Japanese imaging and electronics company
Ricoh Company, Ltd. |
Headquarters of Ricoh |
Native name | 株式会社リコー |
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| Kabushiki gaisha Rikō |
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Type | Public KK |
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| TYO: 7752 |
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Industry | Electronics, Imaging |
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Founded | February 6, 1936; 87 years ago (1936-02-06) |
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Headquarters | Ota, Tokyo, Japan |
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Area served | Worldwide |
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Key people | Yoshinori Yamashita (President & CEO) |
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Products | Copiers (such as plain paper copiers (PPCs)), printers (multi-functional printers (MFPs), laser printers), production printing products and facsimile machines. |
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Revenue | ¥2.063 trillion (Year ended March 31, 2018) |
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| ¥2,008.5 billion (Year ended March 31, 2020) |
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Number of employees | 90,141 (on consolidated basis, as of March 31, 2020) |
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Website | www.ricoh.com |
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The Ricoh Company, Ltd. () (株式会社リコー, Kabushiki-gaisha Rikō) is a Japanese multinational imaging and electronics company. It was founded by the now-defunct commercial division of the Institute of Physical and Chemical Research (Riken) known as the Riken Concern, on 6 February 1936 as Riken Sensitized Paper (理研感光紙, Riken Kankōshi). Ricoh's headquarters are located in Ota, Tokyo.[1]
Ricoh produces electronic products, primarily cameras and office equipment such as printers, photocopiers, fax machines, offers Software as a Service (SaaS) document management applications such as DocumentMall, RicohDocs, GlobalScan, Print&Share,[2] MakeLeaps and also offers Projectors. In the late 1990s through early 2000s, the company grew to become the largest copier manufacturer in the world. During this time, Ricoh acquired Savin, Gestetner, Lanier, Rex-Rotary, Monroe, Nashuatec, IKON and most recently IBM Printing Systems Division / Infoprint Solutions Company. Although the Monroe brand was discontinued, products continue to be marketed worldwide under the remaining brand names. In 2006, Ricoh acquired the European operations of Danka for $210 million. These operations continue as a stand-alone business unit, under the Infotec brand.[3]
Operations
The Ricoh Group has sales and support, production, and research and development operations in nearly 180 countries. It has its world headquarters in Tokyo, Japan and regional headquarters in Japan, the Americas, Europe, China, and the Asia-Pacific.
Regional headquarters
- Americas Regional Headquarters
Ricoh USA, Inc., located in Exton, PA, USA, covers the United States and Canada while Ricoh Latin America, located in South Florida, covers the Latin American countries
- Europe Regional Headquarters
Ricoh International B.V., located in Amstelveen, the Netherlands and London, U.K. covers Europe, Africa and Middle East
- Asia/Pacific Regional Headquarters
Ricoh Asia Pacific Pte. Ltd., located in Singapore, covers South-East Asia, Australia, New Zealand and China
Research groups
Ricoh has 272 subsidiaries (72 national and 200 overseas) which specialize in technology- and customer-research groups around the world.[26] For example, Ricoh Innovations, a research subsidiary of Ricoh Company, operates in Silicon Valley, California, focusing on technology, cloud, mobile solutions, and customer research.[citation needed]
Products
Ricoh SD/MMC card reader controller found in a Sony Vaio FW series laptop
A partial list of products marketed to the public under the Ricoh brand includes:
- Digital cameras
- Compact
- Ricoh RDC-1 (1995, 0.41 mexapixel)
- Ricoh RDC-2 (1996, 0.41 megapixel)
- Ricoh Theta (360-degree compact - 14.5 megapixel)
- Ricoh Caplio G3 (3.24-megapixel)
- Ricoh Caplio G4 (3.24-megapixel)
- Ricoh RDC-5300 (2.30-megapixel)
- Ricoh Caplio Pro G3 GPS Camera, Network ready (3.24-megapixel)
- Ricoh Caplio RX (3-megapixel)
- Ricoh Caplio R1 (4-megapixel, also available as Rollei DR4)
- Ricoh Caplio R1v (5-megapixel, also available as Rollei DR5)
- 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 R8 (10-megapixel, 28–200 equivalent zoom)
- Ricoh R10 (10-megapixel, 28-200 equivalent zoom)
- Ricoh CX1 (9-megapixel, 28-200 equivalent zoom)
- Ricoh CX2 (9-megapixel, 28-300 equivalent zoom)
- Ricoh CX3 (10-megapixel, 28-300 equivalent zoom)
- Ricoh CX4 (10-megapixel, 28-300 equivalent zoom)
- Ricoh Caplio GX (5.1-megapixel, also available as Rollei DR5100)
- 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
- Ricoh GX200 (12-megapixel) 24-72mm equivalent wide zoom with 19mm and 135mm optional converter lenses. Replaced the GX100.
- Ricoh Caplio 400G Wide (3.2-megapixel)
- Ricoh Caplio 500SE (8-megapixel, 28-85mm equivalent zoom with 22 mm optional adaptor, GPS-ready)
- Ricoh WG-M1
- Ricoh G700
- Ricoh WG-4
- Ricoh WG-20
- Ricoh WG-30
- Ricoh WG-30W
- GR Digital
- Ricoh GR Digital (8-megapixel) 28 mm equivalent prime lens with 21 mm optional adaptor
- Ricoh GR Digital II (10-megapixel) 28 mm equivalent prime lens with 21 mm optional adaptor
- Ricoh GR Digital III (10-megapixel) 28 mm equivalent prime lens with f/1.9 aperture
- Ricoh GR Digital IV (10-megapixel) 28 mm equivalent prime lens with f/1.9 aperture
- Ricoh GR (16-megapixel) 28 mm equivalent prime lens with f/2.8 aperture
- GXR interchangeable sensor system
- GPS and camera All-in-one[27]
- Film cameras
- Ricoh KR-5 (R-K mount)
- Ricoh KR-5 Super (R-K mount)
- Ricoh KR-5 Super II (R-K mount)
- Ricoh KR-10 (R-K mount)
- Ricoh KR-10 Super (R-K mount)
- Ricoh KR-30SP (R-K mount)
- Ricoh GR film cameras (GR1, GR1s and GR1V, GR10, GR21)
- Ricoh XR-1 (Pentax K mount)
- Ricoh XR-2 (Pentax K mount)
- Ricoh XR-2s (Pentax K mount)
- Ricoh XR7 (Pentax K mount)
- Ricoh XR-500 (R-K mount)
- Ricoh XR-10M (R-K mount)
- Ricoh XR-M (R-K mount)
- Ricoh XR-P (R-K mount)
- Ricoh XR-S (R-K mount)
- Ricoh XR-X (R-K mount)
- Ricoh FF-9D
- Ricoh RZ-800
- Multifunction Products/Printers
- Ricoh Aficio (Ricoh has used Aficio as a global brand since 1996.[28])
- Ricoh Pro
- DocumentMall (SaaS document-management)
- Software as a Service (SaaS) Defined
- Secure Storage—HIPAA and Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) Compliant
- Document Management
- Industry Solutions
- Accounts Payable Solution
- Software Solutions
- Print&Share (output management and security)
- Streamline NX (Print Management and document-capture)
- GlobalScan (document-capture and distribution software)
- Projectors
- Mobile
- Desk-Edge and Short Throw
- PJ X3340
- PJ WX3340
- PJ WX3340N
- PJ X4240N
- PJ WX4240N
- PJ X3241
- Ultra-short-throw Projectors
- PJ WX4141
- PJ WX4141N
- PJ WX4141NI
- Standard Installation
- Conference Room
- Unified Communication Systems
- P1000
- P3000
- P3500
- Ricoh UCS App for tablet and smartphones
- Interactive WhiteBoard
- Ricoh InteractiveWhiteboard D5500
- Ricoh Data Center Services