Ricoh Corporation

Though the expense of flying to Germany makes Drupa a little out of reach for most in-plants, a handful of managers made the trek to Düsseldorf for the mega trade show. Craig Sedgwick, director of the LDS Church Printing Division, traveled there with Operations Manager John Bernstein, to get ideas for future purchases. “Since Drupa is the event where most major manufacturers introduce new products, we feel it is very important to attend to see what is on the horizon for equipment, software and supplies,” he says. “We have no specific items that we are buying, but we will look at everything in general to

Ricoh Americas Corp. will be offering Smart Business Seminars through its Production Printing Business Group (PPBG). The company will cover critical production printing topics. PPBG developed the seminars to better meet the specific business needs of those working in in-plants and data centers. Designed as an educational forum, these seminars offer segment-focused information that includes national industry speakers, hands-on exercises, technology demonstrations and take-away operational assessment tools for real-life applications. Smart Business Seminars have been held in Atlanta and Philadelphia and will tour across the country in six additional cities. Here’s the schedule: • New York; May 14 • Washington, D.C.; June 11 •

THIS WILL be the ink-jet Drupa. No, it will be the green Drupa. Or, maybe the print buyer Drupa. Actually, it will be big enough to be all three, and much more. In case you’re new to the business, Drupa is the largest trade show in the graphic arts industry. Held every four years in Düsseldorf, Germany, it will boast more than 1,800 exhibitors and cover more than 1.8 million square feet of exhibit space in nearly 20 halls when it kicks off on May 29. Putting a label on Drupa is one way to make it more digestible. Another is for

MBO’s recent open house was a mini trade show featuring printing and inline binding equipment from 20 vendors. Here’s a look at the highlights.

Some executive changes are taking place at Ricoh Americas, where Norihisa Goto will slide into the role of chairman and CEO. Goto will also continue to serve as president and CEO of Ricoh U.S. Susumu Ichioka, incumbent chairman and CEO of Ricoh Americas, will assume a significant position with its Tokyo-based parent, Ricoh Co. Additionally, Martin Brodigan, the former president of Ricoh Canada, Inc., will assume the role of Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of Ricoh Americas Corporation as of January 1.  In this new role, Brodigan will consolidate the previous Ricoh U.S. and Ricoh Americas Corporation CFO roles into one position.

Your customers have a lot of choices when it comes to print providers. How do you stand out and make your in-plant’s services known? In an article called “Things We Need to Do,” Ricoh’s Sean Doherty offers some tips on how in-plants can differentiate themselves and keep business coming. Among his suggestions: • Be first • Educate your customers • Talk to the right people To learn the details, read the full story at http://ricohproductionprintnews.com/rc_ip2_things.html

MORE THAN 100 in-plant managers from all parts of the United States gathered in Baton Rouge for the 32nd annual Southeastern University Printers and Digital Managers Conference (SUPDMC) in early October. Hosted by Mike Loyd and his team from Louisiana State University (LSU), the conference offered a mixture of Cajun hospitality and professional development. Tim Vellek, vice president of Ricoh’s new Production Printing Business Group (PPBG) delivered Monday’s keynote. He argued that in-plants need to keep up with market demands in the form of new services while managing their internal images. It is vital, he said, for in-plants to be perceived as

To flatten its organizational structure and eliminate redundancies, Ricoh Americas Corp. has restructured. Gone is the position of Chief Operating Officer of the Ricoh U.S. division, and with it president and COO Thomas Salierno. Nori Goto, Chief Executive Officer of Ricoh U.S., will now add the title of president, Ricoh U.S. At the same time, Martin Brodigan, president of Ricoh Canada, has become Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of Ricoh U.S. Also, the Direct Marketing and Indirect Marketing groups of Ricoh U.S. will consolidate into one group headed by Senior Vice President Hugh Urabe. A key addition to the Ricoh team is Mike Loyd, a familiar name

Ricoh Americas Corp. has established a new Production Printing Business Group (PPBG) to specifically focus on the unique, customer driven requirements of data center, in-plant and graphic arts environments. PPBG will have a dedicated direct sales team, channel operations and solutions engineers working to define, build, implement and support production printing solutions. According to the company, it will offer a portfolio of proven, and evolving, monochrome and color products, along with best-in-class alliance partners. Included in the group is the recently formed InfoPrint Solutions Co., Ricoh’s new joint venture with IBM. At Gaph Expo, the company previewed its “Ricoh Future Color” (RFC) technology in a corner

Graph Expo 2007 visitors can see NEXPRESS systems running at Kodak booth 1246 and Ricoh booth 3046 CHICAGO—September 9—Kodak and Ricoh Americas Corporation announced at Graph Expo 2007 a U.S. reseller agreement under which Ricoh will offer four KODAK NEXPRESS Digital Production Color Presses to its customers in the in-plant, data center and graphic arts market “NEXPRESS Digital Production Color Presses give Ricoh customers a proven, high end production color solution that compliments our office and light production color products,” said Carl Joachim, Vice President, Marketing, Ricoh’s Production Printing Business Group. “The combination makes perfect sense, combining Ricoh’s strength in the office market with