RICOH

() or 'Ricoh', is a Japanese company that was established on 6 February 1936 as Riken Kankoshi Co., Ltd.
Ricoh produces electronic products, primarily cameras and office equipment such as printers, photocopiers and fax machines. 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, and Nashuatec. Although the Monroe brand was discontinued, products continue to be marketed worldwide under the rest of these brand names. In 2006, Ricoh acquired the European operations of Danka.
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 purchased naming rights to the CNE Coliseum (now known as Ricoh Coliseum) in Toronto.
In 2005 Ricoh gave over £10 million to Coventry City Football Club to help complete the club's stadium. Accordingly now titled the Ricoh Arena, the stadium bears various reminders of the company's generosity, ranging from 100 ft signs on the roof to centimetre-long logos on match day programmes.
On January 25, 2007, Ricoh announced purchase of IBM Printing Systems Division for $725 million and investment in 3-year joint venture to form new Ricoh subsidiary, InfoPrint Solutions Company, with 51% share.

Contents

Integration with NRG

Shareholders

List of Ricoh products

See also

External links

Integration with NRG

In November 2006, Ricoh announced the integration of it's European head office with NRG European HQ. This was completed in April 1st, with the former NRG HQ becoming the Strategic HQ and the former REBV HQ becoming the operational HQ. This mirrors a similar process which took place in the US with Lanier and Ricoh USA
The integration of the European HQ is the first step in integrating each country organisation in Europe. A single country organisation was created in Austria on July 1st 2007, the UK integration is currently in process and the German integration has also begun.

Shareholders

Top 10 Shareholders (as of March 31, 2005):

★ The Master Trust Bank of Japan, Ltd. (Trust Account) 12.25%

★ Japan Trustee Services Bank, Ltd. (Trust Account) 8.44%

★ Nippon Life Insurance Company 4.29%

★ UFJ Bank Limited 2.60%

★ NIPPONKOA Insurance Co., Ltd. 2.50%

★ The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi, Ltd. 2.20%

★ The New Technology Development Foundation 2.18%

★ The Chase Manhattan Bank, N.A. London 2.05%

★ State Street Bank and Trust Company 1.70%

★ The Chase Manhattan Bank, N.A. London S.L. Omnibus Account 1.41%

List of Ricoh products

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

★ Digital cameras

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★ Ricoh Caplio R1 (4 megapixel)

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★ Ricoh Caplio R1v (5 megapixel)

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★ Ricoh Caplio R2 (5 megapixel, larger screen, no viewfinder)

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★ Ricoh Caplio R3 (5 megapixel, 28–200 equivalent zoom)

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★ Ricoh Caplio R4 (6 megapixel, 28–200 equivalent zoom)

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★ Ricoh Caplio R5 (7 megapixel, 28–200 equivalent zoom)

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★ Ricoh Caplio R6 (7 megapixel, 28–200 equivalent zoom, larger screen, super slim)

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★ Ricoh Caplio RX (3 megapixel)

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★ Ricoh Caplio GX (5.1 megapixel, also available as Rollei prego 5100)

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★ Ricoh Caplio GX8 (8 megapixel)

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★ Ricoh GR Digital (8 megapixel)

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★ Ricoh Caplio GX100 (10 megapixel) 24mm wide zoom [1]

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★ Ricoh Caplio 400G Wide

★ GPS and Camera All-in-one

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★ Ricoh Caplio Pro G3 GPS Camera, Network ready (3.24 megapixel)

★ Film cameras

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★ Ricoh Mirai (similar to Olympus AZ-4 zoom)

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★ Ricoh KR-30SP

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★ Ricoh GR1, GR1s and GR1V

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★ Ricoh XR-P

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★ Ricoh XR-X

★ Multifunction Products/Printers

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★ Ricoh Aficio

See also

★ List of digital camera brands

★ 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.

External links

★ Ricoh Global

★ Ricoh USA

★ Ricoh Latin America

★ Ricoh Europe

★ Ricoh Innovations

★ Yahoo! – Ricoh Company, Ltd. Company Profile

★ Ricoh Digital Cameras Community Forum