Epson Telford Requirements

The 42,000 m2 plant in Shropshire is Epson’s sole European manufacturing site and employs 1,100 staff involved in plastic injection moulding and ink cartridge assembly, in clean rooms where continuous system operation requires a 24/7 precise cooling capability that is both efficient and reliable.

Air conditioning plays a major role in the Epson manufacturing facility. Computers and machinery in the clean rooms need to be kept at 22°C to remain in optimum working condition. Keeping them at this precise temperature is difficult to maintain in a room filled with people and machinery. Air quality is also a major priority making it imperative that all the components and equipment are free from dust and debris from the air.

Design Criteria

Two standard Airedale chillers have been supplying cooling to all indoor units at Epson, with close control units providing reliable and precisely-controlled air conditioning in Epson’s two clean rooms. Ceiling cassettes have also been installed in other areas for staff comfort.

Now, with the cooling load on site increasing and new free-cooling technology available from Airedale, forward-thinking management at Epson has superseded the two existing Airedale chillers with three Ultima FreeCool chillers that will expand system capability at the same time as significantly cutting energy costs.

Many of us know the woes associated with physical document management systems. Depending on your level of experience with physical document management, you understand the problems that can come from this traditional means of managing documents. Documents frequently are lost or misfiled, meaning that the next individual who needs access cannot find it when needed.

This scenario can be a serious hindrance on productivity. Aside from being an inefficient means of managing and filing documents, physical document storage leaves little in the way of document security. With a digital document management system you no longer have to worry about these issues.

Digital document management allows for digital archiving of all the documents in your office. Benefits of digital document management include:

· Increased Productivity – Employees can archive, search and retrieve documents easier than ever, all right from their desk.

TRUMBULL, CONN. October 28, 2011 – Océ, a Canon Group company and an international leader in digital document management, today announced that Venture Encoding has turned to Océ VarioPrint® 6250 Ultra digital printers to keep up with customers' growing volume of financial communications.

A Texas print and mail service bureau, Venture Encoding helps financial companies produce the steady flow of account letters, collection notices, billing statements and other documents essential to relationships with bank mortgage and installment loan customers.

Market conditions in the mortgage business have created a boom in letter applications and loan modification packages. As a result, Venture Encoding is in growth mode, and the Océ sheet fed printers have helped drive this momentum. So far, the company is producing up to seven million images a month on the Océ systems and expects to increase that number.

ROCHESTER, N.Y. – Xerox Corporation (NYSE: XRX) has been placed by Gartner, Inc. in the Leaders Quadrant of the 2011 Magic Quadrant for Managed Print Services (MPS) Worldwide. [1]

The Magic Quadrant is a proprietary research tool developed by Gartner that offers visual snapshots of a market’s direction, maturity and participants, and evaluates companies on completeness of vision and ability to execute.

Still the market leader in MPS, Xerox continues to save businesses of all sizes up to 30 percent of operating costs with new features such as print governance – automated guidelines that direct users to the most cost-effective, energy-efficient option.  By adding business process and IT outsourcing services from ACS, A Xerox Company, and working with partners like Cisco, Xerox is helping customers use MPS as a way to simplify print and IT management.

Tokyo, Japan, JP, October 27, 2011 - Ricoh Company, Ltd., a worldwide leader in digital office equipment and advanced document management solutions and services, today announced Ricoh Managed Document Services™ (Ricoh MDS) 2.0, born from an in-depth analysis of customer engagements and focused on measurable results.

MDS 2.0 represents significant early progress in the evolution of the services-led business model Ricoh unveiled in January 2011, as it made a three-year commitment to enhance its global MDS infrastructure. The strategy shift was intended to leverage the power of improved document workflows and document management so that customers can concentrate on their business goals and bottom lines.

As part of Ricoh MDS 2.0, Ricoh today unveiled a new global website that serves as a source of information and guidance to help customers achieve their business goals through Ricoh Managed Document Services. The site includes case studies, white papers and videos, delivering this content via a customized user experience.

Document Management systems are quickly becoming popular means to reorganize the data within an organization and make it more accessible to those who need it. Document Management systems give your office the ability to archive documents digitally, increasing efficiency and saving money.

Traditional means of Document Management can actually become a hindrance on a business if left unattended. It is very easy to let physical documents take over your storage and office space. The more physical documents that your office has, the more likely documents are to get lost or misfiled.

Here are some shocking statistics about traditional document management systems:

· 90% of documents are still stored on paper

· Documents on average are copied 19 times in their lifetime

· It costs an office an average of $120 in labor to find misfiled documents

Oct 26, 2011 Herndon, VA -- Contex, the world's leading developer of wide format scanning and imaging solutions, today announces the productivity gains achieved by Heart of Georgia Metal Crafters (HGMC) from using Contex scanning solutions. HGMC is an industry leader in the fabrication of precision sheet metal and machined components and assemblies for clients such as The Boeing Company, Lockheed, the Defense Logistics Agency, and the Trane Corporation. HGMC installed the Contex HD4230, a 42-inch wide format scanner, to replace the manual process of tracing parts from mylar drawings and transparencies, and rebuilding them in Mastercam, a CAD/CAM software tool. With the HD4230's scanning speed, resolution and brilliant image quality, HGMC has cut its production time in half, enabling the business to operate more efficiently.

"The Contex scanner is one of the best investments we've made in years. Previously, when our clients provided us with physical mylar drawings and transparencies, it took days to incorporate these documents into our production process," comments David Bowling, IT Manager, HGMC. "With the Contex HD4230 wide format scanner and WiseImage software, we can scan, calibrate, scale, and convert the drawings into vector format in a fraction of the time."

Bowling continues, "With the Contex scanner, we don't have to rescan documents. Before, we would have to go back to the original mylars or transparencies to access various images. Now, we have all the elements, which we can easily access for future use."

NORWALK, Conn. – Xerox Corporation(NYSE: XRX) has been placed by Gartner, Inc., in the Leaders Quadrant in the “Magic Quadrant for MFPs and Printers.”¹   

A proprietary research tool developed by Gartner, the Magic Quadrant offers visual snapshots of a market’s direction, maturity and participants, and evaluates companies on completeness of vision along with the ability to execute.

Xerox offers the broadest product portfolio, services and solutions for SMBs to large enterprises. Specific offerings include desktop printers, such as the Phaser^® 6010 color printer and multifunction systems like the WorkCentre^® 6015 color MFP and Xerox ColorQube^® 9300 Series.

LAKE SUCCESS, N.Y., October 26, 2011 – Taking print quality and accuracy to a whole new level, Canon U.S.A. Inc., a leader in digital imaging, today announced the launch of the PIXMA PRO-1 Professional Inkjet Printer. Professional photographers can be confident that the final output from this new printer will match the photographic vision captured from their camera. Newly developed for this printer is a 12-ink system, five of which are monochrome, along with a new FINE Print Head to help deliver consistent, superb results that professional photographers demand.

"Canon is proud to be one of the only companies to offer professionals a complete input to output photographic ecosystem," said Yuichi Ishizuka, executive vice president and general manager, Imaging Technologies and Communications Group, Canon U.S.A. "The recent introduction of the EOS-1D X DSLR camera and now the PIXMA PRO-1 Printer, further solidifies Canon's commitment to providing professionals with the necessary equipment in order to help them produce the highest-level possible in image quality."