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![]() The Ricoh Building in Tokyo, the headquarters of Ricoh
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Traded as | : OTCQB: : |
Industry | Electronics |
Founded | Tokyo, February 6, 1936 |
Headquarters | Chūō, Tokyo, Japan |
Area served
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Worldwide |
Key people
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Shiro Kondo (Chairman) Zenji Miura (President & CEO) 19 Sep 2011 |
Products | Copiers (such as plain paper copiers (PPCs)), printers (multi-functional printers (MFPs), laser printers and GELJET printers), production printing products and facsimile machines. |
Revenue | ¥2.231 trillion (2015) |
¥68.562 billion (2015) | |
Number of employees
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109,361 (March 31, 2016) |
Website | www.ricoh.com |
The Ricoh Company, Ltd. (株式会社リコー Kabushiki-gaisha Rikō?) is a Japanese multinational imaging and electronics company. It was founded by the RIKEN zaibatsu on 6 February 1936 as Riken Sensitized Paper (理研感光紙 Riken Kankōshi?). Ricoh's headquarters are located in Ricoh Building in Chūō, Tokyo. 20 September 2013
Ricoh produces electronic products, primarily cameras and office equipment such as printers, , fax machines, offers Software as a Service (SaaS) document management solutions such as DocumentMall, RicohDocs, document solutions such as GlobalScan, Print&Share and also offers Projectors. In the late 1990s through early 2000s, the company grew to become the largest copier manufacturer in the world. During this time, Ricoh acquired , Gestetner, Lanier, Rex-Rotary, Monroe, Nashuatec, IKON and most recently IBM Printing Systems Division / Infoprint Solutions Company. Although the Monroe brand was discontinued, products continue to be marketed worldwide under the remaining brand names. In 2006, Ricoh acquired the European operations of Danka for $210 million. These operations continue as a stand-alone business unit, under the Infotec brand.