MALVERN, PA—Ricoh announced that it has reached an agreement to buy mindSHIFT Technologies, a provider of managed IT, cloud, data center and professional services to small- and mid-sized organizations, from Best Buy. The acquisition is the latest strategic investment by Ricoh to expand and deepen its services portfolio.
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Ricoh will buy mindSHIFT Technologies, a provider of managed IT, cloud, data center and professional services to small- and mid-sized organizations, from Best Buy. The acquisition is expected to close in February 2014, at which time mindSHIFT will become a wholly-owned subsidiary of Ricoh.
For those printers that ply their craft in the book manufacturing industry, change has become a fact of life. "Our company is 120 years old, but we've probably seen more changes in the last five years than we had in the previous 115," observes John Edwards, president and CEO of Edwards Brothers Malloy, a book and journal printing specialist based in Ann Arbor, MI.
According to a new study from Ricoh, performed in conjunction with the University of Colorado, the future of the book industry depends heavily on print. Three out of five e-books downloaded are never read.
As part of a strategic partnership, Ricoh will provide the Philadelphia Eagles with a full range of Managed Document Services to its 200-employee front office, including sales, marketing, HR, IT, legal and other operations. The extension reaffirms Ricoh’s position as the Official Document Solutions Partner of the Philadelphia Eagles, building on a partnership formed in 2010.
At Ricoh Americas second annual "Next Chapter" event, thought leaders, disruptors and analysts examined the evolution of the book industry and its most pressing topics—including trends in educational printing, independent publishing, and the overarching evolution of the book industry.
ANN ARBOR, MI—Edwards Brothers Malloy announced that it has acquired a Ricoh InfoPrint 5000 continuous-feed inkjet press for its digital print center here. The press will be installed this month, with full production planned for November. Capable of running one- to four-color text, the press claims to provide significant speed and price advantages over traditional short-run offset and digital toner printing.
Konica Minolta, MGI USA, Ricoh, OKI Data Americas, Esko and Mac Papers are among those signed up to exhibit at the Graphics of the Americas (GOA) 39th conference and expo in Miami Beach, FL, February 27-March 1, 2014. GOA connects attendees with leading print and graphic arts service providers in rapidly expanding Latin American markets.
With only two sheetfed offset presses on the show floor, digital printing vendors were the 'hot' booths at PRINT 13. Here's a sampling of some of the production inkjet, wide-format inkjet and toner-based digital presses that were highlighted for commercial print shops
CHICAGO—From among the record number of companies and entries to the PRINT 13 Must See 'Ems competition, the judges combed through the submissions and selected 49 entries for the honor. These winners were announced in August and now the 12 Best of Category winners have been revealed. The winners were revealed last Saturday at the conclusion of the annual Executive Outlook Conference, held immediately prior to the opening of PRINT 13 and the co-located CPP Expo, which ended yesterday.