is a Japanese multinational imaging and

electronics Electronics is a scientific and engineering discipline that studies and applies the principles of physics to design, create, and operate devices that manipulate electrons and other Electric charge, electrically charged particles. It is a subfield ...

company A company, abbreviated as co., is a Legal personality, legal entity representing an association of legal people, whether Natural person, natural, Juridical person, juridical or a mixture of both, with a specific objective. Company members ...

. It was founded by the now-defunct commercial division of the

Institute of Physical and Chemical Research is a national scientific research institute in Japan. Founded in 1917, it now has about 3,000 scientists on seven campuses across Japan, including the main site at Wakō, Saitama Prefecture, on the outskirts of Tokyo. Riken is a Designated Nat ...

(Riken) known as the ''Riken Concern'', on 6 February 1936 as . Ricoh's headquarters are located in

Ōta, Tokyo is a Special wards of Tokyo, special ward in the Tokyo, Tokyo Metropolis in Japan. The ward refers to itself in English as Ōta City. It was formed in 1947 as a merger of Ōmori, Ōta, Tokyo, Ōmori and Kamata, Ōta, Tokyo, Kamata following Tokyo C ...

. Ricoh produces electronic products, primarily cameras and office equipment such as

printers Printer may refer to: Technology * Printer (publishing), a person * Printer (computing), a hardware device * Optical printer for motion picture films People * Nariman Printer (fl. c. 1940), Indian journalist and activist * James Printer (1 ...

photocopier A photocopier (also called copier or copy machine, and formerly Xerox machine, the generic trademark) is a machine that makes copies of documents and other visual images onto paper or plastic film quickly and cheaply. Most modern photocopiers ...

fax Fax (short for facsimile), sometimes called telecopying or telefax (short for telefacsimile), is the telephonic transmission of scanned printed material (both text and images), normally to a telephone number connected to a printer or other out ...

machines, offers

Software as a Service Software as a service (SaaS ) is a cloud computing service model where the provider offers use of application software to a client and manages all needed physical and software resources. SaaS is usually accessed via a web application. Unlike o ...

(SaaS) document management applications such as DocumentMall, RicohDocs, GlobalScan, Print&Share, MakeLeaps 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 Savin,

Gestetner The Gestetner is a type of duplicating machine named after its inventor, David Gestetner (1854–1939). During the 20th century, the term ''Gestetner'' was used as a verb—as in ''Gestetnering''. The Gestetner company established its base in Lo ...

, Lanier, Rex-Rotary,

Monroe Monroe or Monroes may refer to: People and fictional characters * Monroe (surname) * Monroe (given name) * James Monroe, 5th President of the United States * Marilyn Monroe, actress and model Places United States * Monroe, Arkansas, an unincorp ...

, Nashuatec,

IKON iKon (; stylized as iKON) is a South Korean boy band formed in 2015 by YG Entertainment. The lineup consists of six members: Jay, Song, Bobby, DK, Ju-ne, and Chan. Originally a seven-piece band, B.I departed from the group in June 2019. ...

and most recently

IBM International Business Machines Corporation (using the trademark IBM), nicknamed Big Blue, is an American Multinational corporation, multinational technology company headquartered in Armonk, New York, and present in over 175 countries. It is ...

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.

History

* 1936: The company was founded. Before relocating to Chūō, Ricoh was first in

Minato, Tokyo is a Special wards of Tokyo, special ward of Tokyo, Japan. It is also called Minato City in English. Minato was formed in 1947 as a merger of Akasaka, Tokyo, Akasaka, Azabu and Shiba, Tokyo, Shiba wards following Tokyo City's Local Autonomy Ac ...

. In 2006 Ricoh's headquarters moved to the 25-story Ricoh Building in the

Ginza Ginza ( ; ) is a district of Chūō, Tokyo, Chūō, Tokyo, located south of Yaesu and Kyōbashi, Tokyo, Kyōbashi, west of Tsukiji, east of Yūrakuchō and Uchisaiwaichō, and north of Shinbashi. It is a popular upscale shopping area of Tokyo ...

area in Chūō. *1955: Ricoh made their first diazo copier. Ricopy 101 was a diazo wet copier for desktop blueprint duplication. The model received certification of Mechanical Engineering Heritage #54 by the Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers (JSME) in 2012. * 1960s and 1970s: Ricoh made wrist watches for both the Japanese domestic market and international markets, briefly entering into a partnership with

Hamilton Watch Company The Hamilton Watch Company is a Switzerland, Swiss manufacturer of wristwatches based in Biel/Bienne, Bienne, Switzerland. Founded in 1892 as an American firm, the Hamilton Watch Company ended American manufacture in 1969, shifting manufacturing ...

, for the creation of the Ricoh Hamilton Electric watch. * 1980s and 1990s: Ricoh was the primary manufacturer of

Pitney-Bowes Pitney Bowes Inc. is an American technology company most known for its postage meters and other mailing equipment, services, and other technologies. The company was founded by Arthur Pitney, who invented the first commercially available postage m ...

copiers. They have also manufactured copiers for

Toshiba is a Japanese multinational electronics company headquartered in Minato, Tokyo. Its diversified products and services include power, industrial and social infrastructure systems, elevators and escalators, electronic components, semiconductors ...

, fax machines for

AT&T Corporation AT&T Corporation, an abbreviation for its former name, the American Telephone and Telegraph Company, was an American telecommunications company that provided voice, video, data, and Internet telecommunications and professional services to busi ...

and Omnifax, as well as a wide variety of equipment for numerous other companies including duplicators for AB Dick. Ricoh manufactured several electronic components for video game consoles - the

Ricoh 2A03 The Ricoh 2A03 or RP2A03 ( NTSC version) / Ricoh 2A07 or RP2A07 ( PAL version) is an 8-bit microprocessor manufactured by Ricoh for the Nintendo Entertainment System video game console. It was also used as a sound chip and secondary CPU by Nin ...

8-bit

CPU A central processing unit (CPU), also called a central processor, main processor, or just processor, is the primary processor in a given computer. Its electronic circuitry executes instructions of a computer program, such as arithmetic, log ...

with built-in PSG sound as well as the Ricoh 2C02 ( PPU) used in the

Nintendo Entertainment System The Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) is an 8-bit home video game console developed and marketed by Nintendo. It was first released in Japan on 15 July 1983 as the and was later released as the redesigned NES in several test markets in the ...

(2A07 CPU in the

PAL Phase Alternating Line (PAL) is a color encoding system for analog television. It was one of three major analogue colour television standards, the others being NTSC and SECAM. In most countries it was broadcast at 625 lines, 50 fields (25 ...

NES and the 6538 PPU in PAL

famiclone In video game parlance, a famiclone is a hardware clone of the Family Computer/Nintendo Entertainment System. They are designed to replicate the workings of, and play games designed for, the Famicom and NES. Hundreds of unauthorized clones and ...

s), and the Ricoh 5A22 16-bit CPU and the

Ricoh 5C77 is a Japanese multinational imaging and electronics company. It was founded by the now-defunct commercial division of the Institute of Physical and Chemical Research (Riken) known as the ''Riken Concern'', on 6 February 1936 as . Ricoh's hea ...

and Ricoh 5C78 PPUs used in the

Super Nintendo Entertainment System The Super Nintendo Entertainment System, commonly shortened to Super Nintendo, Super NES or SNES, is a Fourth generation of video game consoles, 16-bit home video game console developed by Nintendo that was released in 1990 in Japan, 1991 in No ...

. It also supplied their RF5C68 and RF5C164

PCM Pulse-code modulation (PCM) is a method used to Digital signal (signal processing), digitally represent analog signals. It is the standard form of digital audio in computers, compact discs, digital telephony and other digital audio application ...

sound chip A sound chip is an integrated circuit (chip) designed to produce audio signals through digital, analog or mixed-mode electronics. Sound chips are typically fabricated on metal–oxide–semiconductor (MOS) mixed-signal chips that process a ...

s to Fujitsu and

Sega is a Japanese video game company and subsidiary of Sega Sammy Holdings headquartered in Tokyo. It produces several List of best-selling video game franchises, multi-million-selling game franchises for arcade game, arcades and video game cons ...

for the

FM Towns The is a Japanese personal computer built by Fujitsu from 1989 to 1997. It started as a proprietary PC variant intended for multimedia applications and PC games, but later became more compatible with IBM PC compatibles. In 1993, the FM Towns ...

computer, System 18 and System 32 arcade platforms and

Sega CD The Sega CD, known as in most regions outside North America and Brazil, is a CD-ROM accessory and format for the Sega Genesis produced by Sega as part of the fourth generation of video game consoles. Originally released in November 1991, it ca ...

add-on for the

Genesis Genesis may refer to: Religion * Book of Genesis, the first book of the biblical scriptures of both Judaism and Christianity, describing the creation of the Earth and of humankind * Genesis creation narrative, the first several chapters of the Bo ...

console. * January 2001: Ricoh acquired Lanier Worldwide. * 2003: Ricoh bought

naming rights Naming rights are a financial transaction and form of advertising or memorialization where a corporation, person, or other entity purchases the right to name a facility, object, location, program, or event (most often sports venues), typical ...

to the CNE Coliseum (now known as

Coca-Cola Coliseum Coca-Cola Coliseum (also or formerly known as CNE Coliseum, Royal Coliseum, Ricoh Coliseum, Toronto Coliseum, or Coliseum) is an arena at Exhibition Place in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, used for agricultural displays, ice hockey, and trade shows. ...

) in

Toronto Toronto ( , locally pronounced or ) is the List of the largest municipalities in Canada by population, most populous city in Canada. It is the capital city of the Provinces and territories of Canada, Canadian province of Ontario. With a p ...

. * 2004: Ricoh acquired

Hitachi () is a Japanese Multinational corporation, multinational Conglomerate (company), conglomerate founded in 1910 and headquartered in Chiyoda, Tokyo. The company is active in various industries, including digital systems, power and renewable ener ...

Printing Solutions, Ltd creating a new company, Ricoh Printing Systems, Ltd. * 2005: Ricoh bought the naming rights to the stadium/entertainment complex, home to

Coventry City Football Club Coventry City Football Club is an English professional association football, football club based in Coventry, West Midlands (region), West Midlands. The club plays in the EFL Championship, the second tier of English football league system, En ...

now called the

Ricoh Arena The Coventry Building Society Arena (often shortened to the CBS Arena or just simply Coventry Arena, and formerly known as the Ricoh Arena) is a complex in Coventry, West Midlands, England. It includes a 32,609-seater stadium which is currentl ...

. * September 2005: Ricoh launched its newly-designed logo for the Ricoh brand. The prior logo had been introduced in 1986. * November 2006: Ricoh announced the integration of the head office of Ricoh Europe B.V. (REBV) in

Amstelveen Amstelveen () is a List of municipalities of the Netherlands, municipality and List of cities in the Netherlands by province, city in the Provinces of the Netherlands, province of North Holland, Netherlands, with a population of 95,996 as of 202 ...

Netherlands , Terminology of the Low Countries, informally Holland, is a country in Northwestern Europe, with Caribbean Netherlands, overseas territories in the Caribbean. It is the largest of the four constituent countries of the Kingdom of the Nether ...

, with NRG's European headquarters in

London London is the Capital city, capital and List of urban areas in the United Kingdom, largest city of both England and the United Kingdom, with a population of in . London metropolitan area, Its wider metropolitan area is the largest in Wester ...

United Kingdom The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain, is a country in Northwestern Europe, off the coast of European mainland, the continental mainland. It comprises England, Scotlan ...

. This was completed on April 1, with the former NRG HQ in

becoming the Strategic HQ and the former REBV HQ in Amstelveen becoming the Operational HQ. This mirrors a similar process which took place in the US with Lanier and Ricoh USA. This integration was the first step within each country in Europe. * July 1, 2007: A single country organization was created in Austria, with integration also taking place in Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands and Spain. * January 25, 2007: Ricoh announced purchase of

Printing Systems Division for $725 million and investment in a 3-year joint venture to form the new Ricoh subsidiary, InfoPrint Solutions Company, with a 51% share. * February 2008: Ricoh partnered with PrinterOn to set up two new HotSpot printers: The SP C410DN-KP color printer and the SP 4100N-KP monochrome printer which allows Wi-Fi enabled users to print documents from any location. * August 27, 2008: Ricoh announced its intentions of acquiring

IKON Office Solutions IKON Office Solutions was a company based in Malvern, Pennsylvania. It was the world's largest independent provider of document management systems, copiers and services until it was purchased by manufacturer Ricoh in 2008. IKON uses copiers, pr ...

for $1.6 billion; on November 1, Ricoh completed the acquisition. * May 2011: Ricoh announced a cut of 10,000 jobs worldwide up to March 2014 from the 40,000 workers in Japan and 68,900 others overseas. The company would also shift 15,000 workers to areas with more growth potential. *July 2010: a

confidentiality agreement A non-disclosure agreement (NDA), also known as a confidentiality agreement (CA), confidential disclosure agreement (CDA), proprietary information agreement (PIA), or secrecy agreement (SA), is a legal contract or part of a contract between at le ...

involving Ricoh was found to be unenforceable by the

High Court of England and Wales The High Court of Justice in London, known properly as His Majesty's High Court of Justice in England, together with the Court of Appeal and the Crown Court, are the Senior Courts of England and Wales. Its name is abbreviated as EWHC (England ...

, as it breached

Article 101 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union Article 101 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (formerly Article 81 of the Treaty Establishing the European Community) prohibits cartels and other agreements that could disrupt free competition in the European Economic Area's ...

, which prohibits agreements which had the object or effect of distorting competition. Judgement was made in favour of Ricoh. * July 1, 2011: Japanese optical glass-maker

Hoya Corporation is a Japanese company manufacturing optical products such as photomasks, photomask blanks and hard disk drive platters, contact lenses and eyeglass lenses for the health-care market, medical photonics, lasers, photographic filters, medical fl ...

said it would sell its

Pentax was a Japanese camera and optical equipment manufacturer. Currently, it exists as the Pentax Life Care Business Division of Hoya's medical endoscope business, as well as the digital camera brand of Ricoh Imaging, a subsidiary of Ricoh. Penta ...

camera business to Ricoh, in a deal the Nikkei business daily said was worth about 10 billion yen ($124.2 million). On July 29, 2011, Hoya transferred its Pentax imaging systems business to a newly established subsidiary called Pentax Imaging Corporation. On October 1, 2011, Ricoh acquired all shares of Pentax Imaging Corp. and renamed the new subsidiary Pentax Ricoh Imaging Company, Ltd. * October 1, 2011: Ricoh announced the establishment of Pentax Ricoh Imaging Company, LTD. On August 1, 2013, the company name was changed to Ricoh Imaging Company Ltd. * January 8, 2016: Ricoh India stated they partnered with

Siemens Siemens AG ( ) is a German multinational technology conglomerate. It is focused on industrial automation, building automation, rail transport and health technology. Siemens is the largest engineering company in Europe, and holds the positi ...

to offer digital lifecycle management software. * July 19, 2016: Ricoh India admitted to an estimated 1,123

crore Crore (; abbreviated cr) denotes the quantity ten million (107) and is equal to 100 lakh in the Indian numbering system. In many international contexts, the decimal quantity is formatted as 10,000,000, but when used in the context of the India ...

accounting fraud. CEO and Managing Director Manoj Kumar, and Chairman Tetsuya Takano resigned from Ricoh India as a result. * January 18, 2017: Ricoh Limited announced the acquisition of Avanti Computer Systems, headquartered in

Toronto, Ontario Toronto ( , locally pronounced or ) is the List of the largest municipalities in Canada by population, most populous city in Canada. It is the capital city of the Provinces and territories of Canada, Canadian province of Ontario. With a p ...

, a leading provider of Print MIS (

Management Information System A management information system (MIS) is an information system used for decision-making, and for the coordination, control, analysis, and visualization of information in an organization. The study of the management information systems involves peo ...

) targeted for the production print market. The acquisition enabled Ricoh to further expand the value its production print workflow delivers to customers, as well as to help improve management efficiency and productivity of customers in the production printing market. * 2019: Ricoh announced a partnership with

Cisco Systems Cisco Systems, Inc. (using the trademark Cisco) is an American multinational corporation, multinational digital communications technology conglomerate (company), conglomerate corporation headquartered in San Jose, California. Cisco develops, m ...

. * April 2022: Ricoh announced the acquisition of 80% of the shares in

PFU Limited is a Japanese information technology company wholly owned by Ricoh, formed by the merger of Panafacom and USAC Electronic Industrial in 1987. As of 2019, it focuses on computing and IT consulting, with products including image scanners, embedded ...

from Fujitsu Limited. *2024: In November 2023 it was entered into the

MSCI KLD 400 Social Index The MSCI KLD 400 Social Index was launched in 1990 and is designed to help socially conscious investors weigh social and environmental factors in their investment choices. It was founded by KLD's Amy Domini as the Domini 400 Social Index. The M ...

Operations

The Ricoh Group has sales and support, production, and research and development operations in nearly 180 countries. It has its world headquarters in Tokyo, Japan and regional headquarters in Japan, the Americas, Europe, China, and the Asia-Pacific.

Regional headquarters

*Americas Regional Headquarters
Ricoh USA, Inc., located in Exton, PA, USA, covers the United States and Canada while Ricoh Latin America, located in South Florida, covers the Latin American countries *Europe Regional Headquarters
Ricoh International B.V., located in Amstelveen, the Netherlands and London, U.K. covers Europe, Africa and Middle East *Asia/Pacific Regional Headquarters
Ricoh Asia Pacific Pte. Ltd., located in Singapore, covers South-East Asia, Australia, New Zealand and China

Research groups

Ricoh has 272 subsidiaries (72 national and 200 overseas) which specialize in technology- and customer-research groups around the world. For example, Ricoh Innovations, a research subsidiary of Ricoh Company, operates in

Silicon Valley Silicon Valley is a region in Northern California that is a global center for high technology and innovation. Located in the southern part of the San Francisco Bay Area, it corresponds roughly to the geographical area of the Santa Clara Valley ...

California California () is a U.S. state, state in the Western United States that lies on the West Coast of the United States, Pacific Coast. It borders Oregon to the north, Nevada and Arizona to the east, and shares Mexico–United States border, an ...

, focusing on technology, cloud, mobile solutions, and customer research.

Products

A partial list of products

marketed Marketing is the act of acquiring, satisfying and retaining customers. It is one of the primary components of business management and commerce. Marketing is usually conducted by the seller, typically a retailer or manufacturer. Products can ...

to the

public In public relations and communication science, publics are groups of individual people, and the public (a.k.a. the general public) is the totality of such groupings. This is a different concept to the sociology, sociological concept of the ''Öf ...

under the Ricoh

brand A brand is a name, term, design, symbol or any other feature that distinguishes one seller's goods or service from those of other sellers. Brands are used in business, marketing, and advertising for recognition and, importantly, to create and ...

includes: *

Digital cameras A digital camera, also called a digicam, is a camera that captures photographs in digital memory. Most cameras produced today are digital, largely replacing those that capture images on photographic film or film stock. Digital cameras are now ...

**Compact ***Ricoh RDC-1 (1995, 0.41 mexapixel) ***Ricoh RDC-2 (1996, 0.41 megapixel) ***

Ricoh Theta Ricoh Theta is a line of 360-degree cameras by Japanese manufacturer Ricoh. All of the cameras are capable of 360-degree video and photos, with the exception of the original Ricoh Theta which can only take photos. Also, they all feature Bluetoot ...

(360-degree compact - 14.5 megapixel) *** Ricoh Caplio G3 (3.24-megapixel) ***Ricoh Caplio G4 (3.24-megapixel) ***Ricoh RDC-5300 (2.30-megapixel) ***Ricoh Caplio Pro G3 GPS Camera, Network ready (3.24-megapixel) *** Ricoh Caplio RX (3-megapixel) ***Ricoh Caplio R1 (4-megapixel, also available as

Rollei Rollei () is a German manufacturer of optical instruments founded in 1920 by and in Braunschweig, Lower Saxony, and maker of the Rolleiflex and Rolleicord series of cameras. Later products included specialty and nostalgic type films for the ...

DR4) ***Ricoh Caplio R1v (5-megapixel, also available as

DR5) ***Ricoh Caplio R2 (5-megapixel, larger screen, no viewfinder) *** Ricoh Caplio R3 (5-megapixel, 28–200 equivalent zoom) ***Ricoh Caplio R4 (6-megapixel, 28–200 equivalent zoom) ***Ricoh Caplio R5 (7-megapixel, 28–200 equivalent zoom) ***Ricoh Caplio R6 (7-megapixel, 28–200 equivalent zoom, larger screen, super slim) ***Ricoh Caplio R7 (8-megapixel, 28–200 equivalent zoom) ***Ricoh R8 (10-megapixel, 28–200 equivalent zoom) ***Ricoh R10 (10-megapixel, 28-200 equivalent zoom) *** Ricoh CX1 (9-megapixel, 28-200 equivalent zoom) ***Ricoh CX2 (9-megapixel, 28-300 equivalent zoom) ***Ricoh CX3 (10-megapixel, 28-300 equivalent zoom) ***Ricoh CX4 (10-megapixel, 28-300 equivalent zoom) ***Ricoh Caplio GX (5.1-megapixel, also available as

DR5100) ***Ricoh Caplio GX8 (8-megapixel) 28-85mm equivalent zoom with 22 mm optional adaptor ***Ricoh Caplio GX100 (10-megapixel) 24-72mm equivalent wide zoom with 19 mm optional adaptor ***Ricoh GX200 (12-megapixel) 24-72mm equivalent wide zoom with 19mm and 135mm optional converter lenses. Replaced the GX100. *** Ricoh Caplio 400G Wide (3.2-megapixel) *** Ricoh Caplio 500SE (8-megapixel, 28-85mm equivalent zoom with 22 mm optional adaptor, GPS-ready) *** Ricoh WG-M1 *** Ricoh G700 *** Ricoh WG-4 ***

Ricoh WG-20 The Ricoh WG-20 is a digital compact camera announced by Ricoh is a Japanese multinational imaging and electronics company. It was founded by the now-defunct commercial division of the Institute of Physical and Chemical Research (Riken) know ...

*** Ricoh WG-30 ***Ricoh WG-30W ** GR Digital ***

Ricoh GR Digital The Ricoh GR Digital is a compact digital camera made by Ricoh since 2005. First announced at photokina 2004, it went on sale in Japan on 21 October 2005. The GR Digital is Ricoh's digital successor to their 35 mm GR series film cameras and th ...

(8-megapixel) 28 mm equivalent prime lens with 21 mm optional adaptor *** Ricoh GR Digital II (10-megapixel) 28 mm equivalent prime lens with 21 mm optional adaptor ***Ricoh GR Digital III (10-megapixel) 28 mm equivalent prime lens with f/1.9 aperture ***Ricoh GR Digital IV (10-megapixel) 28 mm equivalent prime lens with f/1.9 aperture ***

Ricoh GR Ricoh GR may refer to: * Ricoh GR film cameras, series of film cameras released in 1996 * Ricoh GR digital cameras, series of digital cameras released in 2005 ** Ricoh GR Digital, digital camera model released in 2005 ** Ricoh GR Digital II, dig ...

(16-megapixel) 28 mm equivalent prime lens with f/2.8 aperture ** GXR interchangeable sensor system *

GPS The Global Positioning System (GPS) is a satellite-based hyperbolic navigation system owned by the United States Space Force and operated by Mission Delta 31. It is one of the global navigation satellite systems (GNSS) that provide geol ...

and camera All-in-one *Film cameras Ricoh 35 EFS film camera

**Ricoh 35 EFS **

Ricoh 500 The Ricoh 500 was one of the early relatively inexpensive 35 mm rangefinder cameras to enter the U.S. market in 1957.collectiblend.com/Cameras/Riken/Ricoh-500.html It had an unusually large (for that time) f/2.8 lens, and shutter speeds from ...

35mm rangefinder with rapid film advance and fast focusing **Ricoh 500G 35mm compact rangefinder ** Ricoh Mirai (similar to the Olympus AZ-4 Zoom) **Ricoh Ricoh Singlex (

Nikon F mount The Nikon F-mount is a type of interchangeable lens mount developed by Nikon for its 35mm format single-lens reflex cameras. The F-mount was first introduced on the Nikon F camera in 1959, and features a three-lug bayonet mount with a 44mm thro ...

, made by

Mamiya is a Japanese company that manufactures high-end cameras and other related photographic and optical equipment. With headquarters in Tokyo, it has two manufacturing plants and a workforce of over 200 people. The company was founded in May 1940 b ...

- same body as

Nikkorex The Nikkorex nameplate was used for a series of 35 mm film, single-lens reflex cameras sold by Japanese optical manufacturer Nippon Kogaku K.K., as well as a series movie cameras and movie projectors. The models, made by other companies, were d ...

F, and

Sears Sears, Roebuck and Co., commonly known as Sears ( ), is an American chain of department stores and online retailer founded in 1892 by Richard Warren Sears and Alvah Curtis Roebuck and reincorporated in 1906 by Richard Sears and Julius Rosen ...

SLII) **Ricoh Ricoh Singlex TLS (

M42 lens mount The M42 lens mount is a screw thread mounting standard for attaching lenses to 35 mm cameras, primarily single-lens reflex models. It is more accurately known as the M42 × 1 mm standard, which means that it is a metric screw thread ...

, same as Sears TLS) **Ricoh Ricoh Singlex II (M42 lens mount) **Golden Ricoh 16 subminiature camera. Golden Ricoh 16 camera

**Ricoh KR-5 ( R-K mount) **Ricoh KR-5 Super (R-K mount) **Ricoh KR-5 Super II (R-K mount) **Ricoh KR-10 (R-K mount) **Ricoh KR-10 Super (R-K mount) **Ricoh KR-30SP (R-K mount) **

Ricoh GR film cameras The Ricoh GR was a series of Point-and-shoot camera, point-and-shoot, or compact, 135 film, 35 mm film cameras made by Ricoh and introduced between 1996 and 2001. Specific camera models include the GR1, GR10, GR1s, GR1v, and GR21. The GR name was ...

(GR1, GR1s and GR1V, GR10, GR21) **Ricoh XR-1 (

Pentax K mount The Pentax K-mount, sometimes referred to as the "PK-mount", is a Bayonet mount, bayonet lens mount standard for mounting interchangeable photographic lenses to 135 film, 35 mm single-lens reflex (SLR) cameras. It was created by Pentax in 1 ...

) **Ricoh XR-2 (Pentax K mount) **Ricoh XR-2s (Pentax K mount) **Ricoh XR7 (Pentax K mount) **Ricoh XR-500 (R-K mount) **Ricoh XR-10M (R-K mount) **Ricoh XR-M (R-K mount) **

Ricoh XR-P The Ricoh XR-P (also XR-P Multi-Program) is a 35mm Single Lens Reflex (SLR) camera manufactured by Ricoh from 1984. Specifications The XR-P's lens system is the Ricoh System RK mount. Shutter speed ranges from 16 seconds to 1/2000 seconds plu ...

(R-K mount) **Ricoh XR-S (R-K mount) **Ricoh XR-X (R-K mount) **Ricoh FF-9D **Ricoh RZ-800 *Multifunction Products/Printers **Ricoh Aficio (Ricoh has used ''Aficio'' as a global brand since 1996.) *** Ricoh Aficio MP C 2500 **Ricoh Pro *DocumentMall (SaaS document-management) **Software as a Service (SaaS) Defined **Secure Storage—HIPAA and Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) Compliant **Document Management **Industry Solutions **Accounts Payable Solution *Software Solutions **Print&Share (output management and security) **Streamline NX (Print Management and document-capture) **GlobalScan (document-capture and distribution software) *Projectors **Mobile ***PJ X2130 ***PJ WX2130 **Desk-Edge and Short Throw ***PJ X3340 ***PJ WX3340 ***PJ WX3340N ***PJ X4240N ***PJ WX4240N ***PJ X3241 **Ultra-short-throw Projectors ***PJ WX4141 ***PJ WX4141N ***PJ WX4141NI **Standard Installation ***PJ WX5361N ***PJ X537N **Conference Room ***PJ WX6170N ***PJ X6180N *Unified Communication Systems **P1000 **P3000 **P3500 **Ricoh UCS App for tablet and smartphones *Interactive WhiteBoard **Ricoh InteractiveWhiteboard D5500 *Ricoh Data Center Services

Sponsorships

*Ricoh were shirt sponsors of

Stoke City Stoke City Football Club is a professional association football club based in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England. The team competes in the , the second level of the English football league system. Founded as Stoke Ramblers in 1863, the cl ...

from 1981 to 1985. *

, a

football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kick (football), kicking a football (ball), ball to score a goal (sports), goal. Unqualified, football (word), the word ''football'' generally means the form of football t ...

and

rugby Rugby may refer to: Sport * Rugby football in many forms: ** Rugby union: 15 players per side *** American flag rugby *** Beach rugby *** Mini rugby *** Rugby sevens, 7 players per side *** Rugby tens, 10 players per side *** Snow rugby *** Tou ...

stadium complete with a concert hall and conference facilities, opened in

Coventry Coventry ( or rarely ) is a City status in the United Kingdom, cathedral city and metropolitan borough in the West Midlands (county), West Midlands county, in England, on the River Sherbourne. Coventry had been a large settlement for centurie ...

England England is a Countries of the United Kingdom, country that is part of the United Kingdom. It is located on the island of Great Britain, of which it covers about 62%, and List of islands of England, more than 100 smaller adjacent islands. It ...

in 2005, bearing the company's name due to a

agreement. Renamed City of Coventry Stadium during the

2012 Summer Olympics The 2012 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012, were an international multi-sport event held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. The first event, the ...

due to strict sponsorship rules. *

Ricoh Black Rams Black Rams Tokyo (formerly Ricoh Black Rams) is a Japanese rugby union team in the Japan Rugby League One. Being ranked tenth meant that, in order to continue in the league, it had to defeat one of the top regional clubs in a play-off, which it ac ...

, a Japanese rugby union team owned by Ricoh. *In 2007, Ricoh acquired title sponsorship of the

Women's British Open The Women's Open (originally known as the Women's British Open, and still widely referred to by that name outside the UK) is a major championship in women's professional golf. It is recognised by both the LPGA Tour and the Ladies European Tou ...

, one of then four major championships recognized by the world's dominant women's golf tour, the U.S. LPGA Tour. *In November 2008, Ricoh unveiled the first eco-friendly billboard in

Times Square Times Square is a major commercial intersection, tourist destination, entertainment hub, and Neighborhoods in New York City, neighborhood in the Midtown Manhattan section of New York City. It is formed by the junction of Broadway (Manhattan), ...

, NY—entirely powered by the sun and the

wind Wind is the natural movement of atmosphere of Earth, air or other gases relative to a planetary surface, planet's surface. Winds occur on a range of scales, from thunderstorm flows lasting tens of minutes, to local breezes generated by heatin ...

References

External links

Ricoh official website
{{Authority control 1940s initial public offerings Companies listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange Companies listed on the Osaka Exchange Companies listed on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange Companies in the Nikkei 225 Electronics companies of Japan Photography companies of Japan Defense companies of Japan Electronics companies established in 1936 Japanese brands Fuyo Group Multinational companies headquartered in Japan Accounting scandals Scandals in India Japanese companies established in 1936