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Ricoh Company, Ltd.
株式会社リコー

Type	Public
Traded as	TYO: 7752 Euronext: RICOP OTCQB: RICOY
Industry	Digital imaging, Photography
Founded	Tokyo, Japan (February 6, 1936)
Headquarters	Chūō, Tokyo, Japan
Area served	Worldwide
Key people	Masamitsu Sakurai Chairman, Shiro Kondo President & CEO
Products	Copiers (such as plain paper copiers (PPCs)), printers (multi-functional printers (MFPs), laser printers and GELJET printers), production printing products and facsimile machines.
Revenue	US$ 21.5 Billion (2010)
Net income	US$ 298.2 Million (2010)
Owner(s)	RIKEN 55,5 %, Hitachi, Ltd. 44,5 %
Employees	108,525
Parent	Hitachi, Ltd.
Website	www.ricoh.com

Ricoh Building, the headquarters (January 2007)

Ricoh Company, Ltd. (株式会社リコー, Kabushiki-gaisha Rikō^?) (TYO: 7752) or Ricoh, is a Japanese company that was established in 1936 on February 6th, as Riken Sensitized Paper (理研感光紙, Riken Kankōshi^?), a company in the RIKEN zaibatsu. Its headquarters is located in Ricoh Building in Chūō, Tokyo.^[1]

Ricoh produces electronic products, primarily cameras and office equipment such as printers, photocopiers, fax machines, and offers Software as a Service (SaaS) document management solutions such as DocumentMall. In the late 1990s through early 2000s, the company grew to become the largest copier manufacturer in the world. During this time, Ricoh acquired Savin, Gestetner, Lanier, Rex-Rotary, Monroe, Nashuatec, and most recently IKON. Although the Monroe brand was discontinued, products continue to be marketed worldwide 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.

History[link]

The company was founded in 1936. Before relocating to Chūō, Ricoh was first in Minato, Tokyo.^[2] In 2006 Ricoh's headquarters moved to the Ricoh Building, a 25-story building in the Ginza area in Chūō; there it occupies the same space as its sales offices.^[3]

Throughout the late 1980s and early 1990s, Ricoh was the primary manufacturer of Pitney-Bowes copiers. They have also manufactured copiers for Toshiba, fax machines for AT&T and Omnifax, as well as a wide variety of equipment for numerous other companies including duplicators for AB Dick.

In 2003 Ricoh bought naming rights to the CNE Coliseum (now known as Ricoh Coliseum) in Toronto.

In 2004 Ricoh acquired Hitachi Printing Solutions, Ltd creating a new company, Ricoh Printing Systems, Ltd.

In 2005 Ricoh bought the naming rights to the stadium/entertainment complex, home to Coventry City Football Club now called the Ricoh Arena.

On August 22, 2006, it was announced that electric company Hitachi would purchase 247,900 Ricoh shares worth ¥45.16 billion (US$409.1 million), to make Ricoh a subsidiary of Hitachi. The purpose of the takeover by Hitachi was to both increase Ricoh's profit margin exponentially as well as begin their company's expansion into new forms of printing systems. The takeover bid from Hitachi was accepted by Toyota, making Ricoh an official Hitachi subsidiary.

On August 27, 2008, Ricoh announced its intentions of acquiring IKON Office Solutions for $1.6 billion and later that year, on November 1, Ricoh completed the acquisition.^[4][5] Hitachi officially announced on July 28, 2008 that they would liquidate two subsidiaries of Ricoh, InfoPrint Solutions Company and Ricoh Printing Systems, Ltd. on the grounds that both had fulfilled their business purpose. The process officially ended in October 2008.

In May 2011, Ricoh announced a cut of 10,000 jobs worldwide up to March 2014 from the current 40,000 workers in Japan and 68,900 others overseas. The company would also shift 15,000 workers to areas with more growth potential.^[6]

On July 1st, 2011, Ricoh and Hoya Corporation announced that they have entered into an agreement by which Ricoh will acquire Pentax Image Systems Business from Hoya Corporation, which has been a part of Hoya Corporation.^[7]

On October 1st 2011, Ricoh announced the establishment of Pentax Ricoh Imaging Company, LTD^[8].

Ricoh India announced an increase in the price of their office products by 5% from June 01, 2012.^[9]

Global Network[link]

The Ricoh Group has sales and support, production, and research and development operations in nearly 180 countries under its regional headquarters in Japan, the Americas, Europe, China, and the Asia-Pacific.

Regional Headquarters[link]

• Global Corporate Headquarters
  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

• Korea Regional Headquarters
  Sindoh Co., Ltd.(formerly Sindo Ricoh Co., Ltd.), located in Seoul, covers South Korea

Ricoh Research[link]

Ricoh has many technology and customer research groups around the world. For example, Ricoh Innovations is a research subsidiary of Ricoh Company that is located in Silicon Valley, California, focusing on technology, cloud, mobile solutions, and customer research. Information about other Ricoh research labs can be found at Ricoh's R&D website.

Integration with NRG[link]

In November 2006, Ricoh announced the integration of the head office of Ricoh Europe B.V. (REBV) in Amstelveen, Netherlands, with NRG's European headquarters in London, United Kingdom. This was completed on April 1, with the former NRG HQ in London becoming the Strategic HQ and the former REBV HQ in Amstelveen becoming the Operational HQ. This mirrors a similar process which took place in the US with Lanier and Ricoh USA.

This integration was the first step in integration within each country in Europe. A single country organisation was created in Austria on July 1, 2007, the UK integration being currently in process and integration also taking place in Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands and Spain.

Pentax Ricoh Imaging Company[link]

Japanese optical glass-maker Hoya Corporation said on July 1, 2011, it would sell its Pentax camera business to Ricoh, in a deal the Nikkei business daily said was worth about 10 billion yen ($124.2 million). ^[10] On July 29, 2011, Hoya transferred its Pentax imaging systems business to a newly established subsidiary called Pentax Imaging Corporation. On October 1, 2011, Ricoh acquired all shares of Pentax Imaging Corp. and renamed the new subsidiary Pentax Ricoh Imaging Company, Ltd.^[11]

List of Ricoh products[link]

Caplio R6

Caplio GX100

The following is a partial list of products marketed to the public under the Ricoh brand.

• Digital cameras
  • Compact
    • Ricoh Caplio G3 (3.24 megapixel)
    • Ricoh Caplio G4 (3.24 megapixel)
    • Ricoh RDC-5300 (2.30 megapixel)
    • Ricoh Caplio Pro G3 GPS Camera, Network ready (3.24 megapixel)
    • Ricoh Caplio RX (3 megapixel)
    • Ricoh Caplio R1 (4 megapixel)
    • Ricoh Caplio R1v (5 megapixel)
    • Ricoh Caplio R2 (5 megapixel, larger screen, no viewfinder)
    • Ricoh Caplio R3 (5 megapixel, 28–200 equivalent zoom)
    • Ricoh Caplio R4 (6 megapixel, 28–200 equivalent zoom)
    • 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)
    • 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 [1]
    • 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 GR Digital (8 megapixel) 28mm equivalent prime lens with 21 mm optional adaptor
    • Ricoh GR Digital II (10 megapixel) 28mm equivalent prime lens with 21 mm optional adaptor
    • Ricoh GR Digital III (10 megapixel) 28mm equivalent prime lens with F1.9 aperture
    • Ricoh GR Digital IV (10 megapixel) 28mm equivalent prime lens with F1.9 aperture
• GPS and Camera All-in-one
• Film cameras
  

  

  Ricoh Singlex TLS SLR camera
  • Ricoh 500 35mm rangefinder with rapid film advance and fast focusing
  • Ricoh 500G 35mm compact rangefinder
  • Ricoh Mirai (similar to Olympus AZ-4 zoom)
  • Ricoh Ricoh Singlex (Nikon F mount, made by Mamiya - same body as Nikkorex F, and Sears SLII)
  • Ricoh Ricoh Singlex TLS (M42 lens mount, same as Sears TLS)
  • Ricoh Ricoh Singlex II (M42 lens mount)
  • 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 series (GR1, GR1s and GR1V)
  • Ricoh XR-1 (R-K mount)
  • Ricoh XR-2 (R-K mount)
  • Ricoh XR-500 (R-K mount)
  • Ricoh XR-10M (R-K mount)
  • Ricoh XR-P (R-K mount)
  • Ricoh XR-S (R-K mount)
  • Ricoh XR-X (R-K mount)
  • Ricoh FF-9D
• Multifunction Products/Printers
  • Ricoh Aficio
  • Ricoh Pro
• DocumentMall (SaaS document management)[2]
  • Software as a Service (SaaS) Defined [3]
  • Secure Storage—HIPAA and Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) Compliant [4]
  • Document Management [5]
  • Industry Solutions [6]
  • Accounts Payable Solution [7]
• GlobalScan (Document capture & Distribution software)[8]

See also[link]

Ricoh Arena, Coventry, England

• Ricoh Arena, a football stadium complete with a concert hall and conference facilities, opened in Coventry, England in 2005, bearing the company's name due to a naming rights agreement
• Ricoh Coliseum, a 9,500 seat indoor arena in Toronto, Canada also bearing the company's name via another naming rights agreement in 2003.
• Ricoh Black Rams, a Japanese rugby union team owned by Ricoh.
• In 2007, Ricoh acquired title sponsorship of the Women's British Open, one of four major championships recognized by the world's dominant women's golf tour, the U.S. LPGA Tour.
• In November 2008, Ricoh unveiled the first eco-friendly billboard in Times Square, NY—entirely powered by the sun and the wind. [9] [10]

References[link]

External links[link]

	Tokyo portal
	Companies portal

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