is a Japanese multinational imaging and

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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 headquarters are located in Ota, Tokyo. Ricoh produces electronic products, primarily cameras and office equipment such as

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

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 u ...

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

machines, offers

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(SaaS) document management applications such as DocumentMall, RicohDocs, 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 Savin,

Gestetner The Gestetner is a type of duplicating machine named after its inventor, David Gestetner (18541939). During the 20th century, the term ''Gestetner'' was used as a verb—as in ''Gestetnering''. The Gestetner company established its base in London ...

, 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 Places United States * Monroe, Arkansas, an unincorporated community and census-designate ...

Nashuatec Nashuatec was one of the main brands used by parent company Ricoh to sell office equipment within Europe. It was particularly strong in Germany and the Netherlands where it had the biggest share. Along with Rex Rotary and Gestetner, it was one of ...

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

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.

History

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

Minato, Tokyo is a special ward in Tokyo, Japan. It is also called Minato City in English. It was formed in 1947 as a merger of Akasaka, Azabu and Shiba wards following Tokyo City's transformation into Tokyo Metropolis. The modern Minato ward exhibits ...

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

Ginza Ginza ( ; ja, 銀座 ) 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 ...

area in Chūō; there it occupies the same space as its sales offices. *1955: Ricoh made their first

diazo copier A heliographic copier or heliographic duplicator is an apparatus used in the world of reprography for making contact prints on paper from original drawings made with that purpose on tracing paper, parchment paper or any other transparent or trans ...

. 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 Swiss watch, 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. Through a series of me ...

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

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copiers. They have also manufactured copiers for

Toshiba , commonly known as Toshiba and stylized as TOSHIBA, is a Japanese multinational conglomerate corporation headquartered in Minato, Tokyo, Japan. Its diversified products and services include power, industrial and social infrastructure systems ...

, fax machines for

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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 Nintend ...

8-bit

CPU A central processing unit (CPU), also called a central processor, main processor or just processor, is the electronic circuitry that executes instructions comprising a computer program. The CPU performs basic arithmetic, logic, controlling, an ...

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 third-generation home video game console produced by Nintendo. It was first released in Japan in 1983 as the commonly known as the The NES, a redesigned version, was released in American ...

(2A07 CPU in the

PAL Phase Alternating Line (PAL) is a colour encoding system for analogue 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

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s), and the

Ricoh 5A22 The Ricoh 5A22 is an 8/16-bit microprocessor produced by Ricoh for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System (SNES) video game console. It is based on the 8/16-bit WDC 65C816, which was developed between 1982 and 1984 for the Apple IIGS personal ...

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 he ...

and Ricoh 5C78 PPUs used in the

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. It also supplied their RF5C68 and RF5C164

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

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 proces ...

s to

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and Sega for the

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computer, System 18 and

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arcade platforms and

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add-on for the

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

naming rights Naming rights are a financial transaction and form of advertising or memorialization whereby a corporation, person, or other entity purchases the right to name a facility, object, location, program, or event, typically for a defined period of t ...

to the CNE Coliseum (now known as

Coca-Cola Coliseum Coca-Cola Coliseum is an arena at Exhibition Place in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, used for agricultural displays, ice hockey, and trade shows. It was built for the Canadian National Exhibition (CNE) and the Royal Agricultural Winter Fair (the Roya ...

) in

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. * 2004: Ricoh acquired

Hitachi () is a Japanese multinational corporation, multinational Conglomerate (company), conglomerate corporation headquartered in Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan. It is the parent company of the Hitachi Group (''Hitachi Gurūpu'') and had formed part of the Ni ...

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

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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, England. It includes a 32,609-seater stadium which is currently home to footb ...

. * September 2005: Ricoh launched its newly designed logo for the Ricoh brand. The logo used before 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 in the Provinces of the Netherlands, province of North Holland, Netherlands with a population of 92.353 as of 2022. It is a suburban part of the Amsterdam metropolitan ar ...

Netherlands ) , anthem = ( en, "William of Nassau") , image_map = , map_caption = , subdivision_type = Sovereign state , subdivision_name = Kingdom of the Netherlands , established_title = Before independence , established_date = Spanish Netherl ...

, with NRG's European headquarters in

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. 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 IBM 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 1, 2011: Japanese optical glass-maker

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said it would sell its

Pentax is a brand name used primarily by the Japanese multinational imaging and electronics company Ricoh for DSLR cameras, lenses, sport optics (including binoculars and rifle scopes), and CCTV optics. The Pentax brand is also used by Hoya Corpora ...

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 to offer digital lifecycle management software. * July 19, 2016: Ricoh India admitted to an estimated 1,123 crore accounting fraud. CEO and Managing Director Manoj Kumar, and Chairman Tetsuya Takano have resigned from Ricoh India as a result. * January 18, 2017: Ricoh Limited announced the acquisition of Avanti Computer Systems, headquartered in

Toronto, Ontario Toronto ( ; or ) is the capital city of the Canadian province of Ontario. With a recorded population of 2,794,356 in 2021, it is the most populous city in Canada and the fourth most populous city in North America. The city is the ancho ...

, 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., commonly known as Cisco, is an American-based multinational corporation, multinational digital communications technology conglomerate (company), conglomerate corporation headquartered in San Jose, California. Cisco develo ...

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

PFU Limited is a Japanese information technology company. The company was formed by the merger of Panafacom and USAC Electronic Industrial in 1987. As of 2019, PFU focuses on computing and IT consulting. Its product line includes image scanners, embedded c ...

from

Fujitsu Limited is a Japanese multinational information and communications technology equipment and services corporation, established in 1935 and headquartered in Tokyo. Fujitsu is the world's sixth-largest IT services provider by annual revenue, and the la ...

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 serves as 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 areas San Mateo Count ...

California California is a state in the Western United States, located along the Pacific Coast. With nearly 39.2million residents across a total area of approximately , it is the most populous U.S. state and the 3rd largest by area. It is also the ...

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

Products

A partial list of products

marketed Marketing is the process of exploring, creating, and delivering value to meet the needs of a target market in terms of goods and services; potentially including selection of a target audience; selection of certain attributes or themes to empha ...

to the

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under the Ricoh

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

includes: *

Digital cameras A digital camera is a camera that captures photographs in digital memory. Most cameras produced today are digital, largely replacing those that capture images on photographic film. Digital cameras are now widely incorporated into mobile device ...

**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 Bluetoo ...

(360-degree compact - 14.5 megapixel) ***

Ricoh Caplio G3 Ricoh Caplio G3 is a digital camera marketed to the public under the Ricoh brand. It has a 1.6in LCD display at the back of the camera. According to Ricoh it had the fastest short release reaction time of 0.14 seconds. It stores up to 3.24 megap ...

(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 The Caplio RX is a digital camera marketed to the public under the Ricoh brand. According to a Ricoh news release A press release is an official statement delivered to members of the news media for the purpose of providing information, cre ...

(3-megapixel) ***Ricoh Caplio R1 (4-megapixel, also available as

Rollei Rollei () was 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 th ...

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

DR5) ***Ricoh Caplio R2 (5-megapixel, larger screen, no viewfinder) ***

Ricoh Caplio R3 Ricoh Caplio R3 is a digital camera marketed to the public under the Ricoh brand. External links Ricoh Caplio R3 October 25, 2005 November 2, 2005 Ricoh Caplio R3 Review December 13, 2005 Ricoh digital cameras {{camera-stub ...

(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 The Ricoh WG-M1 is a rugged digital compact camera announced by Ricoh on September 10, 2014. It features 120fps high speed videography as well as full HD capture at 30p with electronic image stabilisation. It is waterproof to a depth of 10 meters ...

***

Ricoh G700 The Ricoh G700 and Ricoh G700SE are tough digital compact cameras made by Ricoh. They are marked out by meeting high industrial standards for protection against ingress of dust, water, and for its toughness against drops. They can be cleaned with e ...

***

Ricoh WG-4 The Ricoh WG-4 is a digital compact camera announced by Ricoh on February 5, 2014, successor to the Pentax WG-3.The company name on the model line changed after Ricoh acquired Pentax. It is advertised as water-proof to 14m, shock-proof to drops f ...

*** Ricoh WG-20 *** 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 the ...

(8-megapixel) 28 mm equivalent prime lens with 21 mm optional adaptor ***

Ricoh GR Digital II The Ricoh GR Digital II is a compact digital camera, the successor of the Ricoh GR DigitalRicoh GR ...

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

GPS The Global Positioning System (GPS), originally Navstar GPS, is a satellite-based radionavigation system owned by the United States government and operated by the United States Space Force. It is one of the global navigation satellite sy ...

and camera All-in-one *Film cameras Ricoh KR-10x

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 The Olympus AZ-4 Zoom is a 35mm fixed-lens SLR camera introduced in 1989. Overview It appeared in the 1989 ''Batman'' film. It is almost identical to the Ricoh Mirai, except it does not have a remote control socket and uses different batteries. ...

) **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 t ...

, 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 de ...

F, and

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

SLII) **Ricoh Ricoh Singlex TLS (

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, 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, or compact, 35 mm film cameras made by Ricoh. The chronological list of these cameras are the GR1, GR10, GR1s, GR1v and GR21. The GR name was also used for Ricoh's GR series of digital cameras. The c ...

(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 lens mount standard for mounting interchangeable photographic lenses to 35 mm single-lens reflex (SLR) cameras. It was created by Pentax in 1975, and has since been ...

) **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 is a 35mm Single Lens Reflex (SLR) camera introduced in 1984. Specifications The XR-P's lens system is the Ricoh System RK mount. Shutter speed ranges from 16 seconds to 1/2000 seconds plus B and TV. It has a self-timer of 10 ...

(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 football club based in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England, which competes in the . Founded as Stoke Ramblers in 1863, it changed its name to Stoke in 1878 and then to Stoke City in 1925 after Sto ...

from 1981 to 1985. *

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

Coventry Coventry ( or ) is a city in the West Midlands, England. It is on the River Sherbourne. Coventry has been a large settlement for centuries, although it was not founded and given its city status until the Middle Ages. The city is governed ...

England England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Wales to its west and Scotland to its north. The Irish Sea lies northwest and the Celtic Sea to the southwest. It is separated from continental Europe ...

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

agreement. Renamed City of Coventry Stadium during the 2012 Summer Olympics 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. Placed 10th in the 2004-2005 season which meant it had to win a play-off against one of the top regional teams to stay in the league, as it d ...

, 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 Tour ...

, 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 neighborhood in Midtown Manhattan, New York City. It is formed by the junction of Broadway, Seventh Avenue, and 42nd Street. Together with adjacent ...

, NY—entirely powered by the sun and the

wind Wind is the natural movement of air or other gases relative to a planet's surface. Winds occur on a range of scales, from thunderstorm flows lasting tens of minutes, to local breezes generated by heating of land surfaces and lasting a few ...

References

External links

Ricoh official website
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