RISO Names Don Michelucci Vice President, Direct Sales

DANVERS, MA—April 16, 2009—RISO, Inc., a leader in digital printing technology, announced that Don Michelucci has joined RISO as Vice President, Direct Sales. Michelucci is responsible for RISO’s Direct Sales Operations throughout the United States and Canada, reporting directly to Todd Deluca, President and COO.

Michelucci has over 25 years of experience and joins RISO, Inc. from Ricoh Corporation where he was recently Region Vice President in charge of two Lanier brand regions. He also was in charge of Ricoh Americas US Market Distribution and played a big part in the merging of Gestetner, Savin, and Lanier into Ricoh Americas.

“I have known Don for many years, and I am very pleased to welcome him to the RISO team,” said Todd Deluca, President and COO of RISO, Inc. “Given his impressive experience in the printing and office equipment industry, I am sure there is no better executive to help us continue to build our market share in commercial markets with our innovative inkjet printers.”

About RISO, Inc.
RISO, Inc., headquartered in Danvers, Massachusetts, is a wholly owned subsidiary of RISO Kagaku Corporation, Japan's leading manufacturer and distributor of production printers, digital duplicators and supplies. RISO sells high-speed color and monochrome printing solutions throughout the Americas. RISO's high-speed color printers provide fast and affordable full color digital printing for everyday communications, at speeds of up to 120 pages per minute. Its line of digital duplicators includes one- and two-color systems that reliably produce millions of copies, are environmentally friendly, and are easy and inexpensive to use.

To request more information about RISO’s complete suite of digital printing solutions, call 1-800-876-7476. Visit RISO’s blog at http://risoprinter.blogspot.com.