COVID-19 to Result in Sharp Decline in Global Office and Home Page Volumes
Page volumes for North America and Asia/Pacific (excluding China and Japan) are expected to decline most dramatically,
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by Kathleen Wirth · Published June 18, 2020 · Last modified May 7, 2026
Page volumes for North America and Asia/Pacific (excluding China and Japan) are expected to decline most dramatically,
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by Kathleen Wirth · Published May 29, 2020 · Last modified June 8, 2020
Lexmark’s “strategy to increase hardware placements and leverage its owner’s relationships and capacity in China offers it the potential to offset declines elsewhere.”
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by Kathleen Wirth · Published May 18, 2020 · Last modified June 2, 2020
Amid the carnage caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, not only has the pandemic caused the loss of human life, but......
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by Kathleen Wirth · Published May 1, 2020 · Last modified May 26, 2020
“This isn’t the year we planned for. This is the one we have,” Xerox CEO and EVP John Visentin said......
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by Kathleen Wirth · Published April 30, 2020 · Last modified May 7, 2026
Ninestar had also noted that its Lexmark group had achieved a steady profit increase for two consecutive quarters.
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by Kathleen Wirth · Published April 17, 2020
The shift to remote working may have a large impact on accelerating reduction of office print volumes in the long run.
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by Kathleen Wirth · Published April 14, 2020 · Last modified July 21, 2025
Ninestar Corporation of Zhuhai, China, and parent company of Lexmark International, Static Control Components, and other subsidiaries, is forecasting a......
GO Line printers and MFPs feature steel frames for added durability, high-yield toner cartridges, and Lexmark full-spectrum security.
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by Kathleen Wirth · Published April 9, 2020
With many office workers working at home, the most vulnerable office-imaging companies are those with a deep presence in office-enterprise A3 copier/MFPs.
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by Kathleen Wirth · Published April 6, 2020 · Last modified July 21, 2025
“Our toner usage and our hardware sales in China…. They’re bouncing back.”
by Kathleen Wirth · Published April 3, 2020 · Last modified July 21, 2025
The Lexmark team is producing between 100-150 shields per day, totaling 955 masks as of April 1st.
by Kathleen Wirth · Published March 30, 2020 · Last modified April 21, 2020
The bad news: The COVID-19 economic freeze could cost 47 million U.S. jobs and send the U.S. unemployment rate past......
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by Kathleen Wirth · Published March 23, 2020
As the COVID-19 coronavirus sweeps across the world, we take a look at the current status of the supply chains......
by Kathleen Wirth · Published March 20, 2020 · Last modified July 21, 2025
On March 18th, Lexmark CEO and President Allen Waugerman published a letter to customers and partners. Lexmark also published a......
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by Kathleen Wirth · Published March 20, 2020 · Last modified July 21, 2025
On March 19th, Konica Minolta of Tokyo, Japan, issued an update on the status of its factory production around the......
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by Kathleen Wirth · Published March 16, 2020 · Last modified July 21, 2025
Lexmark’s business continues to improve, and total profits increased significantly.
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