Ninestar Releases Details on First-Half Financial Results
Revenue for Ninestar’s consumables’ business unit grew 22 percent year-over-year.
Category: Imaging Supplies
New Tariffs Now in Effect
“Adjusting supply chains and other necessary changes could cost the company (Kyocera) tens of millions of dollars.”
This Week in Imaging: New HP CEO Lores Must Tackle Supplies-Revenue Problem
Lores decried the third-parties who continue to profit from HP’s installed printer base “without having to have a significant investment … necessary to create a hardware installed base.”
Ninestar Discusses Konica Minolta Partnership, Reports Half-Year Results
Since 2016, Ninestar and Konica Minolta have had a “close collaboration on A3 copiers, A4 printers, 3D printers, as well as integrated circuit products.”
HP Execs Discuss Lower Supplies Revenue, A3 Market Share, More
HP aims to “build the right distribution and partners to penetrate the contractual office” and “evolve our business model into more services and solutions.”
This Week in Imaging: Cartridge Supply-Wars Heat Up
This week in the office-imaging industry was noteworthy for another aftermarket cartridge remanufacturer, LMI Solutions, reporting financial difficulties, following on......
Earnings Up for HP’s Third Quarter, But Printer Revenue Down
HP noted continued revenue growth in contractual businesses, including Instant Ink and MPS.
Ninestar’s Static Control Buys Stake in Jadi Imaging
According to Jadi, Ninestar’s annual toner consumption is approximately 8,000 metric tons, while Jadi’s total toner-manufacturing is 6,000 metric tons per year.
Brother Petitions U.S. Int’l Trade Commission to Ban Copycat Toner Cartridges
While we’re used to seeing Canon Inc. go after unauthorized, third-party toner-cartridges, this week, Brother Industries petitioned the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) to ban various China-made toner cartridges imported into the United States for sale.
LMI Solutions Goes into Receivership
“We have today, and will continue in the future to have a going concern.”
Clover Refutes Report That It’s Been Sold
Clover stated that it has “substantial liquidity” and a “healthy sales pipeline.”
This Week in Imaging: Latest Financial Round-Up: Lower Sales, Profits
This was a significant week in the office-imaging industry, with multiple vendors reporting lower sales and profits, and warning of a slowing economy.
Canon Has Removed Hundreds of Third-Party Toner Supplies from Amazon
The firm also reported on new Amazon toner take-downs.
Clover Launches Amazon Content Platform to Protect Resellers
Clover says it’s seen an increase in the number of fraudulent “bait and switch” listings claiming to sell Clover remanufactured product, but in fact selling new-build compatibles.
This Week in Imaging: Toner Wars, Clover, Canon, More
The aftermarket printer-supplies wars continued this week, with the Daily Monitor reporting that Ughandan government authorities confiscated five tons of...
Canon Obtains Two New Amazon Toner-Cartridge Take-Downs
Canon Inc. today announced that it had filed infringement reports for two brands of unauthorized toner cartridges being sold on......
