Ricoh, Lanier, And Savin Dealers Converge On Las Vegas
By Jonathan Bees, Director of Strategic Marketing Products, April 28, 2010
In an event noteworthy for a number of firsts, Ricoh held its national dealer meeting at the Palazzo Resort Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada from April 19 to 22. Called Convergence 2010, the event marked the first time that dealers representing Ricoh, Lanier and Savin brands attended a unified meeting. Appropriately, the event theme was “Bringing the Best Together.”
General Session
The meeting provided the first opportunity for the newly reorganized Ricoh senior management team to express their vision for the future. With more than 1,000 attendees in the audience, Kevin Togashi, the new chairman and CEO of Ricoh Americas Holdings, Inc. opened the general session by highlighting several key initiatives. He emphasized the important role that Managed Document Services (MDS) programs would play in the company’s future growth; the strength of Ricoh’s environmental programs, marketed under the Total Green Office Solutions (TGOS) name; and, reaffirmed the company’s commitment to the dealer channel.
Togashi then addressed what was most likely the number one concern of the dealers in the room – the recent appointment of several senior IKON executives to high-level positions at Ricoh. Citing the need to expedite the Ricoh-IKON integration process, Togashi outlined some of the appointments. These included Matt Espe, the new chairman and CEO of Ricoh Americas Corporation (responsible for operations in North, Central and South America, including IKON); Martin Brodigan, the new executive vice president and CFO of Ricoh Americas Corporation; and, Jeffrey Hickling, the new president and CEO of Ricoh U.S.
Saying that he recognized that there was “some concern by the dealer community” about the organizational changes, Togashi emphasized Ricoh’s commitment to its dealers and their growth. He promised to provide “great products, great technology, great services and a level playing field for dealers.”
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Employees in virtually every organization print, copy, scan, and fax documents every day. As a result, Lanier digital devices can maximize productivity and minimize operating costs. Document and device management workflow, however, varies significantly for each organization. As business applications evolve, organizations may require advanced device technologies to meet emerging document management challenges.
Lanier digital multifunction products (MFPs) offer a wide range of features to streamline document and device management workflow in workgroups, departments, and high-volume production environments. Many Lanier MFPs offer built-in capabilities that enhance scan, fax, print, security, and device management functionality to help users and IT managers produce, distribute, and protect documents more efficiently.
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Lanier Launches LD360/LD370/LD380/LD390 Series High-Volume Digital Imaging Systems
West Caldwell, N.J., June 18, 2009 – Lanier today announced its new LD360/LD370/LD380/LD390 Series of black-and-white multifunction products (MFPs), among the most competitive, technologically advanced high-volume MFPs on the market. The series features an array of advanced functionalities, comprehensive security capabilities and professional finishing options to efficiently manage every aspect of the document workflow. The devices combine speed and quality to ensure top-notch productivity and performance that today’s large workgroups require, and augment an already strong Lanier high-volume product line.
The LD360/LD370/LD380/LD390 Series provides exceptional value to customers via faster print speeds, quick warm-up times and larger paper tray capacities to increase day-to-day productivity. With speeds of 60 pages per minute (ppm), 70 ppm, 80 ppm and 90 ppm, respectively, the series gets more done in less time. The series cuts down wait time with warm-up times from Power Off starting at 30 seconds for the LD360, and first copy speeds, ranging from 3.3 seconds to 4.2 seconds (depending on device). Standard paper capacity is an ample 4,300 sheets, including dual front-loading paper trays able to hold 550 sheets each.
With the new 150-sheet color single pass duplex scanner, clocking in with speeds of up to 55 color originals-per-minute and 80 monochrome originals-per-minute, scanning jobs can be completed in a fast and efficient manner. Users can also produce crisp, professional documents with 1200 x 1200 dots per inch (dpi) resolution, perfect for high quality newsletters, legal documents or patient records. Keeping the environment in mind, the LD360/LD370/LD380/LD390 Series is equipped with standard duplexing to cut down on paper use and energy save mode. Ninety percent of the energy consumed by a copier is used when it is idle; however, with the energy save mode the unit goes into low power mode after 15 minutes of non-use.
TGI Office Automation Honored with Top Dealer Awards at 2008 National Lanier Sales Conference
West Caldwell, NJ, November 6, 2008 – Lanier, a product brand of Ricoh Americas Corporation, today announced that Brooklyn-based dealer, TGI Office Automation, has been honored with the Chairman’s Award and Top B2C (business-to-consumer) Award at the 2008 ALLIANCE national sales conference. This is the second year in a row that TGI has received both prestigious awards. In addition, the dealership was named to the 2008 Elite Dealer list by Office Dealer Magazine, a leading publication for the office supply dealer industry.
LANIER LAUNCHES THE LD425B/LD425 AND LD433B/LD433 DIGITAL IMAGING SYSTEMS
West Caldwell, NJ, March 25, 2008 – Lanier today introduced the LD425B/LD425 and LD433B/LD433 Digital Imaging Systems. Designed for small and mid-sized businesses, the LD425 and LD433 models feature color scanning capabilities to raise overall productivity and efficiency, while creating clear images in a secure environment.
The LD425/LD433 models are replacing the LD325 and the LD330. The LD425/LD433 come standard with monochrome printing, copying and color scanning capabilities out of the box in two pre-configured models – the SP and SPF (the SPF includes faxing capabilities). The LD425B and LD433B come with copying capabilities and include an upgrade path that consists of monochrome printing, scanning and faxing to allow users the flexibility to add on to their systems as their document management needs evolve over time.
