japanese imaging and electronics company
The Ricoh Company, Ltd. ( ) ( 株式会社リコー, Kabushiki-gaisha Rikō ) is a japanese multinational imagination and electronics company. It was founded by the now-defunct commercial division of the Institute of Physical and Chemical Research ( Riken ) known as the Riken Concern, on 6 February 1936 as Riken Sensitized Paper ( 理研感光紙, Riken Kankōshi ). Ricoh ‘s headquarters are located in Ota, Tokyo. [ 1 ] Ricoh produces electronic products, primarily cameras and office equipment such as printers, photocopiers, facsimile machines, offers Software as a Service ( SaaS ) document management applications such as DocumentMall, RicohDocs, GlobalScan, Print & Share [ 2 ] and besides offers Projectors. In the late 1990s through early 2000s, the company grew to become the largest duplicator manufacturer in the global. During this time, Ricoh acquired Savin, Gestetner, Lanier, Rex-Rotary, Monroe, Nashuatec, IKON and most recently IBM Printing Systems Division / Infoprint Solutions Company. Although the Monroe brand was discontinued, products continue to be marketed global under the remaining brand names. In 2006, Ricoh acquired the european operations of Danka for $ 210 million. These operations continue as a stand-alone business unit, under the Infotec brand. [ 3 ]

history [edit ]

Operations [edit ]

The Ricoh Group has sales and support, production, and research and development operations in closely 180 countries. It has its world headquarter in Tokyo, Japan and regional headquarters in Japan, the Americas, Europe, China, and the Asia-Pacific.

regional headquarters [edit ]

  • Americas Regional Headquarters
    Ricoh USA, Inc., located in Exton, PA, USA, covers the United States and Canada while Ricoh Latin America, located in South Florida, covers the Latin American countries
  • Europe Regional Headquarters
    Ricoh International B.V., located in Amstelveen, the Netherlands and 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 and China

Ricoh Research [edit ]

Ricoh has 272 subsidiaries ( 72 national and 200 overseas ) which specialize in technology- and customer-research groups around the global. [ 25 ] For example, Ricoh Innovations, a research auxiliary of Ricoh Company, operates in Silicon Valley, California, focusing on engineering, cloud, fluid solutions, and customer research. [ citation needed ]

Products [edit ]

Caplio R6 Caplio GX100 Ricoh SD/MMC wag lector restrainer found in a Sony Vaio FW series laptop A fond list of products marketed to the public under the Ricoh post includes :
Golden Ricoh 16mm television camera

Ricoh RZ-800

    • Ricoh KR-5 (R-K mount)
    • Ricoh KR-5 Super (R-K mount)
    • Ricoh KR-5 Super II (R-K mount)
    • Ricoh KR-10 (R-K mount)
    • Ricoh KR-10 Super (R-K mount)
    • Ricoh KR-30SP (R-K mount)
    • Ricoh GR film cameras (GR1, GR1s and GR1V, GR10, GR21)
    • Ricoh XR-1 (Pentax K mount)
    • Ricoh XR-2 (Pentax K mount)
    • Ricoh XR-2s (Pentax K mount)
    • Ricoh XR7 (Pentax K mount)
    • Ricoh XR-500 (R-K mount)
    • Ricoh XR-10M (R-K mount)
    • Ricoh XR-M (R-K mount)
    • Ricoh XR-P (R-K mount)
    • Ricoh XR-S (R-K mount)
    • Ricoh XR-X (R-K mount)
    • Ricoh FF-9D
    • Ricoh RZ-800
  • Multifunction Products/Printers
    • Ricoh Aficio (Ricoh has used Aficio as a global brand since 1996.[27])
      • Ricoh Aficio MP C 2500
    • Ricoh Pro
  • DocumentMall (SaaS document-management)
    • Software as a Service (SaaS) Defined
    • Secure Storage—HIPAA and Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) Compliant
    • Document Management
    • Industry Solutions
    • Accounts Payable Solution
  • Software Solutions
    • Print&Share (output management and security)
    • Streamline NX (Print Management and document-capture)
    • GlobalScan (document-capture and distribution software)
  • Projectors
    • Mobile
      • PJ X2130
      • PJ WX2130
    • Desk-Edge and Short Throw
      • PJ X3340
      • PJ WX3340
      • PJ WX3340N
      • PJ X4240N
      • PJ WX4240N
      • PJ X3241
    • Ultra-short-throw Projectors
      • PJ WX4141
      • PJ WX4141N
      • PJ WX4141NI
    • Standard Installation
      • PJ WX5361N
      • PJ X537N
    • Conference Room
      • PJ WX6170N
      • PJ X6180N
  • Unified Communication Systems
    • P1000
    • P3000
    • P3500
    • Ricoh UCS App for tablet and smartphones
  • Interactive WhiteBoard
    • Ricoh InteractiveWhiteboard D5500
  • Ricoh Data Center Services

Ricoh Arena, Coventry, England

See besides [edit ]

  • Ricoh Theta a lineup of 360-degree cameras by Ricoh

References [edit ]