid film
ready (3.24 megapixel)
advance and fast focusing
• Ricoh Caplio RX (3 megapixel)
• Ricoh 500G 35mm compact rangefinder
• Ricoh Caplio R1 (4 megapixel)
• Ricoh Mirai (similar to Olympus AZ-4 zoom)
• Ricoh Caplio R1v (5 megapixel)
• Ricoh Ricoh Singlex (Nikon F mount, made by
• Ricoh Caplio R2 (5 megapixel, larger screen,
Mamiya - same body as Nikkorex F, and Sears
no viewfinder)
SLII)
• Ricoh Caplio R3 (5 megapixel, 28–200
• Ricoh Ricoh Singlex TLS (M42 lens mount, same
equivalent zoom)
as Sears TLS)
• Ricoh Caplio R4 (6 megapixel, 28–200
• Ricoh Ricoh Singlex II (M42 lens mount)
equivalent zoom)
• Ricoh KR-5 (R-K mount)
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Ricoh Arena, Coventry, England
• Ricoh Coliseum, a 9,500 seat indoor arena in Toronto,
Canada also bearing the company’s name via another
Ricoh Singlex TLS SLR camera naming rights agreement in 2003.
• Ricoh Black Rams, a Japanese rugby union team
owned by Ricoh.
• Ricoh KR-5 Super (R-K mount)
• In 2007, Ricoh acquired title sponsorship of the
• Ricoh KR-5 Super II (R-K mount)
Women’s British Open, one of four major
• Ricoh KR-10 (R-K mount)
championships recognized by the world’s dominant
• Ricoh KR-10 Super (R-K mount)
women’s golf tour, the U.S. LPGA Tour.
• Ricoh KR-30SP (R-K mount)
• In November 2008, Ricoh unveiled the first eco-
• Ricoh GR series (GR1, GR1s and GR1V)
friendly billboard in Times Square, NY—entirely
• Ricoh XR-1 (R-K mount)
powered by the sun and the wind. [11] [12]
• Ricoh XR-2 (R-K mount)
• Ricoh XR-500 (R-K mount)
• Ricoh XR-10M (R-K mount) References
• Ricoh XR-P (R-K mount)
[1] "Company Data." Ricoh. Retrieved on January 13,
• Ricoh XR-S (R-K mount)
2009.
• Ricoh XR-X (R-K mount)
[2] "Outline of Ricoh." Ricoh. May 16, 1997. Retrieved
• Ricoh FF-9D
on January 13, 2009.
• Multifunction Products/Printers
[3] "Topics - Annual Report 2006." Ricoh. Retrieved on
• Ricoh Aficio
January 13, 2009.
• Ricoh Pro
[4] "Ricoh to Acquire IKON Office Solutions, Inc.".
• DocumentMall (SaaS document management)[4]
Ricoh. August 27, 2008. http://www.ricoh.com/
• Software as a Service (SaaS) Defined [5]
info/080827.html. Retrieved 2008-08-29.
• Secure Storage—HIPAA and Sarbanes-Oxley
[5] "RICOH COMPLETES ACQUISITION OF IKON OFFICE
(SOX) Compliant [6]
SOLUTIONS, INC.". Ricoh. November 1, 2008.
• Document Management [7]
http://www.ricoh.com/info/
• Industry Solutions [8]
081101.html?from=rss. Retrieved 2008-11-01.
• Accounts Payable Solution [9]
[6] http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20110526/bs_afp/
• GlobalScan (Document capture & Distribution
japancompanyricohjobs
software)[10]
[7] http://www.ricoh.com/release/2011/0701_1.html
[8] http://www.ricoh.com/release/2011/1001_1.html
See also [9] "Reuters Ricoh to buy Pentax." Ricoh to buy Pentax
from Hoya. July 1, Retrieved 2011 July 1, 2011.
• Ricoh Americas Corporation
• Ricoh Arena, a football stadium complete with a
concert hall and conference facilities, opened in External links
Coventry, England in 2005, bearing the company’s
• Ricoh official website
name due to a naming rights agreement
• Ricoh Innovations - Ricoh Research Lab
• Yahoo! company profile
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