Almost Half of Supply-Chain Leaders Say Companies Will Pass Tariff Costs on to Customers
According to a recent survey by market-research firm Gartner, Inc., 45 percent of supply-chain leaders anticipate passing costs to their......
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This Week in Imaging: Update on Trade War and Impact on Printer/Copier Industry
This week finds us at an impasse in the U.S.-China trade war. The U.S. asserts that it’s “actively” negotiating tariffs with China…
This Week in Imaging: U.S. Slams World – and Document-Imaging Industry – with New Tariffs
For companies that say they’ve balanced the locations of their manufacturing sites to minimize tariffs, these new tariffs make it impossible to do so, particularly since most Southeast Asian countries were hit with the new tariffs.
Majority of CFOs Plan to Pass on U.S. Tariff Costs to Customers
Many companies in the document-imaging industry will raise prices to absorb the costs of tariffs, while others have diversified their supply chain so that they won’t be subject to the tariffs.
This Week in Imaging: How Printer/Copier Companies Aim to Meet U.S. Tariff Challenges
Raise prices or absorb U.S. tariff costs – two printer/copier companies give us a look at how they’re dealing with tariffs.
This Week in Imaging: Update on Potential Tariffs and Impacts
This week, the big news was tariffs – with the U.S. imposing 25 percent tariffs on Canada and Mexico on...
This Week in Imaging: New Tariffs Up to 60 Percent May Be On the Way for Printers and Copier/MFPs
For the printer/copier industry that’s just managed to shake off lingering high inflation rates that drove up costs for parts, supplies, and shipping, new tariffs could significantly drive up costs.
This Week in Imaging: Are Higher U.S. Tariffs on Chinese Goods in the Works?
Some companies anticipating that if former U.S. President Trump is elected this fall, he may make good on promise to further increase tariffs on goods from China…
U.S. and China Sign Phase 1 Trade Deal
In response to the U.S.-China trade war, various printer/copier companies have shifted some production of their hardware to other Southeast Asia countries in order to avoid the tariffs.
U.S. and China Agree to ‘Phase One’ Easing of Trade Tariffs
Several printer/MFP companies have responded to U.S. tariffs by saying they will shift production to other countries, such as Thailand, to avoid the tariffs.
This Week in Imaging: New Hardware Reflects OEM Diversification
In this week’s news, new product introductions continue to reflect OEM diversification from office printer and imaging. As we’ve noted......
This Week in Imaging: Two Surprises this Week
This week, we saw two surprising new developments involving Clover and Xerox.
Kyocera Warns Dealers Tariffs May Result in Price Increases
A new U.S. 15-percent tariff went into effect earlier this month, with the new tariff imposed not just on Kyocera copier/MFPs and printers made in China, but on other vendors’ equipment made in China.
This Week in Imaging: Memjet Makes Headlines
This week’s news-maker was San Diego-based Memjet, which made a key new introduction in its evolution of single-pass inkjet printing.......
Canon Considers Transferring Production out of China
Canon currently has four plants in China, as well as plants in more than 20 other countries.
New Tariffs Now in Effect
“Adjusting supply chains and other necessary changes could cost the company (Kyocera) tens of millions of dollars.”
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