Just as the global technology company revealed the success of its participation at Hunkeler Innovationdays, Ricoh were also recognised as one of the World’s Most Ethical Companies.
The company has noted a rise in interest in technology and services that are aimed at extending print services and increasing productivity for corporate and commercial print environments. The InfoPrint 5000 GP printer with the extended media dryer option, seen for the first time in Europe, was particularly popular, based on its greater flexibility for books and high quality reports on a wide range of media.
The Pro C901 Graphics Arts +, the new flagship of its cut sheet production portfolio, was seen for the first time at an international exhibition. The new press attracted visitors who wanted to learn more about its capabilities for marketing, direct mail and packaging applications. Its debut on an international stage came as InfoSource released its full year market share figures for its category of production devices, colour press cut sheet for Western Europe.
Stephen Palmer, head of production print, said, ‘This is a fast-expanding category and I am delighted that Ricoh has ended the year maintaining our 2012 position as market leader, according to InfoSource. It backs up our own experience of more and more production printing businesses turning to Ricoh to support their productivity and profitability objectives.’
Mr Palmer added, ‘The desire to expand beyond print was apparent at Hunkeler Innovationdays. Visitors to the stand were focused on learning more about new business opportunities and new tools to help them grow their services for their clients. There was a high demand for demonstrations of our cut sheet and continuous feed technology including software solutions. The ProcessDirector Express, Track and Trace solution, TotalFlow Cadence and TotalFlow DocEnhancer solutions have all been recently launched in Europe or will be available soon. Such tools add efficiency to the whole workflow process, and provide ideal ways to enhance performance and open up new opportunities.’
The details of Ricoh’s success at the Hunekeler Innovationdays were released at the same time as the company was recognised by the Ethisphere Institute as one of the World’s Most Ethical Companies in 2013. The list was revealed last night in New York at the World’s Most Ethical Companies honoree dinner held in conjunction with the 2013 Global Ethics Summit.
This is the fifth year in a row that Ricoh has been honoured for promoting high ethical standards by Ethisphere, a leading international organisation dedicated to the creation, advancement and sharing of best practices in business ethics, governance, anti-corruption and sustainability.
James Deacon, head of corporate responsibility, said ‘Every one of us at Ricoh is committed to acting with integrity and honesty at all times, and we take responsibility for our actions. Investors, customers and partners understand the central role integrity plays at Ricoh. Being named to Ethisphere’s 2013 World’s Most Ethical Companies list shows how seriously we take corporate citizenship, and we’re honoured to be included.’
