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Virtual exhibition BUSINESS-INFORM 2017

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BUSINESS-INFORM, INFORMATION AGENCY

Russian Federation
building 6, 4, Barabannij per., Moscow, 107023
Phone +7 495-988-61-46
Fax +7 495-988-61-46
E-Mail info@sforp.ru; bizinform@list.ru
URL www.sforp.ru
Contact Person Stanislav Malinskiy

Information Agency “BUSINESS-INFORM” was established in 1997. Activities of the Agency include: studying and research of the Russian printing equipment and supplies market, printing quality evaluation, purchase consulting. The Agency consists of central headquarters in Moscow and 52 regional partners. Annually 16000 Russian companies are using Agency’s services. The Agency annually publishes 8 catalogs of printers, copiers, MFPs, and supplies with a total run of 750000 copies. The Agency also publishes Business-Inform E-News Digest electro­nic title, as well as Business-Inform Review magazine dedicated to the news of the Russian and International market of printing equipment, supplies, and parts. The Agency developed the following databases: Supplies (installed in more than 2000 Russian companies), Russian Suppliers of Printing Equipment, and State Procurements of Supplies. Russian market researches are custom-performed upon the request from the large state and commercial organizations. The Agency is the organizer of BUSINESS-INFORM international exhibition.

PRODUCTION: “SUPPLIES FOR PRINTING EQUIPMENT”, “PRINTERS AND MFPS”, “COPY MACHINES” CATALOGS, “SUPPLIES FOR PRINTING EQUIPMENT”, “RUSSIAN SUPPLIERS OF PRINTING EQUIPMENT”, “STATE PROCUREMENTS OF CARTRIDGES FOR LASER PRINTING” DATABASES, “E-NEWS DIGEST” ELECTRONIC EDITION, “BUSINESS-INFORM REVIEW” MAGAZINE, RUSSIAN MARKET SALES STATISTICS, ORGANI­ZING OF INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITIONS AND CONFERENCES

Information from BUSINESS-INFORM, INFORMATION AGENCY

20.04.2018
  
 

The Market is Changing - The Buyer is Changing as well. 

In 5 years we will live in the world of social networks. Will this world be a world of information or disinformation? 

Details - in my article and in the report at the FOCUS on QUALITY Conference (15 May, 10-30. Russia, Moscow, VDNH, pav.75). 

http://www.sforp.ru/BI2018eng/biconf2018/list.htm





Details: http://sforp.ru/birevieweng/review2018_19.htm 


26.03.2018

            Russia, Moscow, VDNH, pavilion 75, hall A, second floor

 

                       FOCUS on QUALITY Conference

                                   (15 May 2018)                                         

 

Time

Speaker

The Name of the Report

10.30-10.50

Malinskiy Stanislav

(BUSINESS-INFORM, Russia)

The Russian Market of Printing Supplies – Main Tendencies and Perspectives. The Accent on Human Factor

11.00- 11.35

Emine Tonta

(IPM Toner, Turkey)

IPM TONER of MOON and STAR3 Series – The Tendencies of Quality Supplies Industry’s Development, Shown on the Example of Universal Toner Series

11.45- 12.20

Blinov Andrey

( STATIC CONTROL, USA)

Overview of  STATIC CONTROL New Technologies

12.30- 13.05

Khazankin Sergei

(VTT, Russia)

 

Combining What Cannot Be Combined. Laser Refills and Compatibles, from Strife to Synergy

13.15- 13.50

Kappius Volker

(DELACAMP, Germany)

 

Clones  versus  Remanufactured

14.00- 14.35

Samoshkin Alexey

(CET Group Russia)

 

ÑÅÒ, The Aspects of Success

14.45-15.30

Reserve ( we have 2 reports for this time)

 

15.45-16.30

Knak Peter

( IMEX EU Trading SRL, Spain)

New Generation Toners

16.45- 17.30

Hagemann Tania

(INTEGRAL, Germany)

Quality WinsAlways

 

 


01.03.2018

Registration for BUSINESS-INFORM 2018 International Expo Has Began

Information Agency “Business-Inform” (http://sforp.ru/BI2018eng/reg.htm) web-site has opened BUSINESS-INFORM 2018 International Expo visitors’ registration. Visit the web-site, register and receive invitations!

The 7th Anniversary Office Equipment, Supplies, and Parts International Exhibition will be held in Moscow, May 15-17, 2018 (VDNH, pavilion #75). The Exhibition is for office printing professionals only. The entrance is for free via invitation. To receive the Invitation it is enough just to fill in the form on the organizer’s (Information Agency “Business-Inform”) web-site.

The participants – the leading Russian and International companies – are manufacturers and suppliers of office printing devices and corresponding supplies. The visitors – the Russian and International specialists – are sellers and corporative buyers of printers, copiers, MFPs, supplies and parts; also they are the specialists in the fields of documentation workflow optimization and printing outsourcing.

Within the framework of the Expo the following conferences will be held:

- Focus on Quality! (May 15),

- The Supplier and the Corporative Buyer, the Dialog Continues! (May 16)

This year Information Agency “Business-Inform” will keep the tradition of giving professional presents to all exhibition and conferences visitors. That is why every visitor will be presented for free by expo organizers with a new Printing Supplies catalog (issue 39, 2018), BUSINESS-INFORM Review magazines (issues 18 and 19, 2018), half-year passwords to the pay-sections of Information Agency “Business-Inform” web-site (http://sforp.ru). The organizers haven’t forgotten about the participants as well. On May 16 the Award Ceremony for Russian and International companies will be held! June will see the work of BUSINESS-INFORM 2018 Virtual Exhibition; its participants will continue to demonstrate their products and offers to the visitors on virtual booths. The Organizer’s news web-site – www.printnews.biz – on which all the participants of BUSINESS-INFORM 2018 can timely publish their news and offers will continue as well! And all that absolutely for free!

If you are a professional in the field of office printing, do not hesitate! Visit Business-Inform web-site, register and receive an Invitation for the 7th International Office Equipment, Supplies, and Parts BUSINESS-INFORM 2018 Expo!

We will be glad to meet you!

 


18.01.2018

Five Reasons to Participate in 

BUSINESS-INFORM 2018 Expo

 

BUSINESS-INFORM 2018 Expo (Russia, Moscow, 15-17 May 2018) is: 

- the only professional exhibition of printing supplies in Russia;

- the seventh annual exhibition, well-known in Russia and Internationally;

- more than 2500 visitors – specialists in the field of printing supplies, more than 1000 from them are the directors and top-managers of the companies;

- the opportunity of networking with seller-companies’ representatives from more than 50 regions of Russia;

- the meeting point in “Reseller – Big Buyer” format, more than 400 representatives of Big Russian companies, buyers of printing supplies, will visit the Expo.

We invite companies engaged in the office printing and printing supplies industry to participate in BUSINESS-INFORM 2018 Expo.

Regarding the participation, feel free to contact:

e-mail: bizinform@list.ru, tel. 8 (495) 9886146

Expo website - http://www.sforp.ru/BI2018eng/


 


16.01.2018
  Information Agency “Business-Inform” (http://sforp.ru/en/
  Started the Preparation for Releasing the Next Issue of "BUSINESS-INFORM Review"Magazine (issue 18, 2018).


 The Magazine is dedicated to the modern office printing equipment and its usage. The main magazine’s sections are:

- Leaders of the Russian and International Office Printing Market;

- Marketing;

- Printing Outsourcing;

- Patents and Intellectual Property;

- Office Equipment and Printing Technology;

- Printing Supplies;

- Expos and Conferences.


 The proposed print-run – 20000 copies.

 The deadline for materials presenting – February 12 (articles and advertising).


 We invite companies engaged in the office printing and printing supplies industry to place their company and product information/advertising in “BUSINESS-INFORM Review” (issue 18, 2018).


Regarding the issues of information/advertising placement, feel free to contact:

e-mail: bizinform@list.ru, tel. 8 (495) 9886146 

-- 
Respectfully yours

Yulia Danilogorskaya, Managing Director





11.12.2017

     Business-Inform Review Magazine (issue #17, 2017),

  News from the World of Office Printing and Supplies

       Information Agency “Business-Inform” web-site presents a new issue of the quarterly magazine, BUSINESS-INFORM Review, an Issue for Professionals (issue #17, 2017). The magazine readers are the specialists of the Russian office printing devices, supplies, and parts market.

     More than 40 articles have been published in the magazine’s main sections: Global Industry Leaders, Russian Market Leaders, Marketing, Printing Outsourcing, Office Equipment and Printing Technology, Printing Supplies, Expos and Conferences.

     In the Global Industry Leaders section the reader can find articles regarding Chinese companies:

- Ninestar Image/Apex (by Tricia Judge (Int’l ITC) and Jason Wang (Apex)), and

- Polytoner Image (by Robert Liu (Zhuhai Polytoner Image Co., Ltd.) and Stanislav Malinskiy (Business-Inform)).

     The INTEGRAL company, one of the global toner market leaders presented the article by Tania Hagemann called “Compatible Printing Consumables Market – a Market for „Lemons“?” regarding the economic advantages of high-quality toners

     In the Russian Market Leaders sections you can find an interview with the heads of Bulat company Sergey Kuzin and Herman Plotnizkiy called “Bulat: 25 Years in Electrography”. This year Bulat celebrated its 25th anniversary date. The founders and executives of the company offer the readers their view of the past, present, and future of Bulat.

     In the Marketing section there is an article by Stanislav Malinskiy calledThe Russian Market of Printing Supplies 2017 – the Low Price Determines Many Things”, dedicated to the results of the Russian market marketing research received by Information Agency “Business-Inform” in January-October 2017. Besides, there are articles by Ankitaa Gohain Dalmia, dedicated to the modern methods of digital and content marketing; as well as a number of articles regarding the results of various global market of office-printing marketing research.

     The Printing Outsourcing section holds the articles by:

- Giovanni Giusti (DOXENSE), Why Corporations are Abandoning Managed Print Services, And How to Reverse It; and

- Christine Dunne (Keypoint Intelligence - InfoTrends), Concrete Ways MPS is Helping Customers.

     The section called Office Equipment and Printing Technologies holds the range of articles dedicated to the new products of the Russian market of office printing. It focuses in detail on technical and functional features of the following printers and MFPs:

- Brother HL-L8260CDW/ HL-L9310CDW/ DCP-L8410CDW/ MFC-L8650CDW/ MFC-L9570CDW,

- Canon PIXMA TS3140/ SELPHY CP1300/ imagePRESS C10000VP/

- Epson L4150/ L4160/ L6160/ L6170/ L6190/ SureColor SCF9300/ WorkForce Enterprise WF-C17590/ WF-C20590,

- Konica Minolta Accurio-Press C6100,

- Toshiba e-STUDIO 3508LP/4508LP/ 5008LP,

- Xerox VersaLink C500/C505/C600/C605/C7000.

     Also the section contains Fake News Works by Steve Weedon, as well as the overview called “Survey Reveals Insights into Office Imaging” (www.therecycler.com), and a series of notes regarding technical novelties, represented on the global market of office printing.

     The Supplies section contains articles by the renowned industry experts:

- Mark Dawson (Clover Technologies Group), “Service” in Toner Cartridge Remanufacturing;

- Christian Pepper (LD Products Inc.), The Role of Service as a Sales Strategy;

- John Cooper (Toner Research Services Inc.), As I See It: The Courts, Chips and Growth;

- Max Goldbart (PrintWeek), Xerox rolls out High Fusion Inks;

- Zheng Ping Wang (Gold East International), Focusing on Compatible Kyocera Consumables;

…as well as a range of global supplies market articles.

     In the Expos and Conferences section Stanislav Malinskiy and Alexey Belikov(Information Agency “Business-Inform”, Russia) present a short report regarding the visit to the RemaxWorld 2017 Summit&Expo international expo-conference (China, Zhuhai, October, 11-14, 2017).

    Especially for international specialists, several articles dedicated to the Russian market have been presented in English (see English Pages section http://sforp.ru/birevieweng/review2017_17.htm).

    The digital version of the magazine can be found on Business-Inform agency’s web-site (http://sforp.ru/bireview/review2017_17.htm).

    The printed version can be ordered starting from 18st of December, in Business-Inform distribution department (www.sforp.ru, email: bizinform@list.ru, tel. +7 495 988-6146, Moscow, Barabanniy Lane, 4 (building 6)), Moscow specialists can purchase the magazine in Ramis company shop (www.ramis.ru, +7 495 542-5098, Moscow, Medoviy lane, 4 (building 5)).



04.10.2017
     The New “Supplies for Printing Machines” Catalog (Issue #38, 2017) Is Out Now   

            The Supplies for Printing Machinescatalog has been prepared by Information Agency “Business-Inform” specialists. It aims at the wide range of computer and office equipment users.

            The catalog contains information regarding supplies for inkjet, laser, LED, dot-matrix, and sublimation printers, copiers, engineering systems, duplicators, faxes, and MFPs of various World’s leading manufacturers (Brother, Canon, Epson, HP, Konica Minolta, Kyocera, Oki, Panasonic, Ricoh, Samsung, Sharp, Toshiba, Xerox, etc.). The catalog has the detailed information regarding aim, resource, average prices, product codes, compatibility of supplies. Besides OEM supplies information, the catalog has the info regarding compatible supplies (sales leaders of the Russian market) (ATMDelacamp, Fuji,  Hi-Black, Imex,  Ink-MateIntegralMitsubishi/MKIProfilineUniJetUniTon). For the first time ever the catalog presents information regarding NV PRINT cartridges.

            The volume of the Supplies for Printing Machinescatalog (Issue #38, 2017) is 422 pages. Catalog can be purchased via distribution department of Information Agency “Business-Inform”, e-mail: bizinform@list.ru , cash on delivery (post) or via Ramis company shop (Moscow, Medoviy pereulok, house 4, building 5). To learn more about the products offered on the Russian market by Information Agency “Business-Inform” (catalogs, magazines, databases) you can visit Our Products section of our web-site.


Details: http://market.sforp.ru/products/suppliers/38_2017.html



21.08.2017

Business-Inform Review Magazine (issue #16, 2017), News from the World of Office Printing and Supplies

Information Agency “Business-Inform” web-site presents a new issue of the quarterly magazine, BUSINESS-INFORM Review, an Issue for Professionals (issue #16, 2017). The magazine readers are the specialists of the Russian office printing devices, supplies, and parts market.

More than 30 articles have been published in the magazine’s main sections: Global Industry Leaders, Russian Market Leaders, Marketing, Printing Outsourcing, Patents and Intellectual Property, Office Equipment and Printing Technology, Printing Supplies, Expos and Conferences.

In the Global Industry Leaders section the article by Volker Kappius, DELACAMP’s CEO, regarding remanufacturing industry advantages is presented, as well as interviews with INTEGRAL GmbH (Jan Hagemann) and IMEX EU Trading S.R.L. (Peter Knak), who have been all awarded “Focus on Quality!” prizes during BUSINESS-INFORM 2017 International Expo (Moscow, VDNH, May 17-19, 2017).

In the Russian Market Leaders section an article is presented by RM Company regarding its 21 years of experience of working on the Russian market of printing supplies, as well as interviews with the executives of the companies awarded during BUSINESS-INFORM 2017 Expo with prizes and diplomas in categories “Most Popular Brand” (Roman Samoilov, CACTUS Russia), “Highest Quality Brand” (Sergey Danilov, ROSCO) and “Best Price-Quality Ratio Brand” (Evgeny Belikov, RAMIS).

In the Marketing section there are articles dedicated to the modern tendencies of the office printing equipment markets of Asia-Pacific region (Pankaj Chawla, IDC), as well as to the the different approaches towards organizing of the document workflow within large and medium companies and the influence of those approaches on the modern market (Christine Dunne, Keypoint Intelligence).

In the Printing Outsourcing section an article by Antonio Sánchez Navarro (Nubeprint) “Promise of Costs Transparency Brings More MPS Contracts” is published.

In the Patents and Intellectual Property articles by Tricia Judge (Int'l ITC association) regarding industry’s members successes in trials with ÎÅÌs (Impression Product’s victory over Lexmark International) are published, as well as an article by David Gibbons (RecyclingTimes Media) “Knock It Off” regarding the rules of doing business in China.

In the section Office Equipment and Printing Technology there is an article by Ray Stasieczko called “It’s not About HP Samsung, or Canon; It’s About Disruption” dedicated to the Global changes in the industry of office printing, as well as articles and press-releases regarding new printers and MFPs by Canon, Xerox, Toshiba, Kyocera, presented on the Russian and International markets.

In the Printing Supplies section there are articles by: Alexei Samoshkin (CET Group Rus) "ÑÅÒ: Quality Compatible Parts for Printing Devices”, Christian Pepper “What Do OEMs Expect from Aftermarket Supplies", Steve Weedon (“Ever Thought About Working for the Chinese?” “Birth of a New Industry”), and articles dedicated to the tendencies and news of the Global office printing supplies industry.

Especially for international specialists, several articles dedicated to the Russian market have been presented in English (see English Pages section http://sforp.ru/birevieweng/review2017_16.htm).

The digital version of the magazine can be found on Business-Inform agency’s web-site (http://sforp.ru/bireview/review2017_16.htm).

The printed version can be ordered starting from 1st of September, in Business-Inform distribution department (+7 495 988-6146, Moscow, Barabanniy Lane, 4 (building 6)), Moscow specialists can purchase the magazine in Ramis company shop (+7 495 542-5098, Moscow, Medoviy lane, 4 (building 5)).



29.06.2017

CET acquires PAULIMAC

CET Group has acquired the company which is the “largest distributer of compatible copier parts” in Brazil.

After six months of negotiations the acquisition of PAULIMAC has been finalised and the company will now be named PAULIMAC and CET Group Brazil. The deal includes other assets such as PAULIMAC’s estate, buildings and their warehouses.

CET also acquired PAULIMAC’s toner cartridge refilling facility, BENIFICA, which will now be called BENIFICA and CET Group Brazil. The negotiations were undertaken by Steven Ma, President, CET Group and Elizabeth Barbosa, Senior Manager of CET Group USA.

The acquisition was said to be “big step forward for CET’s globalization strategy” and will “strengthen the development of the South American market”. The company will “manufacture copier cartridges and expand toner filling lines”.

CET stated: “This is the third overseas branch that CET Group has developed in 2017 alone, and we have the utmost confidence that this new branch will expand the market in Braziland in South America. This acquisition clearly demonstrates CET Group’s strength, as well as its commitment to globalization.” They also said that the merger would have a “positive impact” on CET Group’s “culture and development”

Details:https://www.therecycler.com/posts/cet-acquires-paulimac/



29.06.2017

The state of printer security

Cartridge World discusses what businesses and home users can do to make printing safer.

The article said that hackers are targeting printers to gain access to sensitive data on printers and that “potentially anyone on the internet” can use any wireless printer if it is not secure as hackers did in several universities in the US.

Modern MFPs contain hard drives and save digital copies of print jobs and other data which hackers can use but by securing networks access can reduce the risk and Cartridge World advised trying the following tips.

Using the security features set by manufacturers and updating the firmware is the first thing to do followed by making sure Cloud security is in place for those who use mobile devices Google Cloud printing service comes with many security features.

The article suggested implementing logins for places where many people use the printers to ensure tighter security and for those printers that store information there should be a weekly practice of removing all stored data.

Passwords should be regularly changed and any services that are not required should be closed and all new printers should be checked to make sure the ports are closed while it is also suggested that businesses and users make use of Patches that can be downloaded.

Lastly the article noted that printer users should be educated about the potential risks of wireless printers and reminded not to open suspicious emails or links.

Details:https://www.therecycler.com/posts/the-state-of-printer-security/




29.06.2017

Brother partners to channel managed print

The OEM recently gained the right to offer managed print on G-Cloud 9 and now needs its channel partners to take the product to the public sector.

Computer Weekly reported that the MPS was designed specifically with the public sector and channel in mind making it achievable for resellers to “offer contracts” online or phone.

Brothers MPS and Omnijoin web conferencing system was accredited through G-Cloud which is a framework that “provides smaller suppliers with a chance to pitch for public sector business”. This has worked well so far as £1.6 billion (2 USD/(ˆ1.8 billion) has been laid out on the governments digital marketplace with 56 percent of total sales and 64 percent of volume being awarded to SMEs.

Phil White, Managed Print Sales Manager, Brother UK, said: “A huge breadth of organisations in the public sector want to get access to the efficiencies and peace of mind that managed print services bring. We’ve seen some larger public sector organisations save six-figures off their printing bill through MPS and so we’re hoping our new cloud-based MPS will open up similar opportunities for smaller organisations.”

Details:https://www.therecycler.com/posts/brother-partners-to-channel-managed-print/



29.06.2017

 Printer shipments in EMEA stabilise

A report by market analyst Context said that shipments this year are up on 2016 Q1 when there was an eight percent fall.

Zivile Brazdziunaite, Imaging Market Analyst at Context, said: “The Middle East and Africa (MEA) region outperformed other regions with unit shipments increasing by seven percent, following the double-digit decline last year. All categories, except for laser MFPs, registered positive performance over the first quarter of 2017.”

There was a 19 percent overall increase in sales in the UAE despite a fall in the laser hardware segment due to demand for inkjet technology devices and Turkey saw an increase of MFP laser and inkjet shipments while South Africa showed a three percent improvement and “Saudi Arabia continued to decline”.

70 percent of sales of printer hardware shipments to EMEA is a result of a “sell into Western Europe (WE)” and although Q1 was flat there was an improvement on last years six percent fall and there was an increase of shipments to most WE countries. In UKand France, there was a one percent increase due to inkjet devices while Italy’s laser devices showed a two percent YOY growth.

Germanys shipments were down five percent and this was in all categories with the exception for laser MFPs which had increased by 12 percent while in Spainand the Netherlandsthere was double figured growth of “printer hardware sell-in”.

Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) was the same as that of WE while sell into Russia showed a four percent increase mostly due to laser MFPs. Strong performances were recorded in Kazakhstan and Belarus due to laser devices but “sell-in levels to Poland and the Czech Republic declined”.

Details:https://www.therecycler.com/posts/printer-shipments-in-emea-stabilise/



29.06.2017

Erasable toner awarded ISO certifications

Toshiba announced that the British Standards Institution (BSI) verified its erasable toner MFPs met the ISO 14040 and ISO 14044.

The company’s e-STUDIO3508LP, e-STUDIO4508LP and e-STUDIO5008LP MFPs with the paper reusing device e-STUDIO RD301 met the standards of the Life Cycle Assessment required for the ISO certifications.

Toshiba stated that “the e-STUDIO3508LP, e-STUDIO4508LP, and e-STUDIO5008LP are Toshiba Tec’s unique and eco-conscious product which prints regular black prints as well as erasable blue prints within one device.” The printers are environmentally friendly and reduce CO2 emission from paper production using the erasable inks.

The process compared Toshiba Tec’s regular MFPs with the e-STUDIO ones and found that by using erasable toner they will reduce CO2 emission by 57 percent compared to that of five black prints.

Toshiba has a “three greens philosophy” which is Greening products, Greening of process and Green management and the company said that it strives to “be one of the world’s leading eco-conscious companies”.

The company stated that “by verifying its products to ISO 14040 and ISO 14044, Toshiba Tec is taking major steps towards addressing the environmental aspects and potential impacts throughout a product’s life.”

Details:https://www.therecycler.com/posts/erasable-toner-awarded-iso-certifications/



29.06.2017

The right to repair

US Copyright Office wants Congress to pass legislation so that customers have the right to repair products bought from companies who prevent consumers from doing this.

Thehill.com reported that the US Copyright Office wrote in a report: “The Office recommends against limiting an exemption to specific technologies or devices, such as motor vehicles, as any statutory language would likely be soon outpaced by technology.

“The Office believes these matters are better addressed through laws or regulations outside of the Copyright Act.” However, there were no “specific recommendations” put forward for a written law at this time.

Over recent years companies like printer manufacturers and automobile companies state that is illegal for customers to “bypass locks” placed on their products and this stops third parties from repairing or servicing them. In the farming community in Nebraska farmers have been using illegal Ukrainian software to override their John Deere tractors systems so that they can repair them on their own.

Due to some exemptions granted by the Copyright Office on Section 1201 of the Digital Millennium Copyrights Act, renewable every three years industry by industry, there is now a makeshift set of exemptions for some technology but not for others.

Public comments related to repairs relayed to the Office have gone from 750 comments 2000-2012 to 40,000 in2015.

The US Copyright Office argued in its report that companies have been using section 1201 perversely to the purpose of “provision” and stated that: “Virtually all agree that section 1201 was not intended to facilitate manufacturers’ use of [software locks] to facilitate product tying or to achieve a lock?in effect under which consumers are effectively limited to repair services offered by the manufacturer.”

Details:https://www.therecycler.com/posts/the-right-to-repair-2/



27.06.2017

Toshiba’s troubles continue

The OEM has been “demoted” on the Tokyo stock exchange and is continuing talks to sell Memory Chip business.

Reuters reported that the company has bigger financial losses for 2016 than first estimated and as a result was downgraded on the Tokyo stock exchange to the second section. Toshiba has also been given permission from regulatory bodies to delay filing its yearly accounting by a month due to a “prolonged accounting investigation at its bankrupt Westinghouse nuclear unit” and this is the sixth time the company has asked for more time in filing accounts since 2015.

The company will now file its earnings by 10 August and Toshiba President Satoshi Tsunakawa is set to hold a news conference in Tokyo at 5 pm today.

Meanwhile, Wirth Consulting reported that the company is set to sell its Memory Chip business to a consortium of investors which includes “Innovation Corporation of Japan, Bain Capital Private Equity, and the Development Bank of Japan”.

Toshiba split the Toshiba Memory Corporation from the main company and it became a “wholly owned subsidiary” but its sale is needed to cover the billions of dollars the company has lost from its nuclear unit in America. According to Wirth Consulting Toshiba said that the consortium “presented the best proposal, not only in terms of valuation, but also in respect to certainty of closing, retention of employees, and maintenance of sensitive technology within Japan (the consortium is based in either Japan or South Korea).” It appears that Foxconn and Apple are now out of the picture having previously tried to buy the chip business.

The transaction was expected to be completed by March 2018 but in a further setback Western Digital, Toshiba’s manufacturing partner in the chip business, filed a lawsuit in California to try and block the OEM from selling the business and requested a San Francisco state court to “keep the sale on hold” until a legal dispute is resolved with Western Digital.

Steve Milligan, CEO, Western Digital, said Toshiba was “violating contractual rights” and that had left his company no alternative but to take legal action. However, there is speculation that the dispute may be ended and that Western Digital may join the consortium.

Reuters said the consortium bid would have to clear Toshiba’s 2 trillion yen debt (18 USD/ˆ16 billion).

Details:https://www.therecycler.com/posts/toshibas-troubles-continue/



27.06.2017

Canon awarded 4.5m USD in toner bottle case

On 19 June, the US District Court for the Northern District of Georgia, Atlanta Division, awarded Canon 4.5 million USD (ˆ4.02 million) after a jury found that Color Imaging and General Plastics did indeed infringe Canon’s toner bottle design.

The Recycler reported on the start of the case in 2015, which saw Canon accuse GPI and Color Imaging of patent infringement, with the USITC issuing the details of the complaint, which referred to the importation of toner bottles used in the OEM’s imageRUNNER, imageRUNNER ADVANCE and imagePRESS devices. The OEM was looking to stop the companies from importing the bottles into the United States, the sale for importation, and the sale within the United States of the aforementioned products.

Canon had requested that the USITC issue “a permanent limited exclusion order and cease and desist orders”. A Limited Exclusion Order (LEO) differs from a General Exclusion Order (GEO), but would still bar the two companies from importing and selling the bottles infringing the patents, as well as enforcing cease and desist orders.

In a ‘Notice of institution of investigation’, the USITC stated that it had received Canon’s original complaint in early June 2015, and “having considered the complaint”, it had ordered “an investigation to be instituted to determine whether there is a violation” of patents in the case.

Canon previously undertook toner bottle IP cases in the UKagainst Parsia International, Allcopy Products and PPC Solutions Ltd. Parsia settled with the OEM in October 2013, as did AllCopy in September 2013 and PPC in April 2014.

Color Imaging told The Recycler at the time when the case was announced: “GPI and Color Imaging respect the intellectual property rights of others, including Canon’s. They firmly believe that their innovative aftermarket products offer a viable alternative that is beneficial to the consumers, and should not be squeezed out of the market by means other than fair competition in the market.”

After more than five years, since the case started the verdict from the jury court was that General Plastics was ordered to pay 3.7 million USD (ˆ3.31 Million), and Color Imaging just under 1 million USD (ˆ0.89 million).

General Plastics released a statement saying “The Company has made a new revision design for the products in this area to meet the market demand.” It continues: “The company and the US lawyers believe that the decision has a major flaw, will proceed to move Appeal.”

Details:https://www.therecycler.com/posts/canon-awarded-4-5m-in-toner-bottle-case/



27.06.2017

New Pantum models to be released

Pantum International Limited is adding three new printer models to their lines later on this year.

The three models which will be introduced in the last quarter of this year are the Pantum CM7000DN which is a colour laser multifunction device that will print 32 pages per minute, the Pantum P5000DN a 42 pages per minute black and white laser printer and the Pantum M7600FDN a multifunction device based on the P5000DN printer.

The Pantum CM7000DN has a print speed of 32 ppm when printing black and 32 ppm when printing colour. Time to first page is 10.5 seconds for black and 11.5 seconds for colour. The recommended maximum monthly duty cycle is 85,000 pages with a recommended monthly page volume of 800 – 6,000 pages. The printer uses a separate drum unit and toner cartridge with the starter cartridge having a yield of 1,400 pages (CMYK). The replacement cartridge comes in two versions,  a yield of 1,000 pages black and colour, or 3,000 page yield for the colour cartridge and 4,000 pages for the black cartridges. The drum unit has a page yield of 40,000 pages.

The Pantum P5000DN has a print speed of 42ppm in A4, 45ppm in Letter, 18spm in A4 Duplex mode and 20spm in LTR Duplex mode. Time to first page is 6.5 seconds. The recommended maximum monthly duty cycle is 12,000 pages and recommended monthly page volume is 1,500 – 14,000 pages. The printer uses a separate drum unit and toner cartridge with the starter cartridge having a yield of 6,000 pages. The replacement cartridges come in three different versions, a “high-yield” cartridge for 5,000 pages, “extra high-yield” cartridge for 10,000 pages and an “ultra high-yield” cartridge for 20,000 pages. The drum unit has a yield of 60,000 pages.

The Pantum M7600FDN has a print speed of 42ppm in A4, 45ppm in Letter, 18spm in A4 Duplex mode and 20spm in LTR Duplex mode. Time to first page is 6.5 seconds. The recommended maximum monthly duty cycle is 12,000 pages and recommended monthly page volume is 2000 – 12,000 pages.  The printer uses a separate drum unit and toner cartridge with the starter cartridge having a yield of 6,000 pages. The replacement cartridges come in three different versions, a “high-yield” cartridge for 5,000 pages, “extra high-yield” cartridge for 10,000 pages and an “ultra high-yield” cartridge for 20,000 pages. The drum unit has a yield of 60,000 pages.

For more information visit http://global.pantum.com/


27.06.2017

Xerox announces Versalink printer family

The business printer family uses Xerox’s ConnectKey technology in both the A4 and A3 printer modules.

Xerox’s ConnectKey technology powers the VersaLink A4 and A3 business printers and MFPs and represents a leap forward in workplace productivity. They are designed to transform the way we work today, safely and securely.

Highlights include that they are ideal for small and midsize workgroups, innovative functionality with affordable total cost of ownership, freedom to get work done on your terms, whenever, wherever and a range of devices to choose from.

The Versalink family of business printers enable the user to preview scans and faxes right at the tablet-like touchscreen interface, and quickly make scanned documents searchable with built-in OCR capability.

They come with “Plug-n-play” setup features are ideal for organisations with no tech support — or simply don’t want to wait for IT.

All machines can connect to all your VersaLink devices via wire, wireless, or from your mobile device. Access all your cloud services — Dropbox™, Google Drive™, OneDrive® via the VersaLink tablet-like touchscreen interface.

Details:https://www.therecycler.com/posts/xerox-announces-versalink-printer-family/



27.06.2017

Kyocera introduces new toner technology

 KYOCERA Document Solutions America announced the introduction of the ECOSYS P8060cdn, a high-capacity, print-only device ideal for midsize companies and workgroups featuring its new toner technology.

The core print capabilities are full 1200×1200 dpi, up to 60-ppm in black and white and 55-ppm in colour, up to 12”x18” media support, with standard paper capacity of 1,150 sheets, expandable up to 7,150 sheets, with professional finishing capabilities.

“In terms of print functionality, the ECOSYS P8060cdn delivers everything our customers expect,” said Douglas Cole, Director of Product Marketing at KYOCERA Document Solutions America. “However, that’s only the beginning.”

The ECOSYS P8060cdn comes with Wi-Fi Direct and NFC capabilities for Android mobile devices. The printer is HyPAS-enabled, ready to run KYOCERA Mobile PrintTM, Apple AirPrint®, and Google Cloud PrintTM, as well as Kyocera’s security and cost control business applications, including AccessLockTM and CentraQ Pro®. All capabilities are easily accessible through the 9”colour touch-screen interface.

The ECOSYS P8060cdn features an innovative revolving toner system that simplifies mechanics and reduces energy requirements. The printer supports tiered-colour billing, as well as Kyocera Fleet Services (KFS) – a comprehensive cloud-based monitoring service that allows authorised dealers to handle many maintenance tasks for their customers without time-consuming on-site visits. Through KFS, dealers can anticipate issues and resolve them before they occur, and even update firmware remotely during off-hours, maximising uptime across the entire fleet.

The brilliant 1200×1200 print resolution is further enhanced by Kyocera’s new toner technology. Colours are deeper and more vivid, blacks are sharper and more well-defined – especially thin-ruled lines and smaller characters.

The ECOSYS P8060cdn uses toner engineered with smaller particles, which require less heat to fuse them to the page, reducing energy consumption. There is an ingenious, environmentally friendly toner container replacement system in which empty black toner containers can be re-used as waste toner containers, which minimises landfill waste – as does the Toner Locking System that ensures containers are completely empty before they are replaced.

“Kyocera has always offered some of the industry’s best high-performance print-only devices,” continued Cole. “With the ECOSYS P8060cdn, we’ve raised the bar once again.”

The ECOSYS P8060cdn is available through authorised Kyocera dealers at the manufacturer’s suggested retail price (MSRP) of 6,188 USD (ˆ5,539).

Details:https://www.therecycler.com/posts/kyocera-the-introduces-new-toner-technology/


 


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