() or Ricoh, is a Japanese company that was established on 6 February 1936 as Riken Kankoshi Co., Ltd.

Ricoh produces electronic products, primarily cameras and office equipment such as printers, photocopiers and fax machines. In the late 1990s through early 2000s, the company grew to become the largest copier manufacturer in the world. During this time, Ricoh acquired Savin, Gestetner, Lanier, Rex-Rotary, Monroe, and Nashuatec. Although the Monroe brand was discontinued, products continue to be marketed worldwide under the rest of these brand names. In 2006, Ricoh acquired the European operations of Danka for $210 million. These operations continue as a stand alone business unit, under the Infotec brand.

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

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

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

In 2005 Ricoh invested over £10 million to sponsor the stadium/entertainment complex where Coventry City Football Club play. Accordingly now titled the Ricoh Arena, the stadium bears various reminders of the company's generosity, ranging from 100 ft signs on the roof to centimetre-long logos on match day programmes. There are also Ricoh offices located within the building and a fully functioning showroom.

On January 25, 2007, Ricoh announced purchase of IBM Printing Systems Division for $725 million and investment in 3-year joint venture to form new Ricoh subsidiary, InfoPrint Solutions Company, with 51% share.

RICOH HQ Building (Jan,2007)

Integration with NRG

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

The integration of the European HQ is the first step in integrating each country organisation in Europe. A single country organisation was created in Austria on July 1st 2007, the UK integration is currently in process and the integration has also begun in Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands and Spain.

List of Ricoh products

Caplio R6

Caplio GX100

• Digital cameras
  • Caplio
    • Ricoh Caplio G3 (3.24 megapixel)
    • Ricoh Caplio Pro G3 GPS Camera, Network ready (3.24 megapixel)
    • Ricoh Caplio RX (3 megapixel)
    • Ricoh Caplio R1 (4 megapixel)
    • Ricoh Caplio R1v (5 megapixel)
    • Ricoh Caplio R2 (5 megapixel, larger screen, no viewfinder)
    • Ricoh Caplio R3 (5 megapixel, 28?200 equivalent zoom)
    • Ricoh Caplio R4 (6 megapixel, 28?200 equivalent zoom)
    • Ricoh Caplio R5 (7 megapixel, 28?200 equivalent zoom)
    • Ricoh Caplio R6 (7 megapixel, 28?200 equivalent zoom, larger screen, super slim)
    • Ricoh Caplio R7 (8 megapixel, 28?200 equivalent zoom)
    • Ricoh Caplio R8 (10 megapixel, 28?200 equivalent zoom)
    • Ricoh Caplio GX (5.1 megapixel, also available as Rollei prego 5100)
    • Ricoh Caplio GX8 (8 megapixel) 28-85mm equivalent zoom with 22 mm optional adaptor
    • Ricoh Caplio GX100 (10 megapixel) 24-72mm equivalent wide zoom with 19 mm optional adaptor http://www.ricoh.com/r_dc/caplio/gx100/index.html
    • Ricoh Caplio 400G Wide (3.2 megapixel)
    • Ricoh Caplio 500SE (8 megapixel, 28-85mm equivalent zoom with 22 mm optional adaptor, GPS-ready)
  • GR Digital
    • Ricoh GR Digital (8 megapixel) 28mm equivalent prime lens with 21 mm optional adaptor
    • Ricoh GR Digital II (10 megapixel) 28mm equivalent prime lens with 21 mm optional adaptor
• GPS and Camera All-in-one
• Film cameras
  • Ricoh Mirai (similar to Olympus AZ-4 zoom)
  • Ricoh KR-30SP
  • Ricoh GR series (GR1, GR1s and GR1V)
  • Ricoh XR-P
  • Ricoh XR-X
• Multifunction Products/Printers
  • Ricoh Aficio

See also

Ricoh Arena, Coventry, England

• List of digital camera brands
• Ricoh Arena, a football stadium complete with a concert hall and conference facilities, opened in Coventry, England in 2005, bearing the company's name due to a naming rights agreement
• Ricoh Coliseum, a 9,500 seat indoor arena in Toronto, Canada also bearing the company's name via another naming rights agreement in 2003.
• Ricoh Black Rams, a Japanese rugby union team owned by Ricoh.
• In 2007, Ricoh acquired title sponsorship of the Women's British Open, one of four major championships recognized by the world's dominant women's golf tour, the U.S. LPGA Tour.

External links

• Ricoh Global
• Ricoh major shareholders
• Ricoh Russia
• Ricoh Europe
• Ricoh Latin America
• Ricoh USA
• Ricoh Thailand
• Ricoh Innovations
• Yahoo! ? Ricoh Company, Ltd. Company Profile
• Ricoh Digital Cameras Community Forum

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