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 Ricoh Company, Ltd. (株式会社リコー Kabushiki-gaisha Rikō) (TYO: 7752) or Ricoh, is a Japanese company that was established on February 6, 1936 as Riken Sensitized Paper (理研感光紙 Riken Kankōshi), a company in the RIKEN zaibatsu. It is headquartered in the Ricoh Building in Chūō, Tokyo.[1] Ricoh produces electronic products, primarily cameras and office equipment such as printers, photocopiers, fax machines, and offers Software as a Service (SaaS) document management solutions such as DocumentMall. In the late 1990s through early 2000s, the company grew to become the largest copier manufacturer in the world. During this time, Ricoh acquired Savin, Gestetner, Lanier, Rex-Rotary, Monroe, 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.
[edit] HistoryBefore relocating to Chūō Ricoh was headquartered in Minato, Tokyo.[2] In 2006 Ricoh's headquarters moved to the Ricoh Building, a 25-story building in the Ginza area in Chūō; there the headquarters occupies the same space as its sales offices.[3] Throughout the late 1980s and early 1990s, Ricoh was the primary manufacturer of Pitney-Bowes copiers. They have also manufactured copiers for Toshiba, fax machines for AT&T and Omnifax, as well as a wide variety of equipment for numerous other companies including duplicators for AB Dick. In 2003 Ricoh bought naming rights to the CNE Coliseum (now known as Ricoh Coliseum) in Toronto. In 2004 Ricoh acquired Hitachi Printing Solutions, Ltd creating a new company, Ricoh Printing Systems, Ltd. In 2005 Ricoh bought the naming rights to the stadium/entertainment complex that is home to Coventry City Football Club now called the Ricoh Arena. 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. On August 27, 2008, Ricoh announced its intentions of acquiring IKON Office Solutions for $1.6 billion and on November 1, 2008, Ricoh completed the acquisition.[4][5] [edit] Integration with NRGIn 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 1, with the former NRG HQ in London becoming the Strategic HQ and the former REBV HQ in Amstelveen becoming the operational HQ. This mirrors a similar process which took place in the US with Lanier and Ricoh USA 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 1 2007, the UK integration is currently in process and the integration has also begun in Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands and Spain. [edit] List of Ricoh products  The following is a partial list of products marketed to the public under the Ricoh brand.
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