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Ricoh opens Customer
Experience Centre
Ricoh has opened a European centre of
excellence for production print in the Ricoh
Products Ltd. factory in Telford.
Featuring working solutions from Ricoh and its
partners, the Ricoh Customer Experience Centre
for production print will enable Ricoh customers
to see a variety of end-to-end processes and
workflows as they might exist in their own
facilities.
The Centre can also be used by Ricoh partners
to facilitate the joint development of integrated
solutions offering a seamless client workflow.
Stephen Palmer, Ricoh UK Head of Production
Print, said: “This new Customer Experience
Centre reinforces Ricoh’s commitment to the UK
print production market and will demonstrate
our manufacturing excellence across multiple
platforms and markets.”
The new European centre complements
Ricoh’s new global Customer Innovation Centre in
Boulder, Colorado, USA.
Toshiba Tec merges
MFP and BCP divisions
Toshiba Tec is merging its European MFP and
Barcode Printing (BCP) divisions into a unified
Toshiba Printing Solutions Business division. The
process is expected to be complete by March 31,
2015. Toshifumi Matsumoto, Deputy Managing
Director of Global Solutions Business Group, said:
“The new MFP and BCP combination presents
a significant opportunity to jointly bring our
hardware and software products, services and
customer support to the next level.”
NETBOX Digital
looking to expand
NETBOX Digital is on the take-over trail
as it aims to drive further growth through
the acquisition of compatible copier and
IT services companies.
The Rochester-based print, copy and scan
business has increased its turnover by more
than 130% over the past four years and in
2014, for the second year running, made it into
the Top 10 of the Kent Business
Mega Growth
50
league table of successful businesses.
Managing Director Paul Crewe said:
“The next few years are critical for us and we
are not going to rest on our proverbial laurels.
To go to the next stage, where we are turning
over £10 or £20 million plus, we need to
acquire businesses and run them the NETBOX
Digital way.”
To help achieve its aims, NETBOX Digital
plans to expand into the highly lucrative IT
Services sector and become a one-stop-shop
for IT solutions, as well as print, copy and scan
solutions.
Changing Times
National Conference
Integra Office Solutions’ Changing
Times National Conference held at
The East Midlands Conference Centre
on 20 November focused on an ever-
changing business environment and new
opportunities for growth.
More than 100 delegates and 70 supplier
partners came together to discuss and debate
changing times in the office products and IT
industries, explore new opportunities and discover
how to maximise these in order to ensure ongoing
success.
The itinerary included a motivational address
from former professional poker player Caspar
Berry; keynote addresses from industry stalwarts
Sean Starkey, Managing Director of Durable UK,
and Nigel Morris, Marketing Director of Beta
Distribution; business sessions on planning for
growth and margin management; and time to
tour the supplier exhibition.
In the evening, over 230 delegates attended
the Changing Times Black Tie Gala Dinner and
awards ceremony.
2r Systems is Olivetti’s
first ‘Best for Solutions’
Dealer
Bedfordshire-based 2r Systems has qualified
as Olivetti UK’s first ‘Best for Solutions’
Dealer.
The accreditation shows that 2r Systems is fully
qualified to provide consultation and support in
managed print services, document archiving and
other solutions in Olivetti’s wide-ranging portfolio.
It enables the dealer to differentiate itself from
other solutions providers and gives customers
complete confidence in 2r Systems’ capabilities.
2r Systems Managing Director Richard Finch
said: “Being awarded Best for Solutions means that
Olivetti’s smaller dealers have an equal opportunity
to support the Olivetti products to the highest
possible standard.”
Dennis Woods, Managing Director of Olivetti
UK, said: “Any customer who works with an
Olivetti Best for Solutions Dealer will be safe in
the knowledge that they are dealing with a fully
trained, highly professional company that they
know they can trust to provide them with the very
best expertise and support from day one of their
working partnership. I congratulate the 2r Systems
team; they have proved that commitment to
training pays dividends.”
ZenOffice has recognised the dedication of
two team members for their outstanding
contributions to charity.
These are Account Manager Karen Clarke, who
has run the Race for Life on numerous occasions,
completed the Tough Mudder twice and undertaken
a parachute jump, all for Cancer Research; and
Finance Assistant Toni Rothwell, who is the driving
force behind many of the company’s fundraising
activities.
Managing Director Les Kerr said: “Karen,
Toni and all the employees who participate and
contribute to charities and good causes are an
absolute credit to the company. ZenOffice has
committed to raising £10,000 for the Cancer
Research UK More Tomorrows charity and we are
confident we will achieve this target by June 2015.”
Pride of ZenOffice Awards 2014
