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Ricoh Group Sustainability Report 201389
1970 Ricoh Pavilion at Japan Expo ’70 highlights
the฀theme฀of฀a฀“Better฀Vision฀for฀Humanity.”
1971 Introduces the Ricom 8, its first office
computer.
฀ Establishes฀Ricoh฀Nederland฀B.V.,฀a฀sales฀฀
subsidiary in the Netherlands.
1972 Launches the Ricoh PPC 900, its first dry-
electrostatic-transfer plain paper copier.
1973฀ ฀Rifax฀600S,฀the฀first฀high-speed฀฀ ฀
Ricoh Auto Half
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฀ institute฀
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,฀the฀company฀popularized฀cameras฀
among consumers by mass producing them for the first time in Japan, and in 1955 entered the
business machine field with the introduction of the Ricopy 101.
OA pioneer
In 1974, Ricoh launched the Rifax 600S, the world’s first high-speed office facsimile. In 1977, it
coined the acronym OA for “office automation.” During the 1980s, the company extended its sup-
port for office productivity by rolling out a lineup that included computers and word processors,
optical filing systems and laser printers.
1936 Riken Kankoshi Co., Ltd. established to
make and market sensitized paper, with
Kiyoshi Ichimura appointed executive
managing director.
1936 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฀ ฀Introduces฀the฀Ricoh฀Offset฀B4,฀the฀first฀
offset printer for office use.
1962 Launches the Ricoh Auto Half, a half-frame
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฀rst฀
electrostatic copier.
1968 Kiyoshi Ichimura passes away.
Kiyoshi Ichimura
facsimile machine for offices, succeeds
in transmission between Tokyo and New
York via satellite communications.
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฀ofce฀automation฀industry’s฀฀
first recipient of the Deming Prize.
History of the Ricoh Group
Ricoh began by marketing sensitized paper and cameras. Ever since then, we
have continued to help people share information with innovations in image
processing technologies.
Ricohflex III Ricopy 101 Ricopy BS-1