2003: Ricoh bought naming rights to the CNE Coliseum (now known as Coca-Cola Coliseum) in Toronto.January 2001: Ricoh acquired Lanier Worldwide.It also supplied their RF5C68 and RF5C164 PCM sound chips to Fujitsu and Sega for the FM Towns computer, System 18 and System 32 arcade platforms and Sega CD add-on for the Genesis console. Ricoh manufactured several electronic components for video game consoles - the Ricoh 2A03 8-bit CPU with built-in PSG sound as well as the Ricoh 2C02 ( PPU) used in the Nintendo Entertainment System (2A07 CPU in the PAL NES and the 6538 PPU in PAL famiclones), and the Ricoh 5A22 16-bit CPU and the Ricoh 5C77 and Ricoh 5C78 PPUs used in the Super Nintendo Entertainment System. They have also manufactured copiers for Toshiba, fax machines for AT&T Corporation and Omnifax, as well as a wide variety of equipment for numerous other companies including duplicators for AB Dick. 1980s and 1990s: Ricoh was the primary manufacturer of Pitney-Bowes copiers.1960s and 1970s: Ricoh made wrist watches for both the Japanese domestic market and international markets, briefly entering into a partnership with Hamilton Watch Company, for the creation of the Ricoh Hamilton Electric watch.The model received certification of Mechanical Engineering Heritage #54 by the Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers (JSME) in 2012. Ricopy 101 was a diazo wet copier for desktop blueprint duplication. 1955: Ricoh made their first diazo copier.In 2006 Ricoh's headquarters moved to the Ricoh Building, a 25-story building in the Ginza area in Chūō there it occupies the same space as its sales offices. Before relocating to Chūō, Ricoh was first in Minato, Tokyo. These operations continue as a stand-alone business unit, under the Infotec brand. In 2006, Ricoh acquired the European operations of Danka for $210 million. Although the Monroe brand was discontinued, products continue to be marketed worldwide under the remaining brand names. During this time, Ricoh acquired Savin, Gestetner, Lanier, Rex-Rotary, Monroe, Nashuatec, IKON and most recently IBM Printing Systems Division / Infoprint Solutions Company.
In the late 1990s through early 2000s, the company grew to become the largest copier manufacturer in the world.
WHAT IS RICOH SOFTWARE
Ricoh produces electronic products, primarily cameras and office equipment such as printers, photocopiers, fax machines, offers Software as a Service (SaaS) document management applications such as DocumentMall, RicohDocs, GlobalScan, Print&Share and also offers Projectors. Ricoh's headquarters are located in Ota, Tokyo. It was founded by the now-defunct commercial division of the Institute of Physical and Chemical Research (Riken) known as the Riken Concern, on 6 February 1936 as Riken Sensitized Paper ( 理研感光紙, Riken Kankōshi). ( / ˈ r iː k oʊ/) ( 株式会社リコー, Kabushiki-gaisha Rikō) is a Japanese multinational imaging and electronics company. 90,141 (on consolidated basis, as of March 31, 2020)