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EMPOWERING DIGITAL WORKPLACES
Connect and Collaborate
Environment and Sustainability
Productivity-enhancing Solutions
Ricoh Financial Services
Ricoh Managed Services
In this IssueIntroducing... The Ricoh Way
Mission, Vision and Values
Mission At the Ricoh Group, we are committed to providing excellence to improve
the quality of living and to drive sustainability.
Vision To be the most trusted global company.
Values
The Ricoh way constitutes the basis of all
corporate activities of the Ricoh Group. It is
comprised of the Founding Principles (also
known as The Spirit of Three Loves) and the
Mission, Vision and Values.
Ricoh founder, Kiyoshi Ichimura formulated
our principles in 1946. They inform how we
do business, encouraging us to constantly
improve and contribute to the wellbeing of all
stakeholders.
The principles embody Mr Ichimura’s dedication
by championing mutual respect, contributing
to society by cherishing the planet and
encouraging our people to find meaning in work
and passionately taking on new challenges.
We formulated a value proposition called
EMPOWERING DIGITAL WORKPLACES, which
underpins our drive to improve workplaces by
using innovative technologies and services that
enable individuals to work smarter.
EMPOWERING is all about addressing the
uniqueness of teams and individuals in keeping
with our corporate philosophy and enduring
commitment to putting customers first.
Our DIGITAL technology brings everything
together. We will continue to leverage services
and solutions for imaging and other systems,
as well as our technological edge to deliver
exceptional customer value and champion social
sustainability everywhere.
WORKPLACES are diverse, encompassing offices
and wherever people work.
Founding Principles
“Love your neighbour” “Love your country” “Love your work”
National and Global Snapshot
A word from Ricoh New Zealand MD Mike Pollok and Ricoh Global President and CEO Jake Yamashita.
Productivity-enhancing Solutions Create your ideal digital ecosystem by combining Ricoh’s range of workplace products and solutions.
Ricoh New Zealand Capabilities Ricoh New Zealand has the expertise to facilitate, manage and help finance your digital transformation.
Information Security Management System Ricoh’s ISMS promotes confidentiality, integrity and availability.
Corporate Social Responsibility Our philosophy for a sustainable society informs our corporate values and approach to doing business.
Sustainability A sustainable society balances Planet (the environment), People (society) and Profit (our economic activities).
Ricoh DNA More than 80 years of innovation in the office automation space.
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The Ricoh Group provides an array of products and services in keeping with its customer-centric focus on creating value in business.
Our line-up includes digital multifunction devices (MFDs), printers, production printers, facsimile machines and systems, visual communications systems and digital duplicators, as well as other equipment and related consumables, services and software.
We also supply cloud services and network appliances, as well as digital cameras, thermal media, PC unit products and semiconductor devices.
Ethics and IntegrityAct with honesty
and accountability
Winning SpiritSucceed by embracing
challenges through courage and agility
TeamworkRespect all stakeholders and
co-create value
Customer CentricAct from the
customer’s perspective
PassionApproach everything
positively and purposefully
GembaLearn and improve
from the facts
InnovationBreak with the status quo to create value without limits
Hello everyone and welcome
to the Ricoh New Zealand
Corporate Profile.
In 2017, Ricoh’s President and
CEO, Jake Yamashita set a
new direction for the global
organisation and the term
‘Ricoh Resurgent’ was used
to describe the strategies
designed to return the focus
of the business to Operating
Profit. In 2018, the momentum
from Ricoh Resurgent prepared
Ricoh for the next, two-year
stage: ‘Ricoh Ignite’.
As with any ‘housekeeping’
strategy, Ricoh has used
Resurgent and Ignite to turn
the focus on itself to see how
it can continue to benefit its
staff, customers, community
and the environment as a truly
sustainable corporation.
Sustainability is about more
than just being “green” and a
business that understands the
importance of its people, leads
to better profit, which in turn
increases the ability to look
after the planet. These three
core concepts—People, Planet,
Profit—go hand in hand and
guide the decisions we make
within our own organisation.
For me, sustainability means
not only meeting, but
Message from Mike New Zealand
exceeding, our customers’
expectations. Whether that
be through daily contact with
customers by our Sales and
Service staff, or through the
interactions of our Support
and Admin teams, we all need
to ensure that we challenge
preconceived assumptions and
ask ourselves if we are, in fact,
delivering exceptional customer
service each and every time.
Like our parent company, Ricoh
New Zealand turned its focus
inward in 2018 with a view
to strengthening our internal
business. By that, I mean, how
we could better serve our staff
and by so doing, enable them
to provide better service to our
customers.
That journey led us to
recognise areas where we
could augment the staff
experience, such as within
Diversity and Inclusion and
Accessibility.
I am proud to say that as a
result of some hard work by
our dedicated staff, we were
awarded the Access Tick in
November and are on track to
receive the Rainbow Tick this
year.
The past 12 months has also
benn a period of consolidation
for a number of Ricoh New
Zealand projects. The Business
of Change campaign, launched
in 2017, continued to impact
positively on what our
customers know about Ricoh
and you may have seen the
next instalment of this wherein
we demonstrate the power of
Ricoh Process Automation.
We have also launched an
updated and redesigned
website; the next touch point
of many on the journey of
Digital Transformation and we
want our customers to take
that journey with Ricoh as their
business technology partner of
choice.
I would like to finish by
thanking the staff and
customers of Ricoh New
Zealand for contributing to
the strengthening of our
brand. Having a sustainable
organisation is integral to
why we have continued to
experience growth.
Mike Pollok
Managing Director,
Ricoh New Zealand
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The Ricoh Group has
consistently provided innovative
products and services since
its inception in 1936. Today,
we are expanding our reach
beyond the traditional office,
as our customers are working
in new digital workplaces.
Ricoh is empowering digital
workplaces by using advanced
technologies and services that
enable individuals to work
smarter, thereby delivering true
customer value. We will also
expand our reach to deliver
new value for society.
All of our employees draw on
The RICOH Way and the Spirit
of Three Loves, the founding
principle of Kiyoshi Ichimura,
which underpins our corporate
activities. Under The RICOH
Way, our mission is to provide
excellence to improve the
quality of living and to drive
sustainability. Our vision is to
be the most trusted brand with
irresistible appeal in the global
market.
We are leveraging the
collective talents of our people
in keeping with our corporate
tagline of “imagine. change.”
so we can imagine the future
and change what we do today.
We are swiftly and dynamically
innovating to keep ahead
in a rapidly changing world.
We will continue striving to
satisfy our customers, creating
unique value beyond their
expectations.
Yoshinori ‘Jake’ Yamashita
President and CEO,
Ricoh Global
Message from Jake Global
* Source: IDC’s Worldwide Quarterly Hardcopy Peripherals Tracker 2018 Q1; A3 Laser, MFP/SFDC; A3 Speed Range less than 91ppm
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Delivering an array of productivity-enhancing services Delivering an array of productivity-enhancing services
Office Printing and Copying Services Commercial and Industrial Printing Services
Connect and Collaborate Services
Digital Transformation Services
IT Services
Whether you’re after a single printer for the office or a fleet of
managed devices across a number of locations, Ricoh can provide
you with cost-effective, fully supported solutions.
• Multifunction colour
• Multifunction black and white
• Colour printers
• Black and white printers
• Print software
Are you in the CRD, In Plant, Print-for-Pay and/or Commercial Print
market?
Are you looking for opportunities to grow and to break into new
markets?
Ricoh offers a range of commercial and industrial printing solutions
designed to support your vision, your business and your future.
This includes the RICOH Pro™ line which caters for the quality, speed,
reliability, durability and finishing needs of printing professionals.
Ricoh also has a range of industrial print machines to cater for those
unique substrates and jobs that the industry demands.
• Cut sheet printing
• Continuous feed
• Wide format
• Direct-to-garment printers
Connect & Collaborate by Ricoh promotes the open flow of
information through the use of effective, secure technologies.
Agile organisations require varied collaborative tools and our
solutions focus on excellent user experience, providing pervasive,
seamless and secure collaboration with anyone, anywhere, anytime
on any platform.
• Interactive whiteboards
• UCS advanced video conferencing
• Digital signage
• Projectors
Do you wish you had more time to focus on your core business?
Are you looking for a scalable solution to help you transition from
paper-based processes to more cost-effective digital workflows?
Ricoh’s Digital Transformation division offers the expertise to take
labour-intensive document management tasks off your hands,
allowing your employees to focus on growing your business.
• Robotic process automation
• Accounts payable automation
• Enterprise content management
• Digital onboarding
Are you looking to modernise your legacy infrastructure, tools
and platforms, driving transformation across your organisation;
on your own terms?
Partnering with Ricoh for enterprise cloud services, infrastructure
services, data transformation services and managed systems
allows you to have full confidence in your IT.
Ricoh becomes an extension of your IT infrastructure, providing
support, technology and expertise to empower your digital
workplace.
• Procurement and asset management
• Managed IT services
• Consultancy and project delivery
• Managed cloud services
3D Printing ServicesLike most disruptive technologies, 3D printing’s greatest value lies in
its ability to put the power into the hands of the user—your hands.
MakerBot is the established market leader in desktop 3D Printing,
with award-winning 3D printers and scanners that offer superior
performance, reliability and ease of use.
Within a generation, we will likely see 3D printing become the small-
item manufacturing source of choice, as more businesses start to
produce a greater array of day-to-day products in-house in what is
becoming a more sustainably-focused world.
• MakerBot Replicator Mini+
• MakerBot Replicator+
• MakerBot Replicator Z18
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Ricoh New Zealand at a glance Ricoh Financial Services
Unlock the value of your IT with flexible asset finance to support
your business’ growth.
Ricoh Finance, a division of Ricoh New Zealand Limited, is part of
a $NZ26b global company. Our technology leasing products are
designed to support businesses of all sizes to efficiently acquire
the latest IT products and services.
Ricoh proactively collaborates with its clients and assists them in
planning their IT assets acquisition in advance, helping them to
avoid the pitfalls of technology obsolescence.
Why use Ricoh Financial Services?
• Flexible end-of-term options—upgrade, extend or retire
• Interest rates and repayment terms tailored to your business
and borrowing needs, with no additional fees
• Assured business continuity from a global organisation
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Automating manual tasks often falls by the wayside when
overburdened IT teams can’t facilitate all project requests. The
good news is there is a solution—Robotic Process Automation
(RPA).
Intelligent software “robots” can be deployed in a matter of
weeks to automate routine, repetitive activities and create a
digital workforce—with no coding required and without the need
to replace your existing systems.
The challenge we all face:
More people
Multiple data sources
Massive amounts of data
Disconnected systems
The Solution: “Consider RPA as a lower-cost, less disruptive way
to rapidly automate processes that have been previously ‘out of
reach’ to more capital- and investment-intensive approaches to
process automation” – Ovum Group.
In order to define RPA, it might help if I start with what it’s
not—it’s not physical robots sitting at desks! RPA uses software
robots to automate the repetitive and often mundane tasks of
collecting and inputting data between portals, websites, internal
applications and systems and has been successfully used for
customer or employee on-boarding, loan applications, credit
collections and complaints handling.
RPA delivers five main benefits:
Increase capacity by 35–50 per cent
Deliver 100 per cent data accuracy
Slash processing times by 30–50 per cent
Increase staff job satisfaction
Reduce staff sick days and attrition
For example, a company may employ several customer service
representatives who spend the majority of their time manually
gathering/inputting information between systems to process
orders. With RPA, these tasks can be streamlined and the time
required cut in half, allowing the reps to do what they do best—
communicate and help customers.
A key feature of RPA is that it sits alongside an organisation’s
existing technology, which means it’s non-disruptive and doesn’t
require significant on-boarding time.
“No Rip and Replace Needed”—we suggest you start by:
Identifying which repetitive, high-volume manual tasks to
automate
Evaluating and selecting the right RPA vendor (with local
expertise)
Start with a pilot to prove the value/ROI
Then move to your next use case
To understand how RPA can transform your business processes and
how Ricoh can help, drop me a line at: [email protected]
Ricoh Digital Transformation Services
Working remotely is the norm these days. A smart phone in your
pocket or handbag provides the most power we’ve ever had and
contributes to the expectation that employees have the right
information at their fingertips to make informed decisions 24/7.
Whether that’s a good or a bad thing is a topic in its own right, but
the point is, IT is making this connectivity and flexibility possible.
Looking at the triple bottom line with a people-focused lens,
it’s easy to see that working from anywhere definitely caters for
demands of a flexible workforce and employer.
Technology is the enabler when it comes to workplace flexibility,
be that working from home, the airport lounge, the local café or
out of your car. What connects these very different locations? A
humble internet connection.
While it sounds easy, it’s important to remember that business
Fully Managed Service
Ricoh FMS is fixed-price service based IT designed to manage and
maintain the current state of your IT environment including all servers,
desktops, networks, application providers and any other IT Infrastructure
whilst planning and supporting future growth in your business.
Assure
Ricoh Assure helps protect your business-critical operations with remote
monitoring and alerts of your workstations to achieve productivity gains
and acquire peace of mind over your IT.
Managed Voice
Ricoh Managed Voice provides everything your business needs for basic
services for up to ten users at a single site.
Procurement (IT Hardware / Software)
Ricoh has access to buying power to the best Hardware and Software
vendors to deliver products and solution ideas that fit your business
solution.
flexibility and connectivity doesn’t just happen. Organisations that
do it best invest time in planning the various technology platforms
they need.
Experience tells us that many people make IT decisions based
on a specific problem at a specific time. Where possible, Ricoh
encourages its clients to take the time to develop a wider IT plan
that will ensure their business technology requirements are met
today, as well as in a year’s time.
From designing and building tailored IT infrastructure and helping
businesses transform in the cloud, the Ricoh IT Services team helps
customers prepare for rapid changes in business technology—
rather than just react to them.
To understand how we can transform your IT, drop me a line at
Ricoh IT Services
Managed Service
Ricoh Managed Service are designed to manage and maintain the current
state of your servers and its authorised users, devices and associated
software to minimise IT downtime in your business.
Managed WAN
Connect your sites over a managed wide area network via a dedicated
communications infrastructure across all devices.
Cloud Backup
Ricoh Cloud Backup is a managed backup service utilising a cloud storage
gateway appliance to provide onsite backup storage and replication of all
backup data offsite to the Cloud.
Project Delivery
IT projects delivered by Ricoh Project Management team covers the
strategic planning, organising, technical resources and delivery of IT
projects to achieve your business goals.
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Ricoh Service Operations
All Ricoh devices come with built-in @Remote™ intelligence, enabling automatic messages to be
sent to Ricoh when toner is running low, or a fault is identified. Meter reading is also automated.
Ricoh’s Dynamic Workplace Intelligence means faster transitions to new models and automatic
firmware updates. When transitioning to a new MFD, Ricoh has created an easy process to import
your settings from your old Ricoh MFD to your new one. All data is encrypted during the transfer to
ensure full end-to-end security.
Previously, firmware updates required a visit from a customer engineer. Now, our automatic update
function keeps your device updated with the latest security setting, ensuring peace of mind.
Need a refresher on some simple, yet not often used, functions? All Ricoh SOP-equipped MFDs allow
users to connect to a comprehensive ‘how to’ quick-reference portal directly from the SOP.
Improve your knowledge topics such as scanning to email or folder, registering/adding shortcuts to
frequently-used functions/programmes and direct printing from a memory storage device, amongst
others.
Ricoh eService makes it simple for you to submit orders and information for your Ricoh equipment.
You can also make enquiries about Ricoh products easily. eService is designed to be intuitive to use
with straightforward steps for each process.
You can use eService anytime, day or night and be assured that your message will reach the right
recipients here at Ricoh. We will respond as soon as possible. It really is the best way to contact us
for all routine communication.
With eService you can receive technical support by logging your query; order and track consumables
items for your Ricoh equipment; and, quickly report meter readings for your Ricoh equipment.
Ricoh’s customer engineers use dedicated smart devices to check information on usage and parts for
each customer. In the event of an issue, your customer engineer will access the nature and cause of
the malfunction before visiting your office so that the issue can be resolved as quickly as possible.
Drawing on their extensive experience, our team of customer engineers analyse the big data we
have gathered to provide you with a higher quality of support than ever before.
Ricoh carries out research and development on preventive measures using Artificial Intelligence (AI).
Our AI technology analyses how your MFD is used, the environment in which it is used, and detects
signs of abnormalities, malfunctions and other issues.
Periodic maintenance is carried out using this technology to prevent problems.
Ricoh New Zealand at a glance
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An Information Security Management System (ISMS) is a management
system that establishes policies and objectives for information security
within the context of an organisation’s overall business risk. The
management system also provides the processes to achieve the security
objectives.
An ISMS promotes three important concepts:
• Confidentiality—ensuring that the information is accessible only to
those authorised to have access
• Integrity—safeguarding the accuracy and completeness of
information and processing methods
• Availability—ensuring that authorised users have access to
information assets when required
As a certified ISO 27001 organisation since 2008, Ricoh is following the
internationally recognised information security standard, which helps to
protect our information assets. It also ensures our existing and potential
customers have confidence in our ability to protect their information
assets.
To maintain this certification, Ricoh, as well as its employees, needs to
comply with ISO Information Security policies, including compliance with
internal and external ISO audit requirements.
Areas of management controlled
The guidelines are organised into 12 major sections that must be
addressed:
• Risk management
• Business continuity planning
• System access control
• System development and maintenance
• Human resources security
• Physical and environmental security
• Compliance
• Personnel security
• Security organisation
• Communications and operations management
• Asset classification and control
• Security policy
Organisations that are committed to the information security standards,
and obtain ISMS certification aim to:
• Ensure business continuity
• Minimise business damage by preventing and minimising the impact
of security incidents
• Maximise business investments and opportunities by facilitating
trade in a trusted environment
ISMS certification is often a market differentiator. Customers may choose
to deal with certified organisations as a way of safeguarding their
business and profiting from the security benefits.
Certification brings confidence that there is a systematic approach in
place, assuring the confidentiality, integrity and availability of information.
This is critical to the ongoing performance, or even the survival, of our
business and for our customers’ relationships.
Ricoh is the only organisation within our industry in New Zealand to have
achieved local ISO 27001 certification.
Policy and procedure coverage ensures:
• Confidentiality, Integrity and Availability of key information
• A Disaster Recovery Plan (DRP) is in place to secure business
continuity in the event of a major disruption
• Education and training of all Ricoh NZ Head Office employees
• Metrics-based continuous improvement
• Regular audits by both internal and external auditors
Ricoh New Zealand disaster recovery procedures and activities
As required by Ricoh Company Limited under its ISO 27001 Global ISMS
Certification, all Ricoh subsidiaries undertake annual Disaster Recovery
(DR) and Business Continuity (BC) reviews.
Ricoh New Zealand’s DR and BC plan broadly follows the global standard
with some localised variations. More information can be found on the
following page.
Information Security Management System Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery
Ricoh New Zealand has disaster recovery systems and processes in place for most unplanned events—from minor business disruptions to catastrophic events. These systems and processes are continually under review to ensure they remain relevant and provide peace of mind.
Our continued operation depends on awareness of potential disasters, our ability to develop a plan to minimise disruptions to critical functions and the capability to recover operations expediently.
Each Ricoh Branch has a recovery plan, which outlines the tasks needing to be carried out in the wake of an unplanned event. Namely: advise customers; advise suppliers and couriers; review the current workload to determine tasks that can continue and those to be deferred; and, advise customers as required regarding replacing equipment and supplies.
Assisting your organisation with its disaster recovery processes Most Ricoh solutions have a built in backup-and-restore function, which Ricoh can integrate into your organisation’s own continuity procedures. This includes Legato, Altairis and other DR/backup tools.
One option, is for Ricoh to manage your organisation’s software licenses.
This can include Ricoh holding all software configuration sheets and installation instructions—including IP addresses, protocols and other site-specific instructions.
As the disaster recovery requirements and strategies differ from one organisation to another, Ricoh can work with your organisation to:
• Understand your disaster recovery strategy
• Determine how reliant critical business functions are on Ricoh’s solutions (i.e. identify the recovery time frames for Ricoh’s software)
• Set up our solutions so they are aligned with your organisation’s disaster recovery procedures
Ricoh New Zealand disaster recovery procedures and activities As required by Ricoh Company Limited under its ISO 27001 Global ISMS Certification, all Ricoh subsidiaries undertake annual Disaster Recovery (DR) and Business Continuity (BC) reviews. Ricoh New Zealand’s DR and BC plan broadly follows the global standard with some localised variations.
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Formulated in 1946, Ricoh’s founding principles—love your neighbour,
love your country, love your work—have informed how we do business,
encouraging us to constantly improve and contribute to the wellbeing of
all stakeholders and to give back to society at large.
Today, these principles can be summarised as: People, Planet, Profit—
what we refer to as the triple bottom line, with each aspect carrying the
same weighting in what constitutes a sustainable business.
It is with this tenet in mind that Ricoh strives to continually improve
our community engagement, by sponsoring and competing in sporting
events, through to getting involved with initiatives such as the Sustainable
Business Network’s Million Metres Streams project. These are just some of
the programmes and schemes that Ricoh takes part in at a national level.
At a branch level, staff are encouraged to embrace the founding principles
by getting involved in hosting networking events designed to build
stronger business relationships, to join in with volunteering projects and
to participate in annual environmental initiatives. By doing so, we hope to
encourage all organisations to work together to help our communities and
economy thrive.
Each year, Ricoh supports a number of national programmes/initiatives and
charities that align with its ‘triple bottom line’ approach to sustainability,
as well as hosting its own locally-based events at its six main-centre
branches.
Accreditations Corporate Social Responsibility
Partnerships
ISO 14001—Environment
Management System
Ensures we have a system to
minimise harm to the environment
CEMARS
An independent endorsement of
our commitment to measuring
and reducing our greenhouse gas
emissions.
carboNZero Organisation
An independent endorsement of
our commitment to measuring
and reducing our greenhouse gas
emissions.
ISO 27001—Information
Security Management System
Ricoh’s ISMS promotes:
Confidentiality: Information is only
accessible by authorised users
Integrity: Information is accurate
and complete
Availability: Information is
accessible when it is required by
authorised users
Workplace Safety Management
Practices (WSMP)
WSMP recognises medium to large
businesses that have implemented
effective health and safety
systems.
Climate Leaders Coalition
Coalition members set public
emissions reduction targets
consistent with keeping within
two degrees of warming.
Environmental Choice
Environmental Choice is New
Zealand’s official environmental
label. Although it’s independently
operated, it is initiated and
endorsed by the New Zealand
Government. It recognises the
increasing effort of manufacturers
to reduce the environmental
impact of their products.
Immigration New Zealand
Accredited Employer
As an accredited employer, Ricoh is
entitled to recruit workers globally
and to support visa applications
under the Talent (Accredited
Employer) scheme.
In the next twelve months, Ricoh will be involved with, or will participate in, the following:
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Circular Economy
The ongoing pressure on our
environment—and the growing
calls from society to do something
about it—is making it vital for
corporate activities to address
emerging social issues through
business.
Environmental crises are forcing
companies to lead social
transformations, for Ricoh this
means creating new markets and
value propositions by looking
broadly at social issues.
In 2017, Ricoh became the first
Japanese company to sign up as a
member of the RE100* initiative
and set a science-based target,
committing to a 30 per cent
carbon reduction by 2030 and a
target of net-zero emissions by
2050.
At Ricoh New Zealand, we
have just completed our own
decarbonisation plan for 2030 that
will see the introduction of e-bikes,
electric vehicles and alternative
energy sources, as well as a
reduction in our vehicle fleet.
To realise this goal—and to remain
a valued and respected member
of society—we must continue
to conserve the environment
while still generating profits;
be that through improving our
business efficiencies, creating
repurposing programmes for
end-of-life products, or by
choosing to only work with others
who are championing the same
environmental targets.
This builds on the work that began
over two decades ago when we
established the Comet Circle
(1994) as the basis for sustainable
transformation.
The Comet Circle presents our
stance on reducing environmental
impact, reflecting our scope
as a manufacturer and seller
and the entire life cycles of our
products, including upstream and
downstream activities.
We factor the Comet Circle into
all business aspects, by doing so
we can reduce our environmental
impact significantly because of
our involvement in early phases of
product life cycles.
*RE100: Companies collaborating in this global initiative seek to source 100 per cent renewable electricity. Ricoh seeks to obtain at least 30 per cent of its power from renewable sources by 2030, reaching the 100 per cent target by 2050.
For more than a decade, Ricoh
Company Limited has made 5
June—World Environment Day—
the start to a month-long Ricoh
Global Eco Action programme.
Ricoh New Zealand uses this
time to concentrate its own
environmental initiatives, which
take place in each branch across
the country—including the Big
Green Day Out, in Auckland.
Last year’s Big Green Day Out
saw 72 Ricoh staff, customers
and their families, along with
eight volunteers from Sustainable
Business Network (SBN) and
Matuku Link, spend the day in
Auckland’s Waitakere Ranges as
part of the Million Metre Streams
Project run by SBN.
”It was great to introduce Matuku
Link to so many interested Ricoh
staff members and their families,
they worked hard and hopefully
took away the value of wetland
for our native flora and fauna,”
says Annalily van den Broeke, of
Matuku Reserve Trust.
Likewise, Ricoh’s Wellington
Branch has also signed up to the
Million Metres Streams project,
while the Palmerston North Branch
celebrated its largest planting day
to date with nearly 100 people in
attendance for their ninth year in
partnership with Green Corridors.
Collectively Ricoh New Zealand
staffers have helped plant 40,000
trees to date.
Sustainability Coordinator’s Report Love Your Country
At the end of 2018, we put the
finishing touches to our Ricoh New
Zealand Decarbonisation 2030
Roadmap—designed to transition
Ricoh to a lower carbon future
over the next 11 years.
To reach our 2030 goal of a 30 per
cent reduction, we need to change
the way we operate and the way
we interact with our stakeholders.
We need to adapt our operations
to become more resilient to the
ever-changing world of technology
while ensuring we maintain our
service level.
The first step to change has begun
with an e-bike trial, conducted
by our logistics department,
looking at the viability of using
e-bikes for customer interactions
where service vehicles are not
required. Moving to new and more
environmentally friendly transport
options means being flexible with
employee needs and structured
with consumer demands.
We hope that the introduction of
e-bikes will ease the transition to a
smaller vehicle fleet by 2030.
As a consumer and producer, large
amounts of plastic pass through
our warehouses every day. The
decision was made to investigate
changes we could instigate to cut
back our reliance on plastics. We
knew that to change the way we
interact with our waste, we must
change the way we view it.
Unfortunately, plastic is the only
material our very fine toners won’t
seep through, which results in
multiple plastic bags being used
during machine servicing.
While the search for a reusable
option continues, we have
replaced our existing plastic bags
with a compostable version, as
part of a programme to remove
plastics from our operations.
Drop sheets, spray bottles and
shrink wrap are other plastics we
have found alternatives for.
This project has removed 562.3kgs
of plastic from our operations and
saved us more than $4500. The
alternative materials used mean
products can be repurposed after
their preferred-use life span.
During this process we have had to
ask difficult questions to guarantee
that the products we purchase
have the least possible impact to
our environment and are able to
be part of the circular economy
after our use.
It’s our responsibility as an
influential company to assist in the
great shift that is needed to move
New Zealand to zero emissions by
2050.
Helen Mahoney
Sustainability Coordinator
20 21
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Organisation footprint (TonnesCO2e)
At Ricoh, we believe it’s important to measure our environmental impact
to ensure that we can work efficiently to reduce our carbon footprint.
For the year ending 31 March, 2018, our organisational footprint was
2464.2 tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent (tCO2e). This is a reduction of
538.83 tCO2e from the year ending 31 March, 2017.
I’m pleased to say that, overall, we performed very well this year,
particularly regarding freight, with a 44 per cent reduction in the year to
March. This is due in part to a more strict approval process and improved
processes to ensure comprehensive forecasting strategies.
This has also had the flow-on effect of reducing our carbon emissions.
We plan to reduce air freight by another 40 per cent next year.
Also experiencing a reduction was electricity usage and costs. This is
great news for our overall sustainability and reflects the move to installing
LED lighting where practicable in new premises.
As the business grows, so too does our need to travel due to larger
rollouts. This has seen an increase in fuel usage. While not desirable, it
was fairly minimal. The implementation of RIDE+ will hopefully mitigate
any ongoing rise through a better, more efficient service system.
One area in which we are happy to see a rise, is in the number of clients
signing up to our free recycling programme. Uptake in the programme
remains strong, with a rise in the number of toner cartridges being
recycled—an extra 1000-plus, along with more than 2600 end-of-life
machines being sent to Croxley Recycling.
Helen Mahoney
Sustainability Coordinator
Ricoh Recycles
Toner Cartridge and Container Recycling Programme
This is a free programme for all Ricoh customers. By using Ricoh’s Toner
Cartridge Recycling Programme, our customers can be assured that 100
per cent of the waste toner cartridges and containers collected will be
recycled here in New Zealand. For example; Number 7 plastic—from
which those long bottle-type cartridges are made—is sent to Plastech
Industries in Christchurch where it is made into Ricoh Scooter Docks.
Ricoh’s recycling partner, Croxley Recycling, manages delivery and
collection of Ricoh-branded recycling boxes, as well as collection of end-
of-life machines.
Once collected, the waste cartridges and containers are collated and
sorted into plastic types prior to recycling. Residual toner is extracted and
consolidated into secure containers, which are shipped to Hong Kong for
use in a waste-to-energy process, which uses the toner as a fuel. Croxley
is currently working with a locally based company, which has developed a
pelletised fuel using the toner as a binding agent.
To sign up to the Ricoh recycling programme,
visit: www.ricoh.co.nz/about/environment/application.html
To arrange collection of a Ricoh-branded recycling box,
visit: https://lf.ricoh.co.nz/Forms/TonerPickUp
Machine Recycling
This programme is free for Ricoh customers and is an integral part of our
Product Stewardship policy.
We are constantly refining the process of end-of-life recycling of
machines in order to achieve a greater resource recovery rate and
minimise the impact of our products on the environment.
End-of-life machines end up at Croxley Recycling where there are reduced
to their component parts:
• Circuit boards are stripped and processed into precious metals
• Glass is granulated and used in swimming pool filters
• Batteries are sent to Korea for ethical, audited recycling
• Metal carcasses are smelted into rebar for use in construction
• Plastic bodies are pelletised for further recycling
Proactive marketing of the recycling programme has resulted in more clients joining the programme. This in turn has led to an increase
in the amount of e-waste collected and toner cartridges being recycled. More efficient service processes, with an eye to sustainability,
have prolonged the life cycle of our machines, resulting in a decrease in the number of end-of-life machines needing to be recycled.
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Head Office, Auckland
Rotorua/Taupo
Tauranga
Hamilton
Gisborne
Palmerston North
New Plymouth
Whanganui
Napier
Wellington
Invercargill
Blenheim
Christchurch
Ashburton
Dunedin
Nelson
Timaru
Cromwell
Wanaka
Queenstown
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2009
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st
2017
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ruar
y
2018
Mar
ch
2018
May
2018
Jun
e
Ricoh PPC900 launched - the
first dry electrostatic-
transfer plain-paper copier.
Coins acronym
OA for “office automation.”
Corporate name
changed to
Ricoh Company,
Ltd.
Ricoh introduces
the Ricom 8, the
first office
computer.
Introduces the
Ricopy FT4060,
the first A3 plain
paper copier.
Rifax 1300HS
awarded the
Nikkei Product
Excellance Prize.
Signs a Worldwide
Sponsorship
contract in the
facsimile machine
category for the
1992 Barcelona
Olympic Games.
Implements the
Ricoh General
Principles on the
Environment to
define the
Group’s
conservation
policy.
Ricoh Group
receives Gold
Medal from
World
Environment
Center.
Ricoh and
Heidelberg
announces a
global strategic
cooperation.
Ricoh is selected
as one of the
‘World’s Most
Ethical
Companies’ by
Ethisphere
Institute of the
USA for the 5th
year in a row.
Ricoh UK Products
Ltd. (RPL) receives
the Highly
Recommended
prize from
European Better
Environment
Awards for industry
for its chlorofluoro
carbon-free
recycling system.
Ricoh awarded the
first place in the
second annual
Environmental
Management Survey
by Nihon Keizai
Shimbun, Japan’s top
business daily (for
three consecutive
years till 2000).
Establishes Ricoh
UK Products Ltd.,
a manufacturing
subsidiary.
Riken Kankoshi Co.,
Ltd. established to
make and market sensitized paper,
with Kiyoshi Ichimura appointed
executive managing
director.
Ohmori Plant opens in
Ota-ku, Tokyo, through
the merger of affiliate
companies Asahi
Seimitsu Kogyo Co., Ltd.
and Aiko Trading Co.,
Ltd. Camera
manufacturing resumed.
Ricohflex III
launched -
Making cameras
an affordable
item for
consumers.
Establishes Japan’s
first mass production
system for cameras.
Awarded Ohkochi
Memorial Production
Prize for techniques
to mass produce
cameras.
Ricoh becomes
the first recipient
of the Deming
Prize in the office
automation
industry.
The Rifax 600S,
the first high-speed
facsimile machine for
offices, transmits
between Tokyo and
New York via satellite.
Ohmori Plant
and General
Research
Laboratory
completed.
Ricopy 101
launched -
Efficiency
improvement
for the office.
Introduces the
Ricopy DT1200, a
wet process-based plain paper copier
that becomes the world’s top-
selling copier.
Ricoh launches
production of
CD-RW discs.
Ricoh Global
Services
established to
support Ricoh’s
Global Major
Account
customers.
Ricoh acquires
the US-based
IKON Office
Solutions, Inc., a
major office
equipment
distributor.
‘Infoprint
Company’, a joint
venture between
Ricoh and IBM,
begins operation
in Boulder,
Colorado, USA.
Unveils new
global brand
message:
‘imagine.
change.’
Fukui Plant,
Japan, founded
for production of
sensitised paper.
Ricoh establishes
the ‘Environmental
Administration Office’
to monitor the
environmental impact
of the Ricoh Group’s
manufacturing
processes and
products.
Ricoh UK Products
Ltd. is the first
recipient of the
Queen’s Award for
Environmental
Achievement.
Ricoh acquires
Gestetner
Holdings PLC of
the United
Kingdom
(renamed NRG
Group PLC in
2001).
Ricoh acquires
Lanier
Worldwide, Inc.,
an OA
equipment
marketing
company in the
U.S. business.
Ricoh acquires
Hitachi Printing
Solutions, Ltd.
(renamed Ricoh
Printing Systems,
Ltd.) in a first step
toward entering
the production
printing business.
Given the
highest (AAA) evaluation in
environmental ranking
organized by
Tohmatsu Evaluation and
Certification Organization
(also in 2006).
Ricoh enters the
colour Print-on-
Demand market
and introduces a
colour
production
printer, the Ricoh
Pro C900.
Ricoh makes the
‘Global 100 Most
Sustainable
Corporations in the
World’ list by
Corporate Knights,
Inc. of Canada for the
10th year in a row.
Establishes the
Ricoh
Environmental
Technologies
Development
Center in Japan
to promote
environmental
businesses.
Ricoh Asia Pacific
wins the
President’s
Award for the
Environment
2016.
Strategic
investment in
Avanti Computer
Systems Limited,
a leader in Print
MIS for
Commercial
Printers and
In-plants.
Establishes
PENTAX Ricoh
Imaging
Company, Ltd.
(renamed RICOH
IMAGING
COMPANY, LTD.,
in 2013).
Ricoh joins the
United Nations
Global Compact.
2012
Releases the
RICOH Pro
L4160 / 4130
Releases the RICOH
Pro VC60000,
continuous feed
inkjet platform
for graphics
communications
market.
Releases the
RICOH Pro
C7100 Series
Releases the
RICOH Pro
C9100 Series
Ricoh launches
the imagio series
of digital
intelligent
systems.
Ricoh ranked
first in the world
for corporate
responsibility by
Oekom Research
AG of Germany.
Ricoh produces
the world’s
first* biomass
toner, to be
used in the
imagio
MP 6001GP in
Japan.
*As a manufacturer’s genuine supply item.
Ricoh releases
the GXR, the
world’s first
inter-
changeable unit
camera.
Releases the
RICOH THETA, the world’s first
camera capable of
taking fully
spherical pictures.
Establishes
Ricoh
Manufacturing
(Thailand), Ltd.
Ricoh makes a
strategic investment
in PTI Marketing
Technologies, a
leading provider of
web-to-print and
marketing
personalisation
solutions.
Launches its
first 3D printer,
the RICOH AM
S5500P.
Ricoh acquires
AnaJet, the
leader in direct
to garment
(DTG) printing.
Newly establishes
Customer
Experience Center
(CEC) in Asia and
Japan, in addition
to Europe and USA.
Releases the
RICOH Pro C7200
series, Ri 3000 and
Ri 6000
Releases the
RICOH Ri 100
Releases the
RICOH Pro
C9200 series
Releases the
RICOH Pro T7210
Printed by RICOH Pro L4160
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2008
1992
2018
2016
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2011
1971
2011
1973
2013
1987
1975
2014
2001
2018
1950
2009
1987
20162018
2019
2014
1992
19821963
2011
1972
2013
Riken Kankoshi Co., Ltd. established to make and market sensitised paper.
Ricoh Pro C900 launched, marking Ricoh’s entry into the Print-on-Demand market.
Implements the ‘Ricoh General Principles on the Environment’ to define the Group’s conservation policy.
New Customer Experience Centers established in Asia and Japan, in addition to Europe and the US.Ricoh New Zealand
launches RIDE.
Ricopy 101 launched, greatly improving office efficiency.
Ricoh and Heidelberg announce global strategic cooperation.
Ricom 8 launched, Ricoh’s first office computer.
Establishes PENTAX Ricoh Imaging Company, Ltd.
Rifax 600S launched, the first high-speed fax for offices.
Ricoh THETA launched, the world’s first camera capable of taking fully spherical pictures.
Imagio series of digital intelligent systems launched.
Ricopy DT1200 launched, a wet process-based plain-paper copier.
Ricoh Pro C7100 Series launched.
Ricoh New Zealand becomes the country’s first office equipment supplier to be accredited with ISO 14001.
Ricoh Pro C9200 Series launched.
Ricohflex III launched, making cameras affordable for consumers.
Establishes Ricoh Manufacturing (Thailand) Ltd
Ricoh establishes the ‘Environmental Administration Office’ to monitor the environmental impact of its manufacturing processes and products.
Ricoh New Zealand teams with HYPE to develop the thinkTWICE ideas management system. A first in the southern hemisphere..
Dynamic Workplace Intelligence launched.
Ricoh Pro C7200 Series and Ri 3000 and Ri 6000 DTG printers launched.
Makes the ‘Global 100 Most Sustainable Corporations in the World’ list for tenth year in a row.
Begins production of CD-RW discs.
Ricopy FT4060 launched, the first A3 plain-paper copier.
Corporate name changed to Ricoh Company, Ltd.
Ricoh New Zealand launches RIFLE+.
Ricoh PPC900 launched, the first dry electrostatic-transfer plain-paper copier.
Is selected as one of the ‘World’s Most Ethical Companies’ by Ethisphere Institute for the fifth year in a row.
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AN
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IST
OR
Y
Feb
ruar
y 6
1936 1950
Ap
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1953 1955
Jan
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y
1957
May
1962
Ap
ril
1963
Ap
ril
1971 1972
Ap
ril
1973
Feb
ruar
y
1975
No
vem
ber
1975
Ap
ril
1977
May
1982 1982
Jun
e
1983
Feb
ruar
y
1984
Jun
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1987
Ap
ril
1989
Dec
emb
er
1990 1992 1993
May
1994
Sep
tem
ber
1995
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ber
1996
Dec
emb
er
1998
Jan
uar
y
2001
Jun
e
2002
July
2002
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2003
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2004
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ril
2005
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2005
Jun
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2007
Oct
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er
2008
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2008
Feb
ruar
y
2011
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2011
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ril
2012
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2013
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2013 2013
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2014 2014 2014 2014 2015 2015 2015
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2016
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tem
ber
2016
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ber
20162009
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emb
er
Sep
tem
ber
2009
No
vem
ber
2009
Au
gu
st
2017
Feb
ruar
y
2018
Mar
ch
2018
May
2018
Jun
e
Ricoh PPC900 launched - the
first dry electrostatic-
transfer plain-paper copier.
Coins acronym
OA for “office automation.”
Corporate name
changed to
Ricoh Company,
Ltd.
Ricoh introduces
the Ricom 8, the
first office
computer.
Introduces the
Ricopy FT4060,
the first A3 plain
paper copier.
Rifax 1300HS
awarded the
Nikkei Product
Excellance Prize.
Signs a Worldwide
Sponsorship
contract in the
facsimile machine
category for the
1992 Barcelona
Olympic Games.
Implements the
Ricoh General
Principles on the
Environment to
define the
Group’s
conservation
policy.
Ricoh Group
receives Gold
Medal from
World
Environment
Center.
Ricoh and
Heidelberg
announces a
global strategic
cooperation.
Ricoh is selected
as one of the
‘World’s Most
Ethical
Companies’ by
Ethisphere
Institute of the
USA for the 5th
year in a row.
Ricoh UK Products
Ltd. (RPL) receives
the Highly
Recommended
prize from
European Better
Environment
Awards for industry
for its chlorofluoro
carbon-free
recycling system.
Ricoh awarded the
first place in the
second annual
Environmental
Management Survey
by Nihon Keizai
Shimbun, Japan’s top
business daily (for
three consecutive
years till 2000).
Establishes Ricoh
UK Products Ltd.,
a manufacturing
subsidiary.
Riken Kankoshi Co.,
Ltd. established to
make and market sensitized paper,
with Kiyoshi Ichimura appointed
executive managing
director.
Ohmori Plant opens in
Ota-ku, Tokyo, through
the merger of affiliate
companies Asahi
Seimitsu Kogyo Co., Ltd.
and Aiko Trading Co.,
Ltd. Camera
manufacturing resumed.
Ricohflex III
launched -
Making cameras
an affordable
item for
consumers.
Establishes Japan’s
first mass production
system for cameras.
Awarded Ohkochi
Memorial Production
Prize for techniques
to mass produce
cameras.
Ricoh becomes
the first recipient
of the Deming
Prize in the office
automation
industry.
The Rifax 600S,
the first high-speed
facsimile machine for
offices, transmits
between Tokyo and
New York via satellite.
Ohmori Plant
and General
Research
Laboratory
completed.
Ricopy 101
launched -
Efficiency
improvement
for the office.
Introduces the
Ricopy DT1200, a
wet process-based plain paper copier
that becomes the world’s top-
selling copier.
Ricoh launches
production of
CD-RW discs.
Ricoh Global
Services
established to
support Ricoh’s
Global Major
Account
customers.
Ricoh acquires
the US-based
IKON Office
Solutions, Inc., a
major office
equipment
distributor.
‘Infoprint
Company’, a joint
venture between
Ricoh and IBM,
begins operation
in Boulder,
Colorado, USA.
Unveils new
global brand
message:
‘imagine.
change.’
Fukui Plant,
Japan, founded
for production of
sensitised paper.
Ricoh establishes
the ‘Environmental
Administration Office’
to monitor the
environmental impact
of the Ricoh Group’s
manufacturing
processes and
products.
Ricoh UK Products
Ltd. is the first
recipient of the
Queen’s Award for
Environmental
Achievement.
Ricoh acquires
Gestetner
Holdings PLC of
the United
Kingdom
(renamed NRG
Group PLC in
2001).
Ricoh acquires
Lanier
Worldwide, Inc.,
an OA
equipment
marketing
company in the
U.S. business.
Ricoh acquires
Hitachi Printing
Solutions, Ltd.
(renamed Ricoh
Printing Systems,
Ltd.) in a first step
toward entering
the production
printing business.
Given the
highest (AAA) evaluation in
environmental ranking
organized by
Tohmatsu Evaluation and
Certification Organization
(also in 2006).
Ricoh enters the
colour Print-on-
Demand market
and introduces a
colour
production
printer, the Ricoh
Pro C900.
Ricoh makes the
‘Global 100 Most
Sustainable
Corporations in the
World’ list by
Corporate Knights,
Inc. of Canada for the
10th year in a row.
Establishes the
Ricoh
Environmental
Technologies
Development
Center in Japan
to promote
environmental
businesses.
Ricoh Asia Pacific
wins the
President’s
Award for the
Environment
2016.
Strategic
investment in
Avanti Computer
Systems Limited,
a leader in Print
MIS for
Commercial
Printers and
In-plants.
Establishes
PENTAX Ricoh
Imaging
Company, Ltd.
(renamed RICOH
IMAGING
COMPANY, LTD.,
in 2013).
Ricoh joins the
United Nations
Global Compact.
2012
Releases the
RICOH Pro
L4160 / 4130
Releases the RICOH
Pro VC60000,
continuous feed
inkjet platform
for graphics
communications
market.
Releases the
RICOH Pro
C7100 Series
Releases the
RICOH Pro
C9100 Series
Ricoh launches
the imagio series
of digital
intelligent
systems.
Ricoh ranked
first in the world
for corporate
responsibility by
Oekom Research
AG of Germany.
Ricoh produces
the world’s
first* biomass
toner, to be
used in the
imagio
MP 6001GP in
Japan.
*As a manufacturer’s genuine supply item.
Ricoh releases
the GXR, the
world’s first
inter-
changeable unit
camera.
Releases the
RICOH THETA, the world’s first
camera capable of
taking fully
spherical pictures.
Establishes
Ricoh
Manufacturing
(Thailand), Ltd.
Ricoh makes a
strategic investment
in PTI Marketing
Technologies, a
leading provider of
web-to-print and
marketing
personalisation
solutions.
Launches its
first 3D printer,
the RICOH AM
S5500P.
Ricoh acquires
AnaJet, the
leader in direct
to garment
(DTG) printing.
Newly establishes
Customer
Experience Center
(CEC) in Asia and
Japan, in addition
to Europe and USA.
Releases the
RICOH Pro C7200
series, Ri 3000 and
Ri 6000
Releases the
RICOH Ri 100
Releases the
RICOH Pro
C9200 series
Releases the
RICOH Pro T7210
Printed by RICOH Pro L4160
CO
MP
AN
Y H
IST
OR
Y
Feb
ruar
y 6
1936 1950
Ap
ril
1953 1955
Jan
uar
y
1957
May
1962
Ap
ril
1963
Ap
ril
1971 1972
Ap
ril
1973
Feb
ruar
y
1975
No
vem
ber
1975
Ap
ril
1977
May
1982 1982
Jun
e
1983
Feb
ruar
y
1984
Jun
e
1987
Ap
ril
1989
Dec
emb
er
1990 1992 1993
May
1994
Sep
tem
ber
1995
No
vem
ber
1996
Dec
emb
er
1998
Jan
uar
y
2001
Jun
e
2002
July
2002
May
2003
Oct
ob
er
2004
Ap
ril
2005
Mar
ch
2005
Jun
e
2007
Oct
ob
er
2008
No
vem
ber
2008
Feb
ruar
y
2011
Oct
ob
er
2011
Ap
ril
2012
Au
gu
st
2012
Mar
ch
2013
July
2013 2013
Jan
uar
y
2014 2014 2014 2014 2015 2015 2015
Jan
uar
y
2016
Sep
tem
ber
2016
No
vem
ber
20162009
Dec
emb
er
Sep
tem
ber
2009
No
vem
ber
2009
Au
gu
st
2017
Feb
ruar
y
2018
Mar
ch
2018
May
2018
Jun
e
Ricoh PPC900 launched - the
first dry electrostatic-
transfer plain-paper copier.
Coins acronym
OA for “office automation.”
Corporate name
changed to
Ricoh Company,
Ltd.
Ricoh introduces
the Ricom 8, the
first office
computer.
Introduces the
Ricopy FT4060,
the first A3 plain
paper copier.
Rifax 1300HS
awarded the
Nikkei Product
Excellance Prize.
Signs a Worldwide
Sponsorship
contract in the
facsimile machine
category for the
1992 Barcelona
Olympic Games.
Implements the
Ricoh General
Principles on the
Environment to
define the
Group’s
conservation
policy.
Ricoh Group
receives Gold
Medal from
World
Environment
Center.
Ricoh and
Heidelberg
announces a
global strategic
cooperation.
Ricoh is selected
as one of the
‘World’s Most
Ethical
Companies’ by
Ethisphere
Institute of the
USA for the 5th
year in a row.
Ricoh UK Products
Ltd. (RPL) receives
the Highly
Recommended
prize from
European Better
Environment
Awards for industry
for its chlorofluoro
carbon-free
recycling system.
Ricoh awarded the
first place in the
second annual
Environmental
Management Survey
by Nihon Keizai
Shimbun, Japan’s top
business daily (for
three consecutive
years till 2000).
Establishes Ricoh
UK Products Ltd.,
a manufacturing
subsidiary.
Riken Kankoshi Co.,
Ltd. established to
make and market sensitized paper,
with Kiyoshi Ichimura appointed
executive managing
director.
Ohmori Plant opens in
Ota-ku, Tokyo, through
the merger of affiliate
companies Asahi
Seimitsu Kogyo Co., Ltd.
and Aiko Trading Co.,
Ltd. Camera
manufacturing resumed.
Ricohflex III
launched -
Making cameras
an affordable
item for
consumers.
Establishes Japan’s
first mass production
system for cameras.
Awarded Ohkochi
Memorial Production
Prize for techniques
to mass produce
cameras.
Ricoh becomes
the first recipient
of the Deming
Prize in the office
automation
industry.
The Rifax 600S,
the first high-speed
facsimile machine for
offices, transmits
between Tokyo and
New York via satellite.
Ohmori Plant
and General
Research
Laboratory
completed.
Ricopy 101
launched -
Efficiency
improvement
for the office.
Introduces the
Ricopy DT1200, a
wet process-based plain paper copier
that becomes the world’s top-
selling copier.
Ricoh launches
production of
CD-RW discs.
Ricoh Global
Services
established to
support Ricoh’s
Global Major
Account
customers.
Ricoh acquires
the US-based
IKON Office
Solutions, Inc., a
major office
equipment
distributor.
‘Infoprint
Company’, a joint
venture between
Ricoh and IBM,
begins operation
in Boulder,
Colorado, USA.
Unveils new
global brand
message:
‘imagine.
change.’
Fukui Plant,
Japan, founded
for production of
sensitised paper.
Ricoh establishes
the ‘Environmental
Administration Office’
to monitor the
environmental impact
of the Ricoh Group’s
manufacturing
processes and
products.
Ricoh UK Products
Ltd. is the first
recipient of the
Queen’s Award for
Environmental
Achievement.
Ricoh acquires
Gestetner
Holdings PLC of
the United
Kingdom
(renamed NRG
Group PLC in
2001).
Ricoh acquires
Lanier
Worldwide, Inc.,
an OA
equipment
marketing
company in the
U.S. business.
Ricoh acquires
Hitachi Printing
Solutions, Ltd.
(renamed Ricoh
Printing Systems,
Ltd.) in a first step
toward entering
the production
printing business.
Given the
highest (AAA) evaluation in
environmental ranking
organized by
Tohmatsu Evaluation and
Certification Organization
(also in 2006).
Ricoh enters the
colour Print-on-
Demand market
and introduces a
colour
production
printer, the Ricoh
Pro C900.
Ricoh makes the
‘Global 100 Most
Sustainable
Corporations in the
World’ list by
Corporate Knights,
Inc. of Canada for the
10th year in a row.
Establishes the
Ricoh
Environmental
Technologies
Development
Center in Japan
to promote
environmental
businesses.
Ricoh Asia Pacific
wins the
President’s
Award for the
Environment
2016.
Strategic
investment in
Avanti Computer
Systems Limited,
a leader in Print
MIS for
Commercial
Printers and
In-plants.
Establishes
PENTAX Ricoh
Imaging
Company, Ltd.
(renamed RICOH
IMAGING
COMPANY, LTD.,
in 2013).
Ricoh joins the
United Nations
Global Compact.
2012
Releases the
RICOH Pro
L4160 / 4130
Releases the RICOH
Pro VC60000,
continuous feed
inkjet platform
for graphics
communications
market.
Releases the
RICOH Pro
C7100 Series
Releases the
RICOH Pro
C9100 Series
Ricoh launches
the imagio series
of digital
intelligent
systems.
Ricoh ranked
first in the world
for corporate
responsibility by
Oekom Research
AG of Germany.
Ricoh produces
the world’s
first* biomass
toner, to be
used in the
imagio
MP 6001GP in
Japan.
*As a manufacturer’s genuine supply item.
Ricoh releases
the GXR, the
world’s first
inter-
changeable unit
camera.
Releases the
RICOH THETA, the world’s first
camera capable of
taking fully
spherical pictures.
Establishes
Ricoh
Manufacturing
(Thailand), Ltd.
Ricoh makes a
strategic investment
in PTI Marketing
Technologies, a
leading provider of
web-to-print and
marketing
personalisation
solutions.
Launches its
first 3D printer,
the RICOH AM
S5500P.
Ricoh acquires
AnaJet, the
leader in direct
to garment
(DTG) printing.
Newly establishes
Customer
Experience Center
(CEC) in Asia and
Japan, in addition
to Europe and USA.
Releases the
RICOH Pro C7200
series, Ri 3000 and
Ri 6000
Releases the
RICOH Ri 100
Releases the
RICOH Pro
C9200 series
Releases the
RICOH Pro T7210
Printed by RICOH Pro L4160
CO
MP
AN
Y H
IST
OR
Y
Feb
ruar
y 6
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Ap
ril
1953 1955
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uar
y
1957
May
1962
Ap
ril
1963
Ap
ril
1971 1972
Ap
ril
1973
Feb
ruar
y
1975
No
vem
ber
1975
Ap
ril
1977
May
1982 1982
Jun
e
1983
Feb
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1984
Jun
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Ap
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1989
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emb
er
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1994
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1995
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1996
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emb
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1998
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uar
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2001
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2002
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2002
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ril
2005
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ch
2005
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e
2007
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ob
er
2008
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vem
ber
2008
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ruar
y
2011
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ob
er
2011
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ril
2012
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gu
st
2012
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ch
2013
July
2013 2013
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uar
y
2014 2014 2014 2014 2015 2015 2015
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uar
y
2016
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tem
ber
2016
No
vem
ber
20162009
Dec
emb
er
Sep
tem
ber
2009
No
vem
ber
2009
Au
gu
st
2017
Feb
ruar
y
2018
Mar
ch
2018
May
2018
Jun
e
Ricoh PPC900 launched - the
first dry electrostatic-
transfer plain-paper copier.
Coins acronym
OA for “office automation.”
Corporate name
changed to
Ricoh Company,
Ltd.
Ricoh introduces
the Ricom 8, the
first office
computer.
Introduces the
Ricopy FT4060,
the first A3 plain
paper copier.
Rifax 1300HS
awarded the
Nikkei Product
Excellance Prize.
Signs a Worldwide
Sponsorship
contract in the
facsimile machine
category for the
1992 Barcelona
Olympic Games.
Implements the
Ricoh General
Principles on the
Environment to
define the
Group’s
conservation
policy.
Ricoh Group
receives Gold
Medal from
World
Environment
Center.
Ricoh and
Heidelberg
announces a
global strategic
cooperation.
Ricoh is selected
as one of the
‘World’s Most
Ethical
Companies’ by
Ethisphere
Institute of the
USA for the 5th
year in a row.
Ricoh UK Products
Ltd. (RPL) receives
the Highly
Recommended
prize from
European Better
Environment
Awards for industry
for its chlorofluoro
carbon-free
recycling system.
Ricoh awarded the
first place in the
second annual
Environmental
Management Survey
by Nihon Keizai
Shimbun, Japan’s top
business daily (for
three consecutive
years till 2000).
Establishes Ricoh
UK Products Ltd.,
a manufacturing
subsidiary.
Riken Kankoshi Co.,
Ltd. established to
make and market sensitized paper,
with Kiyoshi Ichimura appointed
executive managing
director.
Ohmori Plant opens in
Ota-ku, Tokyo, through
the merger of affiliate
companies Asahi
Seimitsu Kogyo Co., Ltd.
and Aiko Trading Co.,
Ltd. Camera
manufacturing resumed.
Ricohflex III
launched -
Making cameras
an affordable
item for
consumers.
Establishes Japan’s
first mass production
system for cameras.
Awarded Ohkochi
Memorial Production
Prize for techniques
to mass produce
cameras.
Ricoh becomes
the first recipient
of the Deming
Prize in the office
automation
industry.
The Rifax 600S,
the first high-speed
facsimile machine for
offices, transmits
between Tokyo and
New York via satellite.
Ohmori Plant
and General
Research
Laboratory
completed.
Ricopy 101
launched -
Efficiency
improvement
for the office.
Introduces the
Ricopy DT1200, a
wet process-based plain paper copier
that becomes the world’s top-
selling copier.
Ricoh launches
production of
CD-RW discs.
Ricoh Global
Services
established to
support Ricoh’s
Global Major
Account
customers.
Ricoh acquires
the US-based
IKON Office
Solutions, Inc., a
major office
equipment
distributor.
‘Infoprint
Company’, a joint
venture between
Ricoh and IBM,
begins operation
in Boulder,
Colorado, USA.
Unveils new
global brand
message:
‘imagine.
change.’
Fukui Plant,
Japan, founded
for production of
sensitised paper.
Ricoh establishes
the ‘Environmental
Administration Office’
to monitor the
environmental impact
of the Ricoh Group’s
manufacturing
processes and
products.
Ricoh UK Products
Ltd. is the first
recipient of the
Queen’s Award for
Environmental
Achievement.
Ricoh acquires
Gestetner
Holdings PLC of
the United
Kingdom
(renamed NRG
Group PLC in
2001).
Ricoh acquires
Lanier
Worldwide, Inc.,
an OA
equipment
marketing
company in the
U.S. business.
Ricoh acquires
Hitachi Printing
Solutions, Ltd.
(renamed Ricoh
Printing Systems,
Ltd.) in a first step
toward entering
the production
printing business.
Given the
highest (AAA) evaluation in
environmental ranking
organized by
Tohmatsu Evaluation and
Certification Organization
(also in 2006).
Ricoh enters the
colour Print-on-
Demand market
and introduces a
colour
production
printer, the Ricoh
Pro C900.
Ricoh makes the
‘Global 100 Most
Sustainable
Corporations in the
World’ list by
Corporate Knights,
Inc. of Canada for the
10th year in a row.
Establishes the
Ricoh
Environmental
Technologies
Development
Center in Japan
to promote
environmental
businesses.
Ricoh Asia Pacific
wins the
President’s
Award for the
Environment
2016.
Strategic
investment in
Avanti Computer
Systems Limited,
a leader in Print
MIS for
Commercial
Printers and
In-plants.
Establishes
PENTAX Ricoh
Imaging
Company, Ltd.
(renamed RICOH
IMAGING
COMPANY, LTD.,
in 2013).
Ricoh joins the
United Nations
Global Compact.
2012
Releases the
RICOH Pro
L4160 / 4130
Releases the RICOH
Pro VC60000,
continuous feed
inkjet platform
for graphics
communications
market.
Releases the
RICOH Pro
C7100 Series
Releases the
RICOH Pro
C9100 Series
Ricoh launches
the imagio series
of digital
intelligent
systems.
Ricoh ranked
first in the world
for corporate
responsibility by
Oekom Research
AG of Germany.
Ricoh produces
the world’s
first* biomass
toner, to be
used in the
imagio
MP 6001GP in
Japan.
*As a manufacturer’s genuine supply item.
Ricoh releases
the GXR, the
world’s first
inter-
changeable unit
camera.
Releases the
RICOH THETA, the world’s first
camera capable of
taking fully
spherical pictures.
Establishes
Ricoh
Manufacturing
(Thailand), Ltd.
Ricoh makes a
strategic investment
in PTI Marketing
Technologies, a
leading provider of
web-to-print and
marketing
personalisation
solutions.
Launches its
first 3D printer,
the RICOH AM
S5500P.
Ricoh acquires
AnaJet, the
leader in direct
to garment
(DTG) printing.
Newly establishes
Customer
Experience Center
(CEC) in Asia and
Japan, in addition
to Europe and USA.
Releases the
RICOH Pro C7200
series, Ri 3000 and
Ri 6000
Releases the
RICOH Ri 100
Releases the
RICOH Pro
C9200 series
Releases the
RICOH Pro T7210
Printed by RICOH Pro L4160CO
MP
AN
Y H
IST
OR
Y
Feb
ruar
y 6
1936 1950
Ap
ril
1953 1955
Jan
uar
y
1957
May
1962
Ap
ril
1963
Ap
ril
1971 1972
Ap
ril
1973
Feb
ruar
y
1975
No
vem
ber
1975
Ap
ril
1977
May
1982 1982
Jun
e
1983
Feb
ruar
y
1984
Jun
e
1987
Ap
ril
1989
Dec
emb
er
1990 1992 1993
May
1994
Sep
tem
ber
1995
No
vem
ber
1996
Dec
emb
er
1998
Jan
uar
y
2001
Jun
e
2002
July
2002
May
2003
Oct
ob
er
2004
Ap
ril
2005
Mar
ch
2005
Jun
e
2007
Oct
ob
er
2008
No
vem
ber
2008
Feb
ruar
y
2011
Oct
ob
er
2011
Ap
ril
2012
Au
gu
st
2012
Mar
ch
2013
July
2013 2013
Jan
uar
y
2014 2014 2014 2014 2015 2015 2015
Jan
uar
y
2016
Sep
tem
ber
2016
No
vem
ber
20162009
Dec
emb
er
Sep
tem
ber
2009
No
vem
ber
2009
Au
gu
st
2017
Feb
ruar
y
2018
Mar
ch
2018
May
2018
Jun
e
Ricoh PPC900 launched - the
first dry electrostatic-
transfer plain-paper copier.
Coins acronym
OA for “office automation.”
Corporate name
changed to
Ricoh Company,
Ltd.
Ricoh introduces
the Ricom 8, the
first office
computer.
Introduces the
Ricopy FT4060,
the first A3 plain
paper copier.
Rifax 1300HS
awarded the
Nikkei Product
Excellance Prize.
Signs a Worldwide
Sponsorship
contract in the
facsimile machine
category for the
1992 Barcelona
Olympic Games.
Implements the
Ricoh General
Principles on the
Environment to
define the
Group’s
conservation
policy.
Ricoh Group
receives Gold
Medal from
World
Environment
Center.
Ricoh and
Heidelberg
announces a
global strategic
cooperation.
Ricoh is selected
as one of the
‘World’s Most
Ethical
Companies’ by
Ethisphere
Institute of the
USA for the 5th
year in a row.
Ricoh UK Products
Ltd. (RPL) receives
the Highly
Recommended
prize from
European Better
Environment
Awards for industry
for its chlorofluoro
carbon-free
recycling system.
Ricoh awarded the
first place in the
second annual
Environmental
Management Survey
by Nihon Keizai
Shimbun, Japan’s top
business daily (for
three consecutive
years till 2000).
Establishes Ricoh
UK Products Ltd.,
a manufacturing
subsidiary.
Riken Kankoshi Co.,
Ltd. established to
make and market sensitized paper,
with Kiyoshi Ichimura appointed
executive managing
director.
Ohmori Plant opens in
Ota-ku, Tokyo, through
the merger of affiliate
companies Asahi
Seimitsu Kogyo Co., Ltd.
and Aiko Trading Co.,
Ltd. Camera
manufacturing resumed.
Ricohflex III
launched -
Making cameras
an affordable
item for
consumers.
Establishes Japan’s
first mass production
system for cameras.
Awarded Ohkochi
Memorial Production
Prize for techniques
to mass produce
cameras.
Ricoh becomes
the first recipient
of the Deming
Prize in the office
automation
industry.
The Rifax 600S,
the first high-speed
facsimile machine for
offices, transmits
between Tokyo and
New York via satellite.
Ohmori Plant
and General
Research
Laboratory
completed.
Ricopy 101
launched -
Efficiency
improvement
for the office.
Introduces the
Ricopy DT1200, a
wet process-based plain paper copier
that becomes the world’s top-
selling copier.
Ricoh launches
production of
CD-RW discs.
Ricoh Global
Services
established to
support Ricoh’s
Global Major
Account
customers.
Ricoh acquires
the US-based
IKON Office
Solutions, Inc., a
major office
equipment
distributor.
‘Infoprint
Company’, a joint
venture between
Ricoh and IBM,
begins operation
in Boulder,
Colorado, USA.
Unveils new
global brand
message:
‘imagine.
change.’
Fukui Plant,
Japan, founded
for production of
sensitised paper.
Ricoh establishes
the ‘Environmental
Administration Office’
to monitor the
environmental impact
of the Ricoh Group’s
manufacturing
processes and
products.
Ricoh UK Products
Ltd. is the first
recipient of the
Queen’s Award for
Environmental
Achievement.
Ricoh acquires
Gestetner
Holdings PLC of
the United
Kingdom
(renamed NRG
Group PLC in
2001).
Ricoh acquires
Lanier
Worldwide, Inc.,
an OA
equipment
marketing
company in the
U.S. business.
Ricoh acquires
Hitachi Printing
Solutions, Ltd.
(renamed Ricoh
Printing Systems,
Ltd.) in a first step
toward entering
the production
printing business.
Given the
highest (AAA) evaluation in
environmental ranking
organized by
Tohmatsu Evaluation and
Certification Organization
(also in 2006).
Ricoh enters the
colour Print-on-
Demand market
and introduces a
colour
production
printer, the Ricoh
Pro C900.
Ricoh makes the
‘Global 100 Most
Sustainable
Corporations in the
World’ list by
Corporate Knights,
Inc. of Canada for the
10th year in a row.
Establishes the
Ricoh
Environmental
Technologies
Development
Center in Japan
to promote
environmental
businesses.
Ricoh Asia Pacific
wins the
President’s
Award for the
Environment
2016.
Strategic
investment in
Avanti Computer
Systems Limited,
a leader in Print
MIS for
Commercial
Printers and
In-plants.
Establishes
PENTAX Ricoh
Imaging
Company, Ltd.
(renamed RICOH
IMAGING
COMPANY, LTD.,
in 2013).
Ricoh joins the
United Nations
Global Compact.
2012
Releases the
RICOH Pro
L4160 / 4130
Releases the RICOH
Pro VC60000,
continuous feed
inkjet platform
for graphics
communications
market.
Releases the
RICOH Pro
C7100 Series
Releases the
RICOH Pro
C9100 Series
Ricoh launches
the imagio series
of digital
intelligent
systems.
Ricoh ranked
first in the world
for corporate
responsibility by
Oekom Research
AG of Germany.
Ricoh produces
the world’s
first* biomass
toner, to be
used in the
imagio
MP 6001GP in
Japan.
*As a manufacturer’s genuine supply item.
Ricoh releases
the GXR, the
world’s first
inter-
changeable unit
camera.
Releases the
RICOH THETA, the world’s first
camera capable of
taking fully
spherical pictures.
Establishes
Ricoh
Manufacturing
(Thailand), Ltd.
Ricoh makes a
strategic investment
in PTI Marketing
Technologies, a
leading provider of
web-to-print and
marketing
personalisation
solutions.
Launches its
first 3D printer,
the RICOH AM
S5500P.
Ricoh acquires
AnaJet, the
leader in direct
to garment
(DTG) printing.
Newly establishes
Customer
Experience Center
(CEC) in Asia and
Japan, in addition
to Europe and USA.
Releases the
RICOH Pro C7200
series, Ri 3000 and
Ri 6000
Releases the
RICOH Ri 100
Releases the
RICOH Pro
C9200 series
Releases the
RICOH Pro T7210
Printed by RICOH Pro L4160
CO
MP
AN
Y H
IST
OR
Y
Feb
ruar
y 6
1936 1950
Ap
ril
1953 1955
Jan
uar
y
1957
May
1962
Ap
ril
1963
Ap
ril
1971 1972
Ap
ril
1973
Feb
ruar
y
1975
No
vem
ber
1975
Ap
ril
1977
May
1982 1982
Jun
e
1983
Feb
ruar
y
1984
Jun
e
1987
Ap
ril
1989
Dec
emb
er
1990 1992 1993
May
1994
Sep
tem
ber
1995
No
vem
ber
1996
Dec
emb
er
1998
Jan
uar
y
2001
Jun
e
2002
July
2002
May
2003
Oct
ob
er
2004
Ap
ril
2005
Mar
ch
2005
Jun
e
2007
Oct
ob
er
2008
No
vem
ber
2008
Feb
ruar
y
2011
Oct
ob
er
2011
Ap
ril
2012
Au
gu
st
2012M
arch
2013
July
2013 2013
Jan
uar
y
2014 2014 2014 2014 2015 2015 2015
Jan
uar
y
2016
Sep
tem
ber
2016
No
vem
ber
20162009
Dec
emb
er
Sep
tem
ber
2009
No
vem
ber
2009
Au
gu
st
2017
Feb
ruar
y
2018
Mar
ch
2018
May
2018
Jun
e
Ricoh PPC900 launched - the
first dry electrostatic-
transfer plain-paper copier.
Coins acronym
OA for “office automation.”
Corporate name
changed to
Ricoh Company,
Ltd.
Ricoh introduces
the Ricom 8, the
first office
computer.
Introduces the
Ricopy FT4060,
the first A3 plain
paper copier.
Rifax 1300HS
awarded the
Nikkei Product
Excellance Prize.
Signs a Worldwide
Sponsorship
contract in the
facsimile machine
category for the
1992 Barcelona
Olympic Games.
Implements the
Ricoh General
Principles on the
Environment to
define the
Group’s
conservation
policy.
Ricoh Group
receives Gold
Medal from
World
Environment
Center.
Ricoh and
Heidelberg
announces a
global strategic
cooperation.
Ricoh is selected
as one of the
‘World’s Most
Ethical
Companies’ by
Ethisphere
Institute of the
USA for the 5th
year in a row.
Ricoh UK Products
Ltd. (RPL) receives
the Highly
Recommended
prize from
European Better
Environment
Awards for industry
for its chlorofluoro
carbon-free
recycling system.
Ricoh awarded the
first place in the
second annual
Environmental
Management Survey
by Nihon Keizai
Shimbun, Japan’s top
business daily (for
three consecutive
years till 2000).
Establishes Ricoh
UK Products Ltd.,
a manufacturing
subsidiary.
Riken Kankoshi Co.,
Ltd. established to
make and market sensitized paper,
with Kiyoshi Ichimura appointed
executive managing
director.
Ohmori Plant opens in
Ota-ku, Tokyo, through
the merger of affiliate
companies Asahi
Seimitsu Kogyo Co., Ltd.
and Aiko Trading Co.,
Ltd. Camera
manufacturing resumed.
Ricohflex III
launched -
Making cameras
an affordable
item for
consumers.
Establishes Japan’s
first mass production
system for cameras.
Awarded Ohkochi
Memorial Production
Prize for techniques
to mass produce
cameras.
Ricoh becomes
the first recipient
of the Deming
Prize in the office
automation
industry.
The Rifax 600S,
the first high-speed
facsimile machine for
offices, transmits
between Tokyo and
New York via satellite.
Ohmori Plant
and General
Research
Laboratory
completed.
Ricopy 101
launched -
Efficiency
improvement
for the office.
Introduces the
Ricopy DT1200, a
wet process-based plain paper copier
that becomes the world’s top-
selling copier.
Ricoh launches
production of
CD-RW discs.
Ricoh Global
Services
established to
support Ricoh’s
Global Major
Account
customers.
Ricoh acquires
the US-based
IKON Office
Solutions, Inc., a
major office
equipment
distributor.
‘Infoprint
Company’, a joint
venture between
Ricoh and IBM,
begins operation
in Boulder,
Colorado, USA.
Unveils new
global brand
message:
‘imagine.
change.’
Fukui Plant,
Japan, founded
for production of
sensitised paper.
Ricoh establishes
the ‘Environmental
Administration Office’
to monitor the
environmental impact
of the Ricoh Group’s
manufacturing
processes and
products.
Ricoh UK Products
Ltd. is the first
recipient of the
Queen’s Award for
Environmental
Achievement.
Ricoh acquires
Gestetner
Holdings PLC of
the United
Kingdom
(renamed NRG
Group PLC in
2001).
Ricoh acquires
Lanier
Worldwide, Inc.,
an OA
equipment
marketing
company in the
U.S. business.
Ricoh acquires
Hitachi Printing
Solutions, Ltd.
(renamed Ricoh
Printing Systems,
Ltd.) in a first step
toward entering
the production
printing business.
Given the
highest (AAA) evaluation in
environmental ranking
organized by
Tohmatsu Evaluation and
Certification Organization
(also in 2006).
Ricoh enters the
colour Print-on-
Demand market
and introduces a
colour
production
printer, the Ricoh
Pro C900.
Ricoh makes the
‘Global 100 Most
Sustainable
Corporations in the
World’ list by
Corporate Knights,
Inc. of Canada for the
10th year in a row.
Establishes the
Ricoh
Environmental
Technologies
Development
Center in Japan
to promote
environmental
businesses.
Ricoh Asia Pacific
wins the
President’s
Award for the
Environment
2016.
Strategic
investment in
Avanti Computer
Systems Limited,
a leader in Print
MIS for
Commercial
Printers and
In-plants.
Establishes
PENTAX Ricoh
Imaging
Company, Ltd.
(renamed RICOH
IMAGING
COMPANY, LTD.,
in 2013).
Ricoh joins the
United Nations
Global Compact.
2012
Releases the
RICOH Pro
L4160 / 4130
Releases the RICOH
Pro VC60000,
continuous feed
inkjet platform
for graphics
communications
market.
Releases the
RICOH Pro
C7100 Series
Releases the
RICOH Pro
C9100 Series
Ricoh launches
the imagio series
of digital
intelligent
systems.
Ricoh ranked
first in the world
for corporate
responsibility by
Oekom Research
AG of Germany.
Ricoh produces
the world’s
first* biomass
toner, to be
used in the
imagio
MP 6001GP in
Japan.
*As a manufacturer’s genuine supply item.
Ricoh releases
the GXR, the
world’s first
inter-
changeable unit
camera.
Releases the
RICOH THETA, the world’s first
camera capable of
taking fully
spherical pictures.
Establishes
Ricoh
Manufacturing
(Thailand), Ltd.
Ricoh makes a
strategic investment
in PTI Marketing
Technologies, a
leading provider of
web-to-print and
marketing
personalisation
solutions.
Launches its
first 3D printer,
the RICOH AM
S5500P.
Ricoh acquires
AnaJet, the
leader in direct
to garment
(DTG) printing.
Newly establishes
Customer
Experience Center
(CEC) in Asia and
Japan, in addition
to Europe and USA.
Releases the
RICOH Pro C7200
series, Ri 3000 and
Ri 6000
Releases the
RICOH Ri 100
Releases the
RICOH Pro
C9200 series
Releases the
RICOH Pro T7210
Printed by RICOH Pro L4160
CO
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2018
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Ricoh PPC900 launched - the
first dry electrostatic-
transfer plain-paper copier.
Coins acronym
OA for “office automation.”
Corporate name
changed to
Ricoh Company,
Ltd.
Ricoh introduces
the Ricom 8, the
first office
computer.
Introduces the
Ricopy FT4060,
the first A3 plain
paper copier.
Rifax 1300HS
awarded the
Nikkei Product
Excellance Prize.
Signs a Worldwide
Sponsorship
contract in the
facsimile machine
category for the
1992 Barcelona
Olympic Games.
Implements the
Ricoh General
Principles on the
Environment to
define the
Group’s
conservation
policy.
Ricoh Group
receives Gold
Medal from
World
Environment
Center.
Ricoh and
Heidelberg
announces a
global strategic
cooperation.
Ricoh is selected
as one of the
‘World’s Most
Ethical
Companies’ by
Ethisphere
Institute of the
USA for the 5th
year in a row.
Ricoh UK Products
Ltd. (RPL) receives
the Highly
Recommended
prize from
European Better
Environment
Awards for industry
for its chlorofluoro
carbon-free
recycling system.
Ricoh awarded the
first place in the
second annual
Environmental
Management Survey
by Nihon Keizai
Shimbun, Japan’s top
business daily (for
three consecutive
years till 2000).
Establishes Ricoh
UK Products Ltd.,
a manufacturing
subsidiary.
Riken Kankoshi Co.,
Ltd. established to
make and market sensitized paper,
with Kiyoshi Ichimura appointed
executive managing
director.
Ohmori Plant opens in
Ota-ku, Tokyo, through
the merger of affiliate
companies Asahi
Seimitsu Kogyo Co., Ltd.
and Aiko Trading Co.,
Ltd. Camera
manufacturing resumed.
Ricohflex III
launched -
Making cameras
an affordable
item for
consumers.
Establishes Japan’s
first mass production
system for cameras.
Awarded Ohkochi
Memorial Production
Prize for techniques
to mass produce
cameras.
Ricoh becomes
the first recipient
of the Deming
Prize in the office
automation
industry.
The Rifax 600S,
the first high-speed
facsimile machine for
offices, transmits
between Tokyo and
New York via satellite.
Ohmori Plant
and General
Research
Laboratory
completed.
Ricopy 101
launched -
Efficiency
improvement
for the office.
Introduces the
Ricopy DT1200, a
wet process-based plain paper copier
that becomes the world’s top-
selling copier.
Ricoh launches
production of
CD-RW discs.
Ricoh Global
Services
established to
support Ricoh’s
Global Major
Account
customers.
Ricoh acquires
the US-based
IKON Office
Solutions, Inc., a
major office
equipment
distributor.
‘Infoprint
Company’, a joint
venture between
Ricoh and IBM,
begins operation
in Boulder,
Colorado, USA.
Unveils new
global brand
message:
‘imagine.
change.’
Fukui Plant,
Japan, founded
for production of
sensitised paper.
Ricoh establishes
the ‘Environmental
Administration Office’
to monitor the
environmental impact
of the Ricoh Group’s
manufacturing
processes and
products.
Ricoh UK Products
Ltd. is the first
recipient of the
Queen’s Award for
Environmental
Achievement.
Ricoh acquires
Gestetner
Holdings PLC of
the United
Kingdom
(renamed NRG
Group PLC in
2001).
Ricoh acquires
Lanier
Worldwide, Inc.,
an OA
equipment
marketing
company in the
U.S. business.
Ricoh acquires
Hitachi Printing
Solutions, Ltd.
(renamed Ricoh
Printing Systems,
Ltd.) in a first step
toward entering
the production
printing business.
Given the
highest (AAA) evaluation in
environmental ranking
organized by
Tohmatsu Evaluation and
Certification Organization
(also in 2006).
Ricoh enters the
colour Print-on-
Demand market
and introduces a
colour
production
printer, the Ricoh
Pro C900.
Ricoh makes the
‘Global 100 Most
Sustainable
Corporations in the
World’ list by
Corporate Knights,
Inc. of Canada for the
10th year in a row.
Establishes the
Ricoh
Environmental
Technologies
Development
Center in Japan
to promote
environmental
businesses.
Ricoh Asia Pacific
wins the
President’s
Award for the
Environment
2016.
Strategic
investment in
Avanti Computer
Systems Limited,
a leader in Print
MIS for
Commercial
Printers and
In-plants.
Establishes
PENTAX Ricoh
Imaging
Company, Ltd.
(renamed RICOH
IMAGING
COMPANY, LTD.,
in 2013).
Ricoh joins the
United Nations
Global Compact.
2012
Releases the
RICOH Pro
L4160 / 4130
Releases the RICOH
Pro VC60000,
continuous feed
inkjet platform
for graphics
communications
market.
Releases the
RICOH Pro
C7100 Series
Releases the
RICOH Pro
C9100 Series
Ricoh launches
the imagio series
of digital
intelligent
systems.
Ricoh ranked
first in the world
for corporate
responsibility by
Oekom Research
AG of Germany.
Ricoh produces
the world’s
first* biomass
toner, to be
used in the
imagio
MP 6001GP in
Japan.
*As a manufacturer’s genuine supply item.
Ricoh releases
the GXR, the
world’s first
inter-
changeable unit
camera.
Releases the
RICOH THETA, the world’s first
camera capable of
taking fully
spherical pictures.
Establishes
Ricoh
Manufacturing
(Thailand), Ltd.
Ricoh makes a
strategic investment
in PTI Marketing
Technologies, a
leading provider of
web-to-print and
marketing
personalisation
solutions.
Launches its
first 3D printer,
the RICOH AM
S5500P.
Ricoh acquires
AnaJet, the
leader in direct
to garment
(DTG) printing.
Newly establishes
Customer
Experience Center
(CEC) in Asia and
Japan, in addition
to Europe and USA.
Releases the
RICOH Pro C7200
series, Ri 3000 and
Ri 6000
Releases the
RICOH Ri 100
Releases the
RICOH Pro
C9200 series
Releases the
RICOH Pro T7210
Printed by RICOH Pro L4160
CO
MP
AN
Y H
IST
OR
Y
Feb
ruar
y 6
1936 1950
Ap
ril
1953 1955
Jan
uar
y
1957
May
1962
Ap
ril
1963
Ap
ril
1971 1972
Ap
ril
1973
Feb
ruar
y
1975
No
vem
ber
1975
Ap
ril
1977
May
1982 1982
Jun
e
1983
Feb
ruar
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1984
Jun
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1987
Ap
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2009
No
vem
ber
2009
Au
gu
st
2017
Feb
ruar
y
2018
Mar
ch
2018
May
2018
Jun
e
Ricoh PPC900 launched - the
first dry electrostatic-
transfer plain-paper copier.
Coins acronym
OA for “office automation.”
Corporate name
changed to
Ricoh Company,
Ltd.
Ricoh introduces
the Ricom 8, the
first office
computer.
Introduces the
Ricopy FT4060,
the first A3 plain
paper copier.
Rifax 1300HS
awarded the
Nikkei Product
Excellance Prize.
Signs a Worldwide
Sponsorship
contract in the
facsimile machine
category for the
1992 Barcelona
Olympic Games.
Implements the
Ricoh General
Principles on the
Environment to
define the
Group’s
conservation
policy.
Ricoh Group
receives Gold
Medal from
World
Environment
Center.
Ricoh and
Heidelberg
announces a
global strategic
cooperation.
Ricoh is selected
as one of the
‘World’s Most
Ethical
Companies’ by
Ethisphere
Institute of the
USA for the 5th
year in a row.
Ricoh UK Products
Ltd. (RPL) receives
the Highly
Recommended
prize from
European Better
Environment
Awards for industry
for its chlorofluoro
carbon-free
recycling system.
Ricoh awarded the
first place in the
second annual
Environmental
Management Survey
by Nihon Keizai
Shimbun, Japan’s top
business daily (for
three consecutive
years till 2000).
Establishes Ricoh
UK Products Ltd.,
a manufacturing
subsidiary.
Riken Kankoshi Co.,
Ltd. established to
make and market sensitized paper,
with Kiyoshi Ichimura appointed
executive managing
director.
Ohmori Plant opens in
Ota-ku, Tokyo, through
the merger of affiliate
companies Asahi
Seimitsu Kogyo Co., Ltd.
and Aiko Trading Co.,
Ltd. Camera
manufacturing resumed.
Ricohflex III
launched -
Making cameras
an affordable
item for
consumers.
Establishes Japan’s
first mass production
system for cameras.
Awarded Ohkochi
Memorial Production
Prize for techniques
to mass produce
cameras.
Ricoh becomes
the first recipient
of the Deming
Prize in the office
automation
industry.
The Rifax 600S,
the first high-speed
facsimile machine for
offices, transmits
between Tokyo and
New York via satellite.
Ohmori Plant
and General
Research
Laboratory
completed.
Ricopy 101
launched -
Efficiency
improvement
for the office.
Introduces the
Ricopy DT1200, a
wet process-based plain paper copier
that becomes the world’s top-
selling copier.
Ricoh launches
production of
CD-RW discs.
Ricoh Global
Services
established to
support Ricoh’s
Global Major
Account
customers.
Ricoh acquires
the US-based
IKON Office
Solutions, Inc., a
major office
equipment
distributor.
‘Infoprint
Company’, a joint
venture between
Ricoh and IBM,
begins operation
in Boulder,
Colorado, USA.
Unveils new
global brand
message:
‘imagine.
change.’
Fukui Plant,
Japan, founded
for production of
sensitised paper.
Ricoh establishes
the ‘Environmental
Administration Office’
to monitor the
environmental impact
of the Ricoh Group’s
manufacturing
processes and
products.
Ricoh UK Products
Ltd. is the first
recipient of the
Queen’s Award for
Environmental
Achievement.
Ricoh acquires
Gestetner
Holdings PLC of
the United
Kingdom
(renamed NRG
Group PLC in
2001).
Ricoh acquires
Lanier
Worldwide, Inc.,
an OA
equipment
marketing
company in the
U.S. business.
Ricoh acquires
Hitachi Printing
Solutions, Ltd.
(renamed Ricoh
Printing Systems,
Ltd.) in a first step
toward entering
the production
printing business.
Given the
highest (AAA) evaluation in
environmental ranking
organized by
Tohmatsu Evaluation and
Certification Organization
(also in 2006).
Ricoh enters the
colour Print-on-
Demand market
and introduces a
colour
production
printer, the Ricoh
Pro C900.
Ricoh makes the
‘Global 100 Most
Sustainable
Corporations in the
World’ list by
Corporate Knights,
Inc. of Canada for the
10th year in a row.
Establishes the
Ricoh
Environmental
Technologies
Development
Center in Japan
to promote
environmental
businesses.
Ricoh Asia Pacific
wins the
President’s
Award for the
Environment
2016.
Strategic
investment in
Avanti Computer
Systems Limited,
a leader in Print
MIS for
Commercial
Printers and
In-plants.
Establishes
PENTAX Ricoh
Imaging
Company, Ltd.
(renamed RICOH
IMAGING
COMPANY, LTD.,
in 2013).
Ricoh joins the
United Nations
Global Compact.
2012
Releases the
RICOH Pro
L4160 / 4130
Releases the RICOH
Pro VC60000,
continuous feed
inkjet platform
for graphics
communications
market.
Releases the
RICOH Pro
C7100 Series
Releases the
RICOH Pro
C9100 Series
Ricoh launches
the imagio series
of digital
intelligent
systems.
Ricoh ranked
first in the world
for corporate
responsibility by
Oekom Research
AG of Germany.
Ricoh produces
the world’s
first* biomass
toner, to be
used in the
imagio
MP 6001GP in
Japan.
*As a manufacturer’s genuine supply item.
Ricoh releases
the GXR, the
world’s first
inter-
changeable unit
camera.
Releases the
RICOH THETA, the world’s first
camera capable of
taking fully
spherical pictures.
Establishes
Ricoh
Manufacturing
(Thailand), Ltd.
Ricoh makes a
strategic investment
in PTI Marketing
Technologies, a
leading provider of
web-to-print and
marketing
personalisation
solutions.
Launches its
first 3D printer,
the RICOH AM
S5500P.
Ricoh acquires
AnaJet, the
leader in direct
to garment
(DTG) printing.
Newly establishes
Customer
Experience Center
(CEC) in Asia and
Japan, in addition
to Europe and USA.
Releases the
RICOH Pro C7200
series, Ri 3000 and
Ri 6000
Releases the
RICOH Ri 100
Releases the
RICOH Pro
C9200 series
Releases the
RICOH Pro T7210
Printed by RICOH Pro L4160
CO
MP
AN
Y H
IST
OR
Y
Feb
ruar
y 6
1936 1950
Ap
ril
1953 1955
Jan
uar
y
1957
May
1962
Ap
ril
1963
Ap
ril
1971 1972
Ap
ril
1973
Feb
ruar
y
1975
No
vem
ber
1975
Ap
ril
1977
May
1982 1982
Jun
e
1983
Feb
ruar
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1984
Jun
e
1987A
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Dec
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er
1990 1992 1993
May
1994
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Jan
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Sep
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No
vem
ber
20162009
Dec
emb
er
Sep
tem
ber
2009
No
vem
ber
2009
Au
gu
st
2017
Feb
ruar
y
2018
Mar
ch
2018
May
2018
Jun
e
Ricoh PPC900 launched - the
first dry electrostatic-
transfer plain-paper copier.
Coins acronym
OA for “office automation.”
Corporate name
changed to
Ricoh Company,
Ltd.
Ricoh introduces
the Ricom 8, the
first office
computer.
Introduces the
Ricopy FT4060,
the first A3 plain
paper copier.
Rifax 1300HS
awarded the
Nikkei Product
Excellance Prize.
Signs a Worldwide
Sponsorship
contract in the
facsimile machine
category for the
1992 Barcelona
Olympic Games.
Implements the
Ricoh General
Principles on the
Environment to
define the
Group’s
conservation
policy.
Ricoh Group
receives Gold
Medal from
World
Environment
Center.
Ricoh and
Heidelberg
announces a
global strategic
cooperation.
Ricoh is selected
as one of the
‘World’s Most
Ethical
Companies’ by
Ethisphere
Institute of the
USA for the 5th
year in a row.
Ricoh UK Products
Ltd. (RPL) receives
the Highly
Recommended
prize from
European Better
Environment
Awards for industry
for its chlorofluoro
carbon-free
recycling system.
Ricoh awarded the
first place in the
second annual
Environmental
Management Survey
by Nihon Keizai
Shimbun, Japan’s top
business daily (for
three consecutive
years till 2000).
Establishes Ricoh
UK Products Ltd.,
a manufacturing
subsidiary.
Riken Kankoshi Co.,
Ltd. established to
make and market sensitized paper,
with Kiyoshi Ichimura appointed
executive managing
director.
Ohmori Plant opens in
Ota-ku, Tokyo, through
the merger of affiliate
companies Asahi
Seimitsu Kogyo Co., Ltd.
and Aiko Trading Co.,
Ltd. Camera
manufacturing resumed.
Ricohflex III
launched -
Making cameras
an affordable
item for
consumers.
Establishes Japan’s
first mass production
system for cameras.
Awarded Ohkochi
Memorial Production
Prize for techniques
to mass produce
cameras.
Ricoh becomes
the first recipient
of the Deming
Prize in the office
automation
industry.
The Rifax 600S,
the first high-speed
facsimile machine for
offices, transmits
between Tokyo and
New York via satellite.
Ohmori Plant
and General
Research
Laboratory
completed.
Ricopy 101
launched -
Efficiency
improvement
for the office.
Introduces the
Ricopy DT1200, a
wet process-based plain paper copier
that becomes the world’s top-
selling copier.
Ricoh launches
production of
CD-RW discs.
Ricoh Global
Services
established to
support Ricoh’s
Global Major
Account
customers.
Ricoh acquires
the US-based
IKON Office
Solutions, Inc., a
major office
equipment
distributor.
‘Infoprint
Company’, a joint
venture between
Ricoh and IBM,
begins operation
in Boulder,
Colorado, USA.
Unveils new
global brand
message:
‘imagine.
change.’
Fukui Plant,
Japan, founded
for production of
sensitised paper.
Ricoh establishes
the ‘Environmental
Administration Office’
to monitor the
environmental impact
of the Ricoh Group’s
manufacturing
processes and
products.
Ricoh UK Products
Ltd. is the first
recipient of the
Queen’s Award for
Environmental
Achievement.
Ricoh acquires
Gestetner
Holdings PLC of
the United
Kingdom
(renamed NRG
Group PLC in
2001).
Ricoh acquires
Lanier
Worldwide, Inc.,
an OA
equipment
marketing
company in the
U.S. business.
Ricoh acquires
Hitachi Printing
Solutions, Ltd.
(renamed Ricoh
Printing Systems,
Ltd.) in a first step
toward entering
the production
printing business.
Given the
highest (AAA) evaluation in
environmental ranking
organized by
Tohmatsu Evaluation and
Certification Organization
(also in 2006).
Ricoh enters the
colour Print-on-
Demand market
and introduces a
colour
production
printer, the Ricoh
Pro C900.
Ricoh makes the
‘Global 100 Most
Sustainable
Corporations in the
World’ list by
Corporate Knights,
Inc. of Canada for the
10th year in a row.
Establishes the
Ricoh
Environmental
Technologies
Development
Center in Japan
to promote
environmental
businesses.
Ricoh Asia Pacific
wins the
President’s
Award for the
Environment
2016.
Strategic
investment in
Avanti Computer
Systems Limited,
a leader in Print
MIS for
Commercial
Printers and
In-plants.
Establishes
PENTAX Ricoh
Imaging
Company, Ltd.
(renamed RICOH
IMAGING
COMPANY, LTD.,
in 2013).
Ricoh joins the
United Nations
Global Compact.
2012
Releases the
RICOH Pro
L4160 / 4130
Releases the RICOH
Pro VC60000,
continuous feed
inkjet platform
for graphics
communications
market.
Releases the
RICOH Pro
C7100 Series
Releases the
RICOH Pro
C9100 Series
Ricoh launches
the imagio series
of digital
intelligent
systems.
Ricoh ranked
first in the world
for corporate
responsibility by
Oekom Research
AG of Germany.
Ricoh produces
the world’s
first* biomass
toner, to be
used in the
imagio
MP 6001GP in
Japan.
*As a manufacturer’s genuine supply item.
Ricoh releases
the GXR, the
world’s first
inter-
changeable unit
camera.
Releases the
RICOH THETA, the world’s first
camera capable of
taking fully
spherical pictures.
Establishes
Ricoh
Manufacturing
(Thailand), Ltd.
Ricoh makes a
strategic investment
in PTI Marketing
Technologies, a
leading provider of
web-to-print and
marketing
personalisation
solutions.
Launches its
first 3D printer,
the RICOH AM
S5500P.
Ricoh acquires
AnaJet, the
leader in direct
to garment
(DTG) printing.
Newly establishes
Customer
Experience Center
(CEC) in Asia and
Japan, in addition
to Europe and USA.
Releases the
RICOH Pro C7200
series, Ri 3000 and
Ri 6000
Releases the
RICOH Ri 100
Releases the
RICOH Pro
C9200 series
Releases the
RICOH Pro T7210
Printed by RICOH Pro L4160
CO
MP
AN
Y H
IST
OR
Y
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ruar
y 6
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ril
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uar
y
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1962
Ap
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1963
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ril
1971 1972
Ap
ril
1973
Feb
ruar
y
1975
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1975
Ap
ril
1977
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Jun
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1983
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1996
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emb
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2002
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2002
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2004
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ril
2005
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ch
2005
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e
2007
Oct
ob
er
2008
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vem
ber
2008
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ruar
y
2011
Oct
ob
er
2011
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ril
2012
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gu
st
2012
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ch
2013
July
2013 2013
Jan
uar
y
2014 2014 2014 2014 2015 2015 2015
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uar
y
2016
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tem
ber
2016
No
vem
ber
20162009
Dec
emb
er
Sep
tem
ber
2009
No
vem
ber
2009
Au
gu
st
2017
Feb
ruar
y
2018
Mar
ch
2018
May
2018
Jun
e
Ricoh PPC900 launched - the
first dry electrostatic-
transfer plain-paper copier.
Coins acronym
OA for “office automation.”
Corporate name
changed to
Ricoh Company,
Ltd.
Ricoh introduces
the Ricom 8, the
first office
computer.
Introduces the
Ricopy FT4060,
the first A3 plain
paper copier.
Rifax 1300HS
awarded the
Nikkei Product
Excellance Prize.
Signs a Worldwide
Sponsorship
contract in the
facsimile machine
category for the
1992 Barcelona
Olympic Games.
Implements the
Ricoh General
Principles on the
Environment to
define the
Group’s
conservation
policy.
Ricoh Group
receives Gold
Medal from
World
Environment
Center.
Ricoh and
Heidelberg
announces a
global strategic
cooperation.
Ricoh is selected
as one of the
‘World’s Most
Ethical
Companies’ by
Ethisphere
Institute of the
USA for the 5th
year in a row.
Ricoh UK Products
Ltd. (RPL) receives
the Highly
Recommended
prize from
European Better
Environment
Awards for industry
for its chlorofluoro
carbon-free
recycling system.
Ricoh awarded the
first place in the
second annual
Environmental
Management Survey
by Nihon Keizai
Shimbun, Japan’s top
business daily (for
three consecutive
years till 2000).
Establishes Ricoh
UK Products Ltd.,
a manufacturing
subsidiary.
Riken Kankoshi Co.,
Ltd. established to
make and market sensitized paper,
with Kiyoshi Ichimura appointed
executive managing
director.
Ohmori Plant opens in
Ota-ku, Tokyo, through
the merger of affiliate
companies Asahi
Seimitsu Kogyo Co., Ltd.
and Aiko Trading Co.,
Ltd. Camera
manufacturing resumed.
Ricohflex III
launched -
Making cameras
an affordable
item for
consumers.
Establishes Japan’s
first mass production
system for cameras.
Awarded Ohkochi
Memorial Production
Prize for techniques
to mass produce
cameras.
Ricoh becomes
the first recipient
of the Deming
Prize in the office
automation
industry.
The Rifax 600S,
the first high-speed
facsimile machine for
offices, transmits
between Tokyo and
New York via satellite.
Ohmori Plant
and General
Research
Laboratory
completed.
Ricopy 101
launched -
Efficiency
improvement
for the office.
Introduces the
Ricopy DT1200, a
wet process-based plain paper copier
that becomes the world’s top-
selling copier.
Ricoh launches
production of
CD-RW discs.
Ricoh Global
Services
established to
support Ricoh’s
Global Major
Account
customers.
Ricoh acquires
the US-based
IKON Office
Solutions, Inc., a
major office
equipment
distributor.
‘Infoprint
Company’, a joint
venture between
Ricoh and IBM,
begins operation
in Boulder,
Colorado, USA.
Unveils new
global brand
message:
‘imagine.
change.’
Fukui Plant,
Japan, founded
for production of
sensitised paper.
Ricoh establishes
the ‘Environmental
Administration Office’
to monitor the
environmental impact
of the Ricoh Group’s
manufacturing
processes and
products.
Ricoh UK Products
Ltd. is the first
recipient of the
Queen’s Award for
Environmental
Achievement.
Ricoh acquires
Gestetner
Holdings PLC of
the United
Kingdom
(renamed NRG
Group PLC in
2001).
Ricoh acquires
Lanier
Worldwide, Inc.,
an OA
equipment
marketing
company in the
U.S. business.
Ricoh acquires
Hitachi Printing
Solutions, Ltd.
(renamed Ricoh
Printing Systems,
Ltd.) in a first step
toward entering
the production
printing business.
Given the
highest (AAA) evaluation in
environmental ranking
organized by
Tohmatsu Evaluation and
Certification Organization
(also in 2006).
Ricoh enters the
colour Print-on-
Demand market
and introduces a
colour
production
printer, the Ricoh
Pro C900.
Ricoh makes the
‘Global 100 Most
Sustainable
Corporations in the
World’ list by
Corporate Knights,
Inc. of Canada for the
10th year in a row.
Establishes the
Ricoh
Environmental
Technologies
Development
Center in Japan
to promote
environmental
businesses.
Ricoh Asia Pacific
wins the
President’s
Award for the
Environment
2016.
Strategic
investment in
Avanti Computer
Systems Limited,
a leader in Print
MIS for
Commercial
Printers and
In-plants.
Establishes
PENTAX Ricoh
Imaging
Company, Ltd.
(renamed RICOH
IMAGING
COMPANY, LTD.,
in 2013).
Ricoh joins the
United Nations
Global Compact.
2012
Releases the
RICOH Pro
L4160 / 4130
Releases the RICOH
Pro VC60000,
continuous feed
inkjet platform
for graphics
communications
market.
Releases the
RICOH Pro
C7100 Series
Releases the
RICOH Pro
C9100 Series
Ricoh launches
the imagio series
of digital
intelligent
systems.
Ricoh ranked
first in the world
for corporate
responsibility by
Oekom Research
AG of Germany.
Ricoh produces
the world’s
first* biomass
toner, to be
used in the
imagio
MP 6001GP in
Japan.
*As a manufacturer’s genuine supply item.
Ricoh releases
the GXR, the
world’s first
inter-
changeable unit
camera.
Releases the
RICOH THETA, the world’s first
camera capable of
taking fully
spherical pictures.
Establishes
Ricoh
Manufacturing
(Thailand), Ltd.
Ricoh makes a
strategic investment
in PTI Marketing
Technologies, a
leading provider of
web-to-print and
marketing
personalisation
solutions.
Launches its
first 3D printer,
the RICOH AM
S5500P.
Ricoh acquires
AnaJet, the
leader in direct
to garment
(DTG) printing.
Newly establishes
Customer
Experience Center
(CEC) in Asia and
Japan, in addition
to Europe and USA.
Releases the
RICOH Pro C7200
series, Ri 3000 and
Ri 6000
Releases the
RICOH Ri 100
Releases the
RICOH Pro
C9200 series
Releases the
RICOH Pro T7210
Printed by RICOH Pro L4160
CO
MP
AN
Y H
IST
OR
Y
Feb
ruar
y 6
1936 1950
Ap
ril
1953 1955
Jan
uar
y
1957
May
1962
Ap
ril
1963
Ap
ril
1971 1972
Ap
ril
1973
Feb
ruar
y
1975
No
vem
ber
1975
Ap
ril
1977
May
1982 1982
Jun
e
1983
Feb
ruar
y
1984
Jun
e
1987
Ap
ril
1989
Dec
emb
er
1990 1992 1993
May
1994
Sep
tem
ber
1995
No
vem
ber
1996
Dec
emb
er
1998
Jan
uar
y
2001
Jun
e
2002
July
2002
May
2003
Oct
ob
er
2004
Ap
ril
2005
Mar
ch
2005
Jun
e
2007
Oct
ob
er
2008
No
vem
ber
2008
Feb
ruar
y
2011
Oct
ob
er
2011
Ap
ril
2012
Au
gu
st
2012
Mar
ch
2013
July
2013 2013
Jan
uar
y
2014 2014 2014 2014 2015 2015 2015
Jan
uar
y
2016
Sep
tem
ber
2016
No
vem
ber
20162009
Dec
emb
er
Sep
tem
ber
2009
No
vem
ber
2009
Au
gu
st
2017
Feb
ruar
y
2018
Mar
ch
2018
May
2018
Jun
e
Ricoh PPC900 launched - the
first dry electrostatic-
transfer plain-paper copier.
Coins acronym
OA for “office automation.”
Corporate name
changed to
Ricoh Company,
Ltd.
Ricoh introduces
the Ricom 8, the
first office
computer.
Introduces the
Ricopy FT4060,
the first A3 plain
paper copier.
Rifax 1300HS
awarded the
Nikkei Product
Excellance Prize.
Signs a Worldwide
Sponsorship
contract in the
facsimile machine
category for the
1992 Barcelona
Olympic Games.
Implements the
Ricoh General
Principles on the
Environment to
define the
Group’s
conservation
policy.
Ricoh Group
receives Gold
Medal from
World
Environment
Center.
Ricoh and
Heidelberg
announces a
global strategic
cooperation.
Ricoh is selected
as one of the
‘World’s Most
Ethical
Companies’ by
Ethisphere
Institute of the
USA for the 5th
year in a row.
Ricoh UK Products
Ltd. (RPL) receives
the Highly
Recommended
prize from
European Better
Environment
Awards for industry
for its chlorofluoro
carbon-free
recycling system.
Ricoh awarded the
first place in the
second annual
Environmental
Management Survey
by Nihon Keizai
Shimbun, Japan’s top
business daily (for
three consecutive
years till 2000).
Establishes Ricoh
UK Products Ltd.,
a manufacturing
subsidiary.
Riken Kankoshi Co.,
Ltd. established to
make and market sensitized paper,
with Kiyoshi Ichimura appointed
executive managing
director.
Ohmori Plant opens in
Ota-ku, Tokyo, through
the merger of affiliate
companies Asahi
Seimitsu Kogyo Co., Ltd.
and Aiko Trading Co.,
Ltd. Camera
manufacturing resumed.
Ricohflex III
launched -
Making cameras
an affordable
item for
consumers.
Establishes Japan’s
first mass production
system for cameras.
Awarded Ohkochi
Memorial Production
Prize for techniques
to mass produce
cameras.
Ricoh becomes
the first recipient
of the Deming
Prize in the office
automation
industry.
The Rifax 600S,
the first high-speed
facsimile machine for
offices, transmits
between Tokyo and
New York via satellite.
Ohmori Plant
and General
Research
Laboratory
completed.
Ricopy 101
launched -
Efficiency
improvement
for the office.
Introduces the
Ricopy DT1200, a
wet process-based plain paper copier
that becomes the world’s top-
selling copier.
Ricoh launches
production of
CD-RW discs.
Ricoh Global
Services
established to
support Ricoh’s
Global Major
Account
customers.
Ricoh acquires
the US-based
IKON Office
Solutions, Inc., a
major office
equipment
distributor.
‘Infoprint
Company’, a joint
venture between
Ricoh and IBM,
begins operation
in Boulder,
Colorado, USA.
Unveils new
global brand
message:
‘imagine.
change.’
Fukui Plant,
Japan, founded
for production of
sensitised paper.
Ricoh establishes
the ‘Environmental
Administration Office’
to monitor the
environmental impact
of the Ricoh Group’s
manufacturing
processes and
products.
Ricoh UK Products
Ltd. is the first
recipient of the
Queen’s Award for
Environmental
Achievement.
Ricoh acquires
Gestetner
Holdings PLC of
the United
Kingdom
(renamed NRG
Group PLC in
2001).
Ricoh acquires
Lanier
Worldwide, Inc.,
an OA
equipment
marketing
company in the
U.S. business.
Ricoh acquires
Hitachi Printing
Solutions, Ltd.
(renamed Ricoh
Printing Systems,
Ltd.) in a first step
toward entering
the production
printing business.
Given the
highest (AAA) evaluation in
environmental ranking
organized by
Tohmatsu Evaluation and
Certification Organization
(also in 2006).
Ricoh enters the
colour Print-on-
Demand market
and introduces a
colour
production
printer, the Ricoh
Pro C900.
Ricoh makes the
‘Global 100 Most
Sustainable
Corporations in the
World’ list by
Corporate Knights,
Inc. of Canada for the
10th year in a row.
Establishes the
Ricoh
Environmental
Technologies
Development
Center in Japan
to promote
environmental
businesses.
Ricoh Asia Pacific
wins the
President’s
Award for the
Environment
2016.
Strategic
investment in
Avanti Computer
Systems Limited,
a leader in Print
MIS for
Commercial
Printers and
In-plants.
Establishes
PENTAX Ricoh
Imaging
Company, Ltd.
(renamed RICOH
IMAGING
COMPANY, LTD.,
in 2013).
Ricoh joins the
United Nations
Global Compact.
2012
Releases the
RICOH Pro
L4160 / 4130
Releases the RICOH
Pro VC60000,
continuous feed
inkjet platform
for graphics
communications
market.
Releases the
RICOH Pro
C7100 Series
Releases the
RICOH Pro
C9100 Series
Ricoh launches
the imagio series
of digital
intelligent
systems.
Ricoh ranked
first in the world
for corporate
responsibility by
Oekom Research
AG of Germany.
Ricoh produces
the world’s
first* biomass
toner, to be
used in the
imagio
MP 6001GP in
Japan.
*As a manufacturer’s genuine supply item.
Ricoh releases
the GXR, the
world’s first
inter-
changeable unit
camera.
Releases the
RICOH THETA, the world’s first
camera capable of
taking fully
spherical pictures.
Establishes
Ricoh
Manufacturing
(Thailand), Ltd.
Ricoh makes a
strategic investment
in PTI Marketing
Technologies, a
leading provider of
web-to-print and
marketing
personalisation
solutions.
Launches its
first 3D printer,
the RICOH AM
S5500P.
Ricoh acquires
AnaJet, the
leader in direct
to garment
(DTG) printing.
Newly establishes
Customer
Experience Center
(CEC) in Asia and
Japan, in addition
to Europe and USA.
Releases the
RICOH Pro C7200
series, Ri 3000 and
Ri 6000
Releases the
RICOH Ri 100
Releases the
RICOH Pro
C9200 series
Releases the
RICOH Pro T7210
Printed by RICOH Pro L4160CO
MP
AN
Y H
IST
OR
Y
Feb
ruar
y 6
1936 1950
Ap
ril
1953 1955
Jan
uar
y
1957
May
1962
Ap
ril
1963
Ap
ril
1971 1972
Ap
ril
1973
Feb
ruar
y
1975
No
vem
ber
1975
Ap
ril
1977
May
1982 1982
Jun
e
1983
Feb
ruar
y
1984
Jun
e
1987
Ap
ril
1989
Dec
emb
er
1990 1992 1993
May
1994
Sep
tem
ber
1995
No
vem
ber
1996
Dec
emb
er
1998
Jan
uar
y
2001
Jun
e
2002
July
2002
May
2003
Oct
ob
er
2004
Ap
ril
2005
Mar
ch
2005
Jun
e
2007
Oct
ob
er
2008
No
vem
ber
2008
Feb
ruar
y
2011
Oct
ob
er
2011
Ap
ril
2012
Au
gu
st
2012
Mar
ch
2013
July
2013 2013
Jan
uar
y
2014 2014 2014 2014 2015 2015 2015
Jan
uar
y
2016
Sep
tem
ber
2016
No
vem
ber
20162009
Dec
emb
er
Sep
tem
ber
2009
No
vem
ber
2009
Au
gu
st
2017
Feb
ruar
y
2018
Mar
ch
2018
May
2018
Jun
e
Ricoh PPC900 launched - the
first dry electrostatic-
transfer plain-paper copier.
Coins acronym
OA for “office automation.”
Corporate name
changed to
Ricoh Company,
Ltd.
Ricoh introduces
the Ricom 8, the
first office
computer.
Introduces the
Ricopy FT4060,
the first A3 plain
paper copier.
Rifax 1300HS
awarded the
Nikkei Product
Excellance Prize.
Signs a Worldwide
Sponsorship
contract in the
facsimile machine
category for the
1992 Barcelona
Olympic Games.
Implements the
Ricoh General
Principles on the
Environment to
define the
Group’s
conservation
policy.
Ricoh Group
receives Gold
Medal from
World
Environment
Center.
Ricoh and
Heidelberg
announces a
global strategic
cooperation.
Ricoh is selected
as one of the
‘World’s Most
Ethical
Companies’ by
Ethisphere
Institute of the
USA for the 5th
year in a row.
Ricoh UK Products
Ltd. (RPL) receives
the Highly
Recommended
prize from
European Better
Environment
Awards for industry
for its chlorofluoro
carbon-free
recycling system.
Ricoh awarded the
first place in the
second annual
Environmental
Management Survey
by Nihon Keizai
Shimbun, Japan’s top
business daily (for
three consecutive
years till 2000).
Establishes Ricoh
UK Products Ltd.,
a manufacturing
subsidiary.
Riken Kankoshi Co.,
Ltd. established to
make and market sensitized paper,
with Kiyoshi Ichimura appointed
executive managing
director.
Ohmori Plant opens in
Ota-ku, Tokyo, through
the merger of affiliate
companies Asahi
Seimitsu Kogyo Co., Ltd.
and Aiko Trading Co.,
Ltd. Camera
manufacturing resumed.
Ricohflex III
launched -
Making cameras
an affordable
item for
consumers.
Establishes Japan’s
first mass production
system for cameras.
Awarded Ohkochi
Memorial Production
Prize for techniques
to mass produce
cameras.
Ricoh becomes
the first recipient
of the Deming
Prize in the office
automation
industry.
The Rifax 600S,
the first high-speed
facsimile machine for
offices, transmits
between Tokyo and
New York via satellite.
Ohmori Plant
and General
Research
Laboratory
completed.
Ricopy 101
launched -
Efficiency
improvement
for the office.
Introduces the
Ricopy DT1200, a
wet process-based plain paper copier
that becomes the world’s top-
selling copier.
Ricoh launches
production of
CD-RW discs.
Ricoh Global
Services
established to
support Ricoh’s
Global Major
Account
customers.
Ricoh acquires
the US-based
IKON Office
Solutions, Inc., a
major office
equipment
distributor.
‘Infoprint
Company’, a joint
venture between
Ricoh and IBM,
begins operation
in Boulder,
Colorado, USA.
Unveils new
global brand
message:
‘imagine.
change.’
Fukui Plant,
Japan, founded
for production of
sensitised paper.
Ricoh establishes
the ‘Environmental
Administration Office’
to monitor the
environmental impact
of the Ricoh Group’s
manufacturing
processes and
products.
Ricoh UK Products
Ltd. is the first
recipient of the
Queen’s Award for
Environmental
Achievement.
Ricoh acquires
Gestetner
Holdings PLC of
the United
Kingdom
(renamed NRG
Group PLC in
2001).
Ricoh acquires
Lanier
Worldwide, Inc.,
an OA
equipment
marketing
company in the
U.S. business.
Ricoh acquires
Hitachi Printing
Solutions, Ltd.
(renamed Ricoh
Printing Systems,
Ltd.) in a first step
toward entering
the production
printing business.
Given the
highest (AAA) evaluation in
environmental ranking
organized by
Tohmatsu Evaluation and
Certification Organization
(also in 2006).
Ricoh enters the
colour Print-on-
Demand market
and introduces a
colour
production
printer, the Ricoh
Pro C900.
Ricoh makes the
‘Global 100 Most
Sustainable
Corporations in the
World’ list by
Corporate Knights,
Inc. of Canada for the
10th year in a row.
Establishes the
Ricoh
Environmental
Technologies
Development
Center in Japan
to promote
environmental
businesses.
Ricoh Asia Pacific
wins the
President’s
Award for the
Environment
2016.
Strategic
investment in
Avanti Computer
Systems Limited,
a leader in Print
MIS for
Commercial
Printers and
In-plants.
Establishes
PENTAX Ricoh
Imaging
Company, Ltd.
(renamed RICOH
IMAGING
COMPANY, LTD.,
in 2013).
Ricoh joins the
United Nations
Global Compact.
2012
Releases the
RICOH Pro
L4160 / 4130
Releases the RICOH
Pro VC60000,
continuous feed
inkjet platform
for graphics
communications
market.
Releases the
RICOH Pro
C7100 Series
Releases the
RICOH Pro
C9100 Series
Ricoh launches
the imagio series
of digital
intelligent
systems.
Ricoh ranked
first in the world
for corporate
responsibility by
Oekom Research
AG of Germany.
Ricoh produces
the world’s
first* biomass
toner, to be
used in the
imagio
MP 6001GP in
Japan.
*As a manufacturer’s genuine supply item.
Ricoh releases
the GXR, the
world’s first
inter-
changeable unit
camera.
Releases the
RICOH THETA, the world’s first
camera capable of
taking fully
spherical pictures.
Establishes
Ricoh
Manufacturing
(Thailand), Ltd.
Ricoh makes a
strategic investment
in PTI Marketing
Technologies, a
leading provider of
web-to-print and
marketing
personalisation
solutions.
Launches its
first 3D printer,
the RICOH AM
S5500P.
Ricoh acquires
AnaJet, the
leader in direct
to garment
(DTG) printing.
Newly establishes
Customer
Experience Center
(CEC) in Asia and
Japan, in addition
to Europe and USA.
Releases the
RICOH Pro C7200
series, Ri 3000 and
Ri 6000
Releases the
RICOH Ri 100
Releases the
RICOH Pro
C9200 series
Releases the
RICOH Pro T7210
Printed by RICOH Pro L4160
2003
Given the highest (AAA) evaluation in environmental ranking organised by Tohmatsu Evaluation and Certification Organization (and again in 2006).
Ricoh DNA Ricoh DNA
1970
Nashua (New Zealand) Limited is incorporated. Becomes Ricoh New Zealand Limited in 1999.
2008
Ricoh New Zealand becomes the country’s first document solutions company to achieve carboNZeroCert TM certification.
2015
Ricoh Pro C9100 Series launched.
CO
MP
AN
Y H
IST
OR
Y
Feb
ruar
y 6
1936 1950
Ap
ril
1953 1955
Jan
uar
y
1957
May
1962
Ap
ril
1963
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Ricoh PPC900 launched - the
first dry electrostatic-
transfer plain-paper copier.
Coins acronym
OA for “office automation.”
Corporate name
changed to
Ricoh Company,
Ltd.
Ricoh introduces
the Ricom 8, the
first office
computer.
Introduces the
Ricopy FT4060,
the first A3 plain
paper copier.
Rifax 1300HS
awarded the
Nikkei Product
Excellance Prize.
Signs a Worldwide
Sponsorship
contract in the
facsimile machine
category for the
1992 Barcelona
Olympic Games.
Implements the
Ricoh General
Principles on the
Environment to
define the
Group’s
conservation
policy.
Ricoh Group
receives Gold
Medal from
World
Environment
Center.
Ricoh and
Heidelberg
announces a
global strategic
cooperation.
Ricoh is selected
as one of the
‘World’s Most
Ethical
Companies’ by
Ethisphere
Institute of the
USA for the 5th
year in a row.
Ricoh UK Products
Ltd. (RPL) receives
the Highly
Recommended
prize from
European Better
Environment
Awards for industry
for its chlorofluoro
carbon-free
recycling system.
Ricoh awarded the
first place in the
second annual
Environmental
Management Survey
by Nihon Keizai
Shimbun, Japan’s top
business daily (for
three consecutive
years till 2000).
Establishes Ricoh
UK Products Ltd.,
a manufacturing
subsidiary.
Riken Kankoshi Co.,
Ltd. established to
make and market sensitized paper,
with Kiyoshi Ichimura appointed
executive managing
director.
Ohmori Plant opens in
Ota-ku, Tokyo, through
the merger of affiliate
companies Asahi
Seimitsu Kogyo Co., Ltd.
and Aiko Trading Co.,
Ltd. Camera
manufacturing resumed.
Ricohflex III
launched -
Making cameras
an affordable
item for
consumers.
Establishes Japan’s
first mass production
system for cameras.
Awarded Ohkochi
Memorial Production
Prize for techniques
to mass produce
cameras.
Ricoh becomes
the first recipient
of the Deming
Prize in the office
automation
industry.
The Rifax 600S,
the first high-speed
facsimile machine for
offices, transmits
between Tokyo and
New York via satellite.
Ohmori Plant
and General
Research
Laboratory
completed.
Ricopy 101
launched -
Efficiency
improvement
for the office.
Introduces the
Ricopy DT1200, a
wet process-based plain paper copier
that becomes the world’s top-
selling copier.
Ricoh launches
production of
CD-RW discs.
Ricoh Global
Services
established to
support Ricoh’s
Global Major
Account
customers.
Ricoh acquires
the US-based
IKON Office
Solutions, Inc., a
major office
equipment
distributor.
‘Infoprint
Company’, a joint
venture between
Ricoh and IBM,
begins operation
in Boulder,
Colorado, USA.
Unveils new
global brand
message:
‘imagine.
change.’
Fukui Plant,
Japan, founded
for production of
sensitised paper.
Ricoh establishes
the ‘Environmental
Administration Office’
to monitor the
environmental impact
of the Ricoh Group’s
manufacturing
processes and
products.
Ricoh UK Products
Ltd. is the first
recipient of the
Queen’s Award for
Environmental
Achievement.
Ricoh acquires
Gestetner
Holdings PLC of
the United
Kingdom
(renamed NRG
Group PLC in
2001).
Ricoh acquires
Lanier
Worldwide, Inc.,
an OA
equipment
marketing
company in the
U.S. business.
Ricoh acquires
Hitachi Printing
Solutions, Ltd.
(renamed Ricoh
Printing Systems,
Ltd.) in a first step
toward entering
the production
printing business.
Given the
highest (AAA) evaluation in
environmental ranking
organized by
Tohmatsu Evaluation and
Certification Organization
(also in 2006).
Ricoh enters the
colour Print-on-
Demand market
and introduces a
colour
production
printer, the Ricoh
Pro C900.
Ricoh makes the
‘Global 100 Most
Sustainable
Corporations in the
World’ list by
Corporate Knights,
Inc. of Canada for the
10th year in a row.
Establishes the
Ricoh
Environmental
Technologies
Development
Center in Japan
to promote
environmental
businesses.
Ricoh Asia Pacific
wins the
President’s
Award for the
Environment
2016.
Strategic
investment in
Avanti Computer
Systems Limited,
a leader in Print
MIS for
Commercial
Printers and
In-plants.
Establishes
PENTAX Ricoh
Imaging
Company, Ltd.
(renamed RICOH
IMAGING
COMPANY, LTD.,
in 2013).
Ricoh joins the
United Nations
Global Compact.
2012
Releases the
RICOH Pro
L4160 / 4130
Releases the RICOH
Pro VC60000,
continuous feed
inkjet platform
for graphics
communications
market.
Releases the
RICOH Pro
C7100 Series
Releases the
RICOH Pro
C9100 Series
Ricoh launches
the imagio series
of digital
intelligent
systems.
Ricoh ranked
first in the world
for corporate
responsibility by
Oekom Research
AG of Germany.
Ricoh produces
the world’s
first* biomass
toner, to be
used in the
imagio
MP 6001GP in
Japan.
*As a manufacturer’s genuine supply item.
Ricoh releases
the GXR, the
world’s first
inter-
changeable unit
camera.
Releases the
RICOH THETA, the world’s first
camera capable of
taking fully
spherical pictures.
Establishes
Ricoh
Manufacturing
(Thailand), Ltd.
Ricoh makes a
strategic investment
in PTI Marketing
Technologies, a
leading provider of
web-to-print and
marketing
personalisation
solutions.
Launches its
first 3D printer,
the RICOH AM
S5500P.
Ricoh acquires
AnaJet, the
leader in direct
to garment
(DTG) printing.
Newly establishes
Customer
Experience Center
(CEC) in Asia and
Japan, in addition
to Europe and USA.
Releases the
RICOH Pro C7200
series, Ri 3000 and
Ri 6000
Releases the
RICOH Ri 100
Releases the
RICOH Pro
C9200 series
Releases the
RICOH Pro T7210
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