Ricoh


Ricoh Company, Ltd. known as the Riken Concern, on 6 February 1936 as Riken Sensitized Paper. Ricoh's headquarters are located in Ōta, Tokyo.
Ricoh produces electronic products, primarily cameras and office equipment such as printers, photocopiers, fax machines, and projectors, and also offers Software as a Service document management applications such as DocumentMall, RicohDocs, GlobalScan, Print&Share, and MakeLeaps. 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, IKON and most recently IBM Printing Systems Division / Infoprint Solutions Company. 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

  • 1936: The company was founded. Before relocating to Chūō, Ricoh was first in Minato, Tokyo.
  • 1955: Ricoh made their first diazo copier. Ricopy 101 was a diazo wet copier for desktop blueprint duplication. The model received certification of Mechanical Engineering Heritage #54 by the Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers in 2012.
  • 1960s and 1970s: Ricoh made wrist watches for both the Japanese domestic market and international markets, briefly entering into a partnership with Hamilton Watch Company, for the creation of the Ricoh Hamilton Electric watch.
  • 1980s and 1990s: Ricoh was the primary manufacturer of Pitney-Bowes copiers. They have also manufactured copiers for Toshiba, fax machines for AT&T Corporation and Omnifax, as well as a wide variety of equipment for numerous other companies including duplicators for AB Dick. Ricoh manufactured several electronic components for video game consoles - the Ricoh 2A03 8-bit CPU with built-in PSG sound as well as the Ricoh 2C02 used in the Nintendo Entertainment System, and the Ricoh 5A22 16-bit CPU and the Ricoh 5C77 and Ricoh 5C78 PPUs used in the Super Nintendo Entertainment System. It also supplied their RF5C68 and RF5C164 PCM sound chips to Fujitsu and Sega for the FM Towns computer, System 18 and System 32 arcade platforms and Sega CD add-on for the Genesis console.
  • January 2001: Ricoh acquired Lanier Worldwide.
  • 2003: Ricoh bought naming rights to the CNE Coliseum in Toronto.
  • 2004: Ricoh acquired Hitachi Printing Solutions, Ltd creating a new company, Ricoh Printing Systems, Ltd.
  • 2005: Ricoh bought the naming rights to the stadium/entertainment complex, home to Coventry City Football Club, called the Ricoh Arena until 2021.
  • September 2005: Ricoh launched its newly-designed logo for the Ricoh brand, designed by Landor Associates. The prior logo designed by PAOS had been introduced in 1986.
  • November 2006: Ricoh announced the integration of the head office of Ricoh Europe B.V. 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 within each country in Europe.
  • July 1, 2007: A single country organization was created in Austria, with integration also taking place in Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands and Spain.
  • January 25, 2007: Ricoh announced purchase of IBM Printing Systems Division for $725 million and investment in a 3-year joint venture to form the new Ricoh subsidiary, InfoPrint Solutions Company, with a 51% share.
  • February 2008: Ricoh partnered with PrinterOn to set up two new HotSpot printers: The SP C410DN-KP color printer and the SP 4100N-KP monochrome printer which allows Wi-Fi enabled users to print documents from any location.
  • August 27, 2008: Ricoh announced its intentions of acquiring IKON Office Solutions for $1.6 billion; on November 1, Ricoh completed the acquisition.
  • May 2011: Ricoh announced a cut of 10,000 jobs worldwide up to March 2014 from the 40,000 workers in Japan and 68,900 others overseas. The company would also shift 15,000 workers to areas with more growth potential.
  • July 2010: a confidentiality agreement involving Ricoh was found to be unenforceable by the High Court of England and Wales, as it breached Article 101 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, which prohibits agreements which had the object or effect of distorting competition. Judgement was made in favour of Ricoh.
  • July 1, 2011: Japanese optical glass-maker Hoya Corporation said it would sell its Pentax camera business to Ricoh, in a deal the Nikkei business daily said was worth about 10 billion yen. 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.
  • October 1, 2011: Ricoh announced the establishment of Pentax Ricoh Imaging Company, LTD. On August 1, 2013, the company name was changed to Ricoh Imaging Company Ltd.
  • January 8, 2016: Ricoh India stated they partnered with Siemens to offer digital lifecycle management software.
  • July 19, 2016: Ricoh India admitted to an estimated 1,123 crore accounting fraud. CEO and Managing Director Manoj Kumar, and Chairman Tetsuya Takano resigned from Ricoh India as a result.
  • January 18, 2017: Ricoh Limited announced the acquisition of Avanti Computer Systems, headquartered in Toronto, Ontario, a leading provider of Print MIS targeted for the production print market. The acquisition enabled Ricoh to further expand the value its production print workflow delivers to customers, as well as to help improve management efficiency and productivity of customers in the production printing market.
  • 2019: Ricoh announced a partnership with Cisco Systems.
  • April 2022: Ricoh announced the acquisition of 80% of the shares in PFU Limited from Fujitsu Limited.
  • 2024: Ricoh was entered into the MSCI KLD 400 Social Index.

    Operations

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

Regional headquarters

  • 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

Research groups

Ricoh has 272 subsidiaries which specialize in technology- and customer-research groups around the world. For example, Ricoh Innovations, a research subsidiary of Ricoh Company, operates in Silicon Valley, California, focusing on technology, cloud, mobile solutions, and customer research.

Products

A partial list of products marketed to the public under the Ricoh brand includes:
  • Digital cameras
  • *Compact
  • **Ricoh RDC-1
  • **Ricoh RDC-2
  • **Ricoh Theta
  • **Ricoh Caplio G3
  • **Ricoh Caplio G4
  • **Ricoh RDC-5300
  • **Ricoh Caplio Pro G3 GPS Camera, Network ready
  • **Ricoh Caplio RX
  • **Ricoh Caplio R1
  • **Ricoh Caplio R1v
  • **Ricoh Caplio R2
  • **Ricoh Caplio R3
  • **Ricoh Caplio R4
  • **Ricoh Caplio R5
  • **Ricoh Caplio R6
  • **Ricoh Caplio R7
  • **Ricoh R8
  • **Ricoh R10
  • **Ricoh CX1
  • **Ricoh CX2
  • **Ricoh CX3
  • **Ricoh CX4
  • **Ricoh Caplio GX
  • **Ricoh Caplio GX8 28-85mm equivalent zoom with 22 mm optional adaptor
  • **Ricoh Caplio GX100 24-72mm equivalent wide zoom with 19 mm optional adaptor
  • **Ricoh GX200 24-72mm equivalent wide zoom with 19mm and 135mm optional converter lenses. Replaced the GX100.
  • **Ricoh Caplio 400G Wide
  • **Ricoh Caplio 500SE
  • **Ricoh WG-M1
  • **Ricoh G700
  • **Ricoh WG-4
  • **Ricoh WG-20
  • **Ricoh WG-30
  • **Ricoh WG-30W
  • *GR Digital
  • **Ricoh GR Digital 28 mm equivalent prime lens with 21 mm optional adaptor
  • **Ricoh GR Digital II 28 mm equivalent prime lens with 21 mm optional adaptor
  • **Ricoh GR Digital III 28 mm equivalent prime lens with f/1.9 aperture
  • **Ricoh GR Digital IV 28 mm equivalent prime lens with f/1.9 aperture
  • **Ricoh GR 28 mm equivalent prime lens with f/2.8 aperture
  • **Ricoh GR II
  • **Ricoh GR III
  • **Ricoh GR IIIX
  • **Ricoh GR IV
  • *GXR interchangeable sensor system
  • GPS and camera All-in-one
  • Film cameras
  • *Ricoh 35 EFS
  • *Ricoh 500 35mm rangefinder with rapid film advance and fast focusing
  • *Ricoh 500G 35mm compact rangefinder
  • *Ricoh Mirai
  • *Ricoh Ricoh Singlex
  • *Ricoh Ricoh Singlex TLS
  • *Ricoh Ricoh Singlex II
  • *Golden Ricoh 16 subminiature camera.
  • *Ricoh KR-5
  • *Ricoh KR-5 Super
  • *Ricoh KR-5 Super II
  • *Ricoh KR-10
  • *Ricoh KR-10 Super
  • *Ricoh KR-30SP
  • *Ricoh GR film cameras
  • *Ricoh XR-1
  • *Ricoh XR-2
  • *Ricoh XR-2s
  • *Ricoh XR7
  • *Ricoh XR-500
  • *Ricoh XR-10M
  • *Ricoh XR-M
  • *Ricoh XR-P
  • *Ricoh XR-S
  • *Ricoh XR-X
  • *Ricoh FF-9D
  • *Ricoh RZ-800
  • Multifunction Products/Printers
  • *Ricoh Aficio
  • ** Ricoh Aficio MP C 2500
  • *Ricoh Pro
  • DocumentMall
  • *Software as a Service Defined
  • *Secure Storage—HIPAA and Sarbanes-Oxley Compliant
  • *Document Management
  • *Industry Solutions
  • *Accounts Payable Solution
  • Software Solutions
  • *Print&Share
  • *Streamline NX
  • *GlobalScan
  • 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