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ANNUAL REPORT 2010 62
Global
History of RICOH
global brand
1936 Establishes Riken Kankoshi Co., Ltd. (renamed Riken Optical Co., Ltd. in 1938)
1954 Establishes Ohmori Plant in Japan
1973 Establishes a manufacturing subsidiary in the U.S., named Ricoh Electronics, Inc.
1978 Establishes Asia/Oceania-based sales company Ricoh Business Machines Ltd. (presently Ricoh Hong Kong Ltd.)
Overseas
Sales (FY 1971–FY 2010)
1962
Establishes a sales subsidiary in the U.S., named Ricoh Industries, U.S.A., Inc. (presently Ricoh Americas Corporation)
1963 Renames the company Ricoh Company, Ltd.
1971 Establishes Atsugi Plant in Japan
1971 Establishes a sales subsidiary in the Netherlands, named Ricoh Nederland B.V. (presently Ricoh Europe PLC)
1981 Begins marketing Ricoh brand dry PPCs in Europe and North America
1983 Establishes a manufacturing subsidiary in the U.K., named Ricoh UK Products Ltd.
1985 Establishes Gotemba Plant in Japan
1986 Establishes Ricoh Research and Development Center in Yokohama, Japan
1987 Establishes a manufacturing subsidiary in France, named Ricoh Industrie France S.A. (presently Ricoh Industrie France S.A.S.)
1991 Establishes a manufacturing subsidiary in China, named Ricoh Asia Industry (Shenzhen) Ltd.
1995 Ricoh Corporation (presently Ricoh Americas Corporation) acquires U.S.-based sales company Savin Corporation
as its subsidiary
1995 Acquires U.K.-based sales company Gestetner Holdings PLC as its subsidiary (presently NRG Group PLC)
2001 Acquires U.S.-based sales company Lanier Worldwide, Inc. as its subsidiary
2003 Establishes its Chinese regional headquarters in Shanghai, named Ricoh China Co., Ltd.
2004 Acquires Japan-based Hitachi Printing Solutions, Ltd. (presently Ricoh Printing Systems, Ltd.)
2004
Establishes a manufacturing subsidiary in Shanghai, China, named Shanghai Ricoh Digital Equipment Co., Ltd.
2005 Establishes the Technology Center in Ebina, Japan
2006 Establishes facilities to mass produce polymerized toner “PxP Toner” at Numazu Plant, Japan
2006
Establishes Infotec Europe B.V. as a result of acquiring European operations of U.S.,-based Danka Business Systems PLC
2007 Begin operation of a joint venture, InfoPrint Solutions Company, LLC, with International Business
Machines (IBM) Corp.
2008 Establishes a manufacturing subsidiary in Thailand, named Ricoh Manufacturing (Thailand) Ltd.
(begins operations in September 2009)
2008 Starts construction of a new building within the Technology Center in Ebina, Japan
(scheduled to be completed in 2010)
2008 Acquires U.S.-based sales company IKON Office Solutions, Inc. as a subsidiary
2010
Establishes facilities to produce “PxP Toner” at Tohoku Ricoh Co. Ltd., Japan
Japan
AB
1 trillion (Yen)
AB
2 trillion
Enhancement of sales networks
Ricoh Printing
Innovation Center on
the second fl oor of
Tokyo Headquarters
(opened in
September 2008)
Ricoh Technology
Portal in New York
(reopening in 2007)
Acquisition of IKON Office
Solutions, Inc., a U.S.-based
sales company
Expansion of R&D capabilities
Construction of a new building within the
Technology Center in Ebina, Japan (scheduled
to be completed in August 2010)
Establishment of a manufacturing plant in
Thailand (begins operations in September 2009)