Founded in Japan in 1936, it is a world-renowned manufacturer of office equipment and optical equipment, and a well-known enterprise of digital office equipment solutions
Ricoh is a well-known Japanese manufacturer of office equipment and optical equipment, and a Fortune 500 company. In 1936, Ichikai Kiyoshi established the RIKEN Research Institute, which mainly researched Riken Yanghua photosensitive paper, and in 1963 it was officially renamed Ricoh, and in the same year established a Hong Kong branch. Today, Ricoh's main products include photocopiers, fax machines, printers and other stationery, document solutions, and portable digital cameras.
In 1936, Kiyoshi Ichimura founded the Ricoh Group. Ichimura's first major innovation was the RicohFlex III., which was introduced in 1950. It was the world's first mass-produced dual-lens reflex camera. This level of technological innovation is far-reaching and demonstrates the vision and ambition of the city and village for the future. In 1955, Ricoh created its first desktop photocopier, the Ricopy 101. In 1973, RIFAX 600S, the world's first all-digital fax machine, was launched at Ricoh.
After his death in 1968, Ichimura was always committed to helping people solve their problems at work or at home through continuous innovation, which has been an important driving force for the company he founded. While advocating technological innovation, he also advocated for companies to have a sense of social responsibility, which has become the consensus of many companies today, but was almost unheard of fifty years ago. In all areas of Ricoh's business activities, he is the first and most heartfelt contributor to social and environmental sustainability.
Today, Ricoh is a global company, but it still adheres to the philosophy of its original founder. To understand Ricoh, it is necessary to understand the two concepts of Ichimura Kiyo: to innovate for customers, and to adhere to sustainable business development for everyone involved in Ricoh products. Solve people's problems through innovation.
In the Japanese market, Ricoh copiers and fax machines have been a market leader for more than 20 years. Ricoh was one of the first manufacturers to explore digital image output technology, and Ricoh is a market leader in the United States, Europe and Japan. Ricoh's current products include copiers, printers, fax machines, optical disc drives, and electronic devices.
Group Profile
The Ricoh Group operates in approximately 200 countries and regions around the world. Our product portfolio includes office image processing equipment (e.g., MFPs, printers, etc.) that provide services and solutions such as document output management services and IT solutions, production digital printing presses, supply products, digital cameras and industrial products such as thermal media, semiconductors and factory automation cameras. In addition to these advanced technologies, the Ricoh Group is also known for its customer-oriented service principle. As a trusted global citizen, we will continue to take the lead in our work through our business activities and contribute to the creation of a sustainable society.
