Konica Minolta Reports Improved Financials, But Lowers Forecast Due to Supply, Component Constraints
Firm also reports large backlog of orders for A3 copier/MFPs due to component shortages and logistic challenges.
Featured Posts / Financial News / Konica Minolta / News
by Kathleen Wirth · Published November 2, 2021
Firm also reports large backlog of orders for A3 copier/MFPs due to component shortages and logistic challenges.
Demand for Kyocera printers and MFPs recovered after having been significantly affected by the COVID-19 pandemic during the previous first half.
Featured Posts / News / Xerox
by Kathleen Wirth · Published October 27, 2021 · Last modified January 6, 2025
Raw material and component shortages limited the availability of certain Xerox products and supplies, particularly its A3 copier/MFPs.
Canon noted that although demand for office copier/MFPs continued to recover, there was only a moderate recovery due to the shortage of semiconductor chips.
Company says revenue flat, despite a deterioration in global supply-chain conditions and delays in employees returning to the office.
3D Printing / Featured Posts / Financial News / HP / Imaging Supplies / Inkjet / News
by Kathleen Wirth · Published October 21, 2021
Company also planning to expand subscription service to small and mid-size businesses, and to toner and paper.
HP Presence expands HP’s reach into meeting-spaces, workplace collaboration, and enhanced virtual meeting experiences.
New refillable business inkjets also include enough ink for up to two years of printing.
Two printer companies are taking print technologies into domains outside of print, including the Internet of Things, 3D printing, and microfluidics.
New models also feature more advanced imageRUNNER ADVANCE DX office-copier capabilities.
Featured Posts / Fujifilm Business Innovation / HP / Konica Minolta / Ricoh / Xerox
by Kathleen Wirth · Published October 8, 2021
The disclosure last week that Fujifilm Business Innovation would be entering former Xerox sales territories – certain European countries, the......
Featured Posts / HP / Managed Print & Document Services / News
by Kathleen Wirth · Published October 7, 2021
“With this combined offering, CIOs and IT managers can easily procure, deploy, and manage PCs and printers, plus ink or toner, no matter where the workforce is located.”
For large U.S. “megadealers” office-imaging hardware becoming just one part of their portfolios.
On September 27th, Konica Minolta of Tokyo, Japan, published its Integrated Report 2021, which lays out the company’s strategy for......
Featured Posts / Fujifilm / News / Xerox
by Kathleen Wirth · Published September 27, 2021 · Last modified September 28, 2021
When Fujifilm and Xerox announced they were ending their Technology Agreement, it meant a number of changes for both companies. Now it also appears Fujifilm will be selling document-imaging equipment in Xerox sales’ territories.
Featured Posts / HP / Imaging Supplies / Managed Print & Document Services
by Kathleen Wirth · Published September 24, 2021
HP’s new Managed Print Flex expands HP’s portfolio of subscription-based supplies-delivery programs, which include HP Managed Print Services and HP Instant Ink.
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