This Week in Imaging: Pent-Up Demand for Printing after COVID-19?
There’s likely to be a lot of pent-up demand after consumers get a trusted “all clear” indication that it’s safe......
3D Printing / Canon / Epson / Konica Minolta / Ricoh / Xerox
by Kathleen Wirth · Published April 24, 2020 · Last modified April 29, 2020
There’s likely to be a lot of pent-up demand after consumers get a trusted “all clear” indication that it’s safe......
3D Printing / Canon / Featured Posts / HP / Imaging Supplies / Konica Minolta / News / Xerox
by Kathleen Wirth · Published April 22, 2020 · Last modified May 7, 2020
We’ve been extensively covering the COVID-19 pandemic crisis, beginning with the delaying of printer/copier factory re-openings in China, to responses from OEMs – in total, over 40 articles covering this crisis.
by Kathleen Wirth · Published April 17, 2020 · Last modified April 28, 2020
Konica Minolta’s Ambry Genetics has been approached by various organizations, including the state of California, to provide COVID-19 testing for essential frontline employees and patients.
IT Solutions & Services / Konica Minolta / Market Reports & Forecasts / News / Ricoh / Xerox
by Kathleen Wirth · Published April 15, 2020 · Last modified April 28, 2020
The forecast is based on the Economist Intelligence Unit’s projection that 2020 GDP will likely contract by more than 2 percent, with sharp declines in the first and second quarters offset by recovery in the second half of the year.
by Kathleen Wirth · Published April 10, 2020 · Last modified April 21, 2020
Konica Minolta Business Solutions U.S.A. and its IT Services Division All Covered today issued an updated on its global efforts to......
HP / Imaging Supplies / Konica Minolta
by Kathleen Wirth · Published March 25, 2020 · Last modified April 14, 2020
The firm’s Wuhan-based headquarters is the center for its toner manufacturing, with toner manufacturing and R&D scheduled to resume today.
Brother / Canon / Epson / Featured Posts / Hewlett-Packard / Imaging Supplies / Konica Minolta / Kyocera / Lexmark / News / Ninestar / OKI / Ricoh / Xerox
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......
Featured Posts / Konica Minolta / Lexmark / News / Ninestar
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......
Canon / Market Reports & Forecasts
by Kathleen Wirth · Published March 12, 2020 · Last modified March 23, 2020
Depending on how much the coronavirus affects North America and Western Europe, we may also see increased sales of home printers in these regions as occurred in China.
Canon / HP / Imaging Supplies / Kyocera / Xerox
by Kathleen Wirth · Published March 4, 2020 · Last modified March 31, 2020
“The beginning of 2020 will bring unprecedented and huge impact to the printing market. However …manufacturers and channel partners should … seize new opportunities in the market.”
3D Printing / Featured Posts / Financial News / HP / Konica Minolta / Lexmark / Xerox
by Kathleen Wirth · Published February 28, 2020 · Last modified July 21, 2025
Looking much further ahead, there’s one technology developed in great part by the printing industry that may revolutionize supply-chain diversification and security.
by Kathleen Wirth · Published February 25, 2020 · Last modified March 4, 2020
On February 21st, Konica Minolta of Tokyo, Japan, issued a notice recommending that employees at its companies in Japan work......
by Kathleen Wirth · Published February 21, 2020 · Last modified March 4, 2020
Konica Minolta Business Solutions U.S.A. today expanded its new bizhub i-Series with the launch of three new color A3 MFPs....
by Kathleen Wirth · Published February 21, 2020 · Last modified March 4, 2020
Investor Carl Icahn, who is behind Xerox’s push to acquire HP Inc., has implied that HP could be the “next”......
by Kathleen Wirth · Published February 14, 2020 · Last modified February 24, 2020
Konica Minolta of Tokyo, Japan, reported today that it had resumed its factory operations in China. Previously, because of the......
Canon / Epson / Featured Posts / Financial News / Fuji Xerox / HP / News / Ricoh / Sharp / Toshiba / Xerox
by Kathleen Wirth · Published February 7, 2020
Depending on the severity of the Coronavirus, Japanese companies, as well as HP Inc., Xerox, and Lexmark – are all now vulnerable to disruptions in their supply chains and sales in China, a key market, because of the crisis.
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