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In 2025, Ricoh continued its transition from a traditional office-equipment manufacturer into a services- and solutions-led company, while still maintaining its position in print. Ricoh exited 2025 as a stable, profitable, and increasingly services-oriented vendor, while maintaining and growing its presence in office and production print.
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by Kathleen Wirth · Published December 16, 2025
If a recession hits and companies curtail printing, the “enemies of print” – Microsoft, Google, and SaaS vendors – seize the moment to push scan-to-cloud, e-signature, and workflow automation. Printing then becomes an option, not a requirement.
Market-research firm Quocirca has released its 2025 Sustainability Leaders 2025 report, with Ricoh and others named leaders, and HP Inc.......
Commercial & Production Printing / Featured Posts / News / Ricoh
by Kathleen Wirth · Published November 25, 2025
Company notes that while A4 office print market volume is declining at 1.9 percent annually, digital color production printing will grow at an average annual rate of 12 percent through 2030.
Our own take is that the Supreme Court, which is currently considering the legality of the tariffs, has made multiple skeptical comments about the tariffs, and they are likely to be overturned. That in turn could lead to many lawsuits like Ricoh’s..
On November 7th, Ricoh Company of Japan reported financial results for its second quarter and first half…
Ricoh Company of Japan announced today that it’s partnering with audio-visual technology provider Neat to collaborate on advanced audiovisual solutions......
Featured Posts / News / Ricoh
by Kathleen Wirth · Published November 4, 2025 · Last modified November 5, 2025
Sale comes as Ricoh of Japan has said for the last several years that it will focus on becoming a digital services provider, including providing IT services.
DocuWare, a provider of document management and workflow automation solutions and a Ricoh company, today announced the opening of DocuWare......
Ricoh Intelligent Automation is an AI SaaS platform built on Ricoh AI technology to reinforce one of the company’s main growing business areas, Process Automation.
Canon / Featured Posts / Konica Minolta / Ricoh / Xerox
by Kathleen Wirth · Published October 24, 2025
Because production print is becoming more important in the office document-imaging industry, this post examines its current status and key industry players.
Ricoh Company of Japan announced today that OKI Electric Industry of Japan has become a partner in Ricoh’s subsidiary, called......
However, data security and privacy remain the top challenge for implementation of intelligent document processing implementation.
One of the biggest trends in the document-imaging industry is of course office digital workflows, or digital transformation (DX)…
Company says new technologies will help it develop new workplace solutions and expand as a digital services company.
The formation of the new company aims to further advance Japan’s manufacturing and to produce innovative new products.
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