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Ricoh Group Sustainability Report 201285
History of RICOH
Ricoh started out by marketing sensitized paper and cameras to help people share information.
We have since innovated numerous image processing technologies to offer revolutionary products and services.
The imaging revolution continues
The early years
Ricoh’s origins date back to a decision of the Institute of Physical and
Chemical Research to commercialize the fruits of its R&D by setting
up Rikagaku Kogyo Co., Ltd. In 1936, the company established Riken
Kankoshi Co., Ltd. (renamed Riken Optical Co., Ltd. in 1938, and Ricoh
Company, Ltd. in 1963) to manufacture and sell sensitized paper. In 1950,
it created Japan’s first mass production structure for cameras, driving
their popularity among consumers. The Company entered the business
machine field in 1955 by launching the Ricopy 101.
OA pioneers
In 1974, Ricoh launched the Rifax 600S, the world’s first high-speed office
facsimile. In 1977, we coined the acronym OA for “office automation.”
During the 1980s, we extended our office productivity support by rolling
out a lineup that included computers and word processors, optical filing
systems, and laser printers.
History of the Ricoh Group
Ricohflex III
Ricopy 101
Ricoh Auto Half
Ricopy DT1200
Ricopy BS-1
Rifax 600S
1936 Riken Kankoshi Co., Ltd.
established to make and market
sensitized paper, with Kiyoshi
Ichimura appointed executive
managing director.
1938 Renamed Riken Optical Co., Ltd.
(until 1963)
1946 Kiyoshi Ichimura becomes
president.
1950 Launches the Ricohflex III camera,
which spurred the popularization
of cameras.
1955 Enters office copier field with the
Ricopy 101, its first diazo model.
1957 Wins Ohkochi Memorial
Production Prize for establishing
mass-production system for
cameras.
1960 Ushers in low-cost, high-volume
office copying with the new
Ricoh offset duplicator.
1962 Launches the Ricoh Auto Half, a
half-framed model that proves a
massive hit.
Establishes Ricoh Industries,
U.S.A. Inc., a sales subsidiary.
1963 Renamed Ricoh Company, Ltd.
1965 Introduces the Ricopy BS-1 as its
first electrostatic copier.
1968 Kiyoshi Ichimura passes away.
1970 Ricoh Pavilion at Japan Expo ’70
highlights the theme of a “Better
Vision for Humanity.”
1971 Introduces the Ricom 8 as its first
office computer.
Establishes Ricoh Nederland B.V.,
a sales subsidiary in Holland.
1972 Launches the Ricoh PPC 900, its
first dry-electrostatic-transfer
plain paper copier.
1973 The Rifax 600S, the world’s first
high-speed office facsimile,
transmits a document from Tokyo
to New York via satellite.
Establishes Ricoh Electronics, Inc.,
a manufacturing subsidiary in
the U.S.
1975 Commercializes the Ricopy
DT1200, a wet process-based
plain paper copier that becomes
the world’s top-selling copier.
Becomes the office automation
industry’s first recipient of the
Deming Prize.
1976 Establishes the Environmental
Promotion Section.
Rifax 600S adopted for use in the
Montreal Olympic Games.
1977 Coins OA for “office automation.”
1981 Started marketing Ricoh brand
dry process plain paper copiers in
Europe and North America.
1982 Introduces the Ricopy FT4060, the
first dry-toner plain paper copier.
1983 Establishes Ricoh UK Products
Ltd., a manufacturing subsidiary.
1984 The Rifax 1300HS receives a Nikkei
Product Excellence Prize.