Virtual exhibition BUSINESS-INFORM 2019

Cartridges, which are microchipped, must be RoHS compliant

   We understand that it is beneficial for Russian companies importing products that violate RoHS to disseminate information that RoHS requirements do not cover cartridges. And we understand that the statement that cartridges are not covered by RoHS requirements primarily reflects their methods of running business in Russia. But in the RoHS related documents there is a clear information about products which are specifically prohibited by RoHS, responsibility for the violation of RoHS (who will be fired) and who has to control the goods imported into the Russian market. And these are not customs authorities only.

    If you want to receive the originals of these documents before translation into Russian, please contact, for example, the ETIRA. We believe that Javier Martinez, President of ETIRA, will share with you all the documents on this topic and give an explanation if they are really interesting for you. The Ministry of Justice of Russia is unlikely to answer similar questions to representatives of commercial organizations.

     However, for all companies that are really interested in this issue, we recommend to have a look at the information published on the websites of leading European or American cartridge suppliers. For example, visit the Static Control or Katun websites.

            It’s an abbreviation that stands for Restriction of Hazardous Substances and it is a directive for the European Union that limits certain chemical substances from appearing in electrical equipment (including both toner and inkjet cartridges which are microchipped).

https://www.scc-inc.com/Newsroom/What-You-Need-to-Know-about-Global-Environmental-S

            Yes, if it includes a chip. Since 2018, cartridges with a chip are considered as electrical and electronic equipment, they are included under the WEEE (Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment) regulations and fall under category 6 (electrical and electronic tools) of the RoHS Directive.

http://www.katun.com/eu/about-us/environment/rohs/

New Environmental Laws have begun to apply in Russia!

 

Starting March 1, 2020, the import of IT equipment, printing devices and consumables (cartridges, toner, etc.) that violate RoHS requirements is NOT ALLOWED to Russia.

In 2021, additional bans will be introduced on the supply of products that violate REACH!

At the same time, only the results of the examination that was performed by organizations accredited to conduct such an examination in Russia and the EAEU countries will be recognized on the territory of Russia.

The situation on the Russian market of printing devices and supplies has changed. All suppliers and distributors will have to confirm the environmental friendliness of their products in Russian expert organizations.

The new situation on the Russian market provides additional opportunities for companies operating in Russia to increase their market share, and for new companies to successfully present their products on the Russian market.

The Russian market is waiting for new environmentally friendly products!

We invite suppliers of printing devices and consumables to participate in the international exhibition "BUSINESS-INFORM 2020" (Russia, Moscow, June 03-05, 2020)

Email: bizinform@list.ru

OPEN QUALITY PRINTING CONTEST continues:

Stage 3 – The Evaluation of Remanufactured OEM Cartridge Printing Quality

            February 17, 2020. - Moscow. The 3^rd Stage of the International OPEN QUALITY PRINTING CONTEST has begun. During this Stage the printing quality testing of remanufactured (refilled) first-pass genuine cartridges HP CF283A is performed.

            Contest Organizer – Information Agency «Business-Inform»

            Contest Co-Organizers – AQCMS and Laboratory of Electrography.

            The evaluation will be performed in accordance with the Russian method of standardized testing LEM 2.01.19., certified in Russia(Registration # РОСС RU. 32155.04ЛЭМ0).

The Contest is held from February 17 to April 27, 2020.

Cartridges for the Contest are accepted until April 03 with the obligatory indication of the company participating, toner type used in refilling and its manufacturer.

The Winners and Nominees of the 3^rd Stage of the Contest will be announced on April 27 and awarded on June 04 at the BUSINESS-INFORM 2020 Expo (Russia, Moscow, VDNH, pavilion #75, hall “A”).

The cost of participation in the 3^rd Stage of the Contest is: 300 USD per cartridge.

According to the results of the expertise of each of LEM 2.01.19-tested remanufactured (refilled) OEM cartridges Nominees and Winners of the Third Stage will be decided, as well as types of toners, providing the quality refilling of OEM-cartridges.

After the end of the 3^rd Stage of the Contest all participant-companies will receive the results of testing for cartridges presented as well as winner-results.
            Should you have any questions related to participation in the Contest, feel free to ask Information Agency “Business-Inform”, mail: bizinform@list.ru  , info@sforp.ru

12 Nominees for International ‘Open Quality Printing Contest’ Have Been Chosen 

Moscow, January 15, 2020. – The 2^nd Stage of the International “Open Quality Printing Contest” is over. During this Stage the quality of compatible cartridges CF226X has been evaluated. The evaluation of compatible cartridges quality was performed using standardized testing method, LEM 2.01.19, developed by the Laboratory of Electrography.

The Organizer of the Contest is the Information Agency “Business-Inform”.

The Co-Organizer of the Contest is AQCMS (The Russian Association of Quality Cartridge Manufacturers and Suppliers) and Laboratory of Electrography.

The Contest accepted the remanufactured or new compatible cartridges of Russian and International brands.

The Contest has seen Russian and International companies participating in it, the companies presented total of 34 cartridge brands. According to the results of testing 12 best brands were chosen. The compatible cartridges CF226X, presented by those brands, showed high quality, allowing the organizers to declare all 12 brands the NOMINEES of the 2^nd Stage of “Open Quality Printing Contest”. The list of nominee-brands is published below.

The detailed analysis of nominee-brand’s cartridges allowed choosing the Winners of the 2^nd Stage of “Open Quality Printing Contest”. The winner-brands will be revealed on 22^th January 2020. The nominees and winners will be awarded with diplomas and prizes.

Yulia Danilogorskaya, Managing Director 

Contacts: E-mail: bizinform@list.ru , info@sforp.ru

 

Nominees of the International “Open Quality Printing Contest”

(Stage 2. Evaluation of Cartridge Printing Quality)

-        MSE

-        Dataproducts

-        freecolor

-        Turbon

-        G&G

-        Retech

-        Solnce

-        HYB Toner

-        UNITON Premium

-        Profiline

-        7Q

-        TONEX

Competence, Consulting, and Educational Centers

Began to Work at AQCMS

(Moscow, January 13, 2020) – The members of the Russian based Association of Quality Cartridge Manufacturers and Suppliers (AQCMS) discussed the situation and the tendencies on the Russian market of office equipment supplies, the results of compatible cartridges quality tests  (new and remanufactured), as well as requests that were coming in from Russian state and large commercial organizations during September-December 2019.

The members of AQCMS made the decision of organizing Competence, Consulting, and Educational Centers within the framework of the Association.

The aim of the Сenters being organized is to professionally help Russian state and large commercial organizations in the issues of:

- evaluation of office printing products quality, MPS-services, environmental and data safety of document workflow systems, office printing devices and corresponding supplies (the Competence Center);

- choice of document workflow automatization systems suppliers, MPS-services, office printing devices and corresponding supplies (the Consulting Center);

- organizing of specialists training to acquire modern methods of evaluating the quality of office printing and consumables (the Educational Center).

About AQCMS: The AQCMS is a non-commercial corporate organization, registered at the Russian Ministry of Justice on June 01, 2017. The main vectors of the Association’s activity include: advertising-exhibiting, consulting, editorial-publishing, law, research, and education. The AQCMS includes Experts Councils on the issues of Evaluating the Product Quality, Informational and Environmental Safety, MPS-Development, and Remanufacturing Industry (recycling).

E-mail: bizinform@list.ru

http://www.sforp.ru/BI2019eng/virtex/C6.htm   

 AQCMS Will Participate

in the International ‘RemaxWorld Expo 2019’

Moscow, October 07, 2019 – The Russian Association of Quality Consumables Manufacturers and Suppliers (AQCMS) will take part in the International ‘RemaxWorld Expo 2019’ (Zhuhai, October 17-19, 2019) and RemaxWorld Summit 2019.

The heads of the Expert Councils of the Association:

- Kashinskaya Tatiana (the Expert Council on the Issues of Evaluating Products Quality);

- Kuzin Sergei (the Expert Council on the Issues of Remanufacturing (Recycling) Industry);

- Danilogorskaya Yulia (the Expert Council on the Issues of Environmental Safety);

- Malinskiy Stanislav (the Expert Council on the Issues of Informational Safety)

            will be present at the Expo (booth #6662), as well as at the Conference on October 18 (the report by Kashinskaya Tatiana and Malinskiy Stanislav ‘How the First Russian Standardized Test Method (LEM) will Impact Printing Supplies Going into the Russian Market’).

If you want to organize the meeting with the representatives of AQCMS, notify us via e-mail: bizinform@list.ru, and we will coordinate the time and place of the meeting.

AQCMS Stresses the Attention of Its Members

on the Issues of Remanufacturing (Recycling) Industry

Moscow, October 04, 2019 – Members of Russian Association of Quality Consumables Manufacturers and Suppliers (AQCMS) have discussed the situation on the Russian market of office equipment supplies and analyzed the difficulties and barriers faced by the Russian industry of remanufacturing OEM and compatible cartridges, supplied on the Russian market. They expressed their concern about absence of legal and protection policies in Russia regarding the support of Russian companies engaged in remanufacturing (second use) of products. It was noted that at the same time as the governments of all developed countries are trying to provide their maximum support to the industry of remanufacturing (second use) of products, in Russia the industry of remanufacturing of OEM and compatible cartridges nit only lacks the state support, but is also legally limited in terms of supplying its products to the large state and commercial organizations.

Taking into consideration the importance of the issue of developing the industry of remanufacturing the OEM and compatible cartridges in Russia, the AQCMS made a decision to create the Expert Council on the Issues of Remanufacturing (Recycling) Industry. Sergei Kuzin (Bulat Group) was appointed the head of the Expert Council.

 

   AQCMS Stresses the Attention of Its Members on the Issues of Environmental Safety 

Moscow, October 03, 2019 – Members of Russian Association of Quality Consumables Manufacturers and Suppliers (AQCMS) have discussed the situation and tendencies on the Russian market of office equipment supplies and expressed their concern about the lack of impartial information on environmental safety of raw materials and parts used in production of popular compatible cartridge models supplied on the Russian market.

Taking into consideration the urgency of the issue of providing eco-safety in modern IT-systems, the growing complexity of environmental issues at hand, as well as social responsibility of companies working on the Russian market of printing supplies and to protect   the electrographic equipment market and its consumers from unscrupulous suppliers of environmentally hazardous material, the AQCMS therefore:

 - has made changes to the structure of the Association: the Expert Council of AQCMS on the Issues of Informational and Environmental Safety  has been divided in two: the Expert Council of AQCMS on the Issues of Environmental Safety (headed by Yulia Danilogorskaya, Business-Inform) and the Expert Council of AQCMS on the Issues of Informational Safety (headed by Stanislav Malinskiy, Business-Inform);

 - has ordered both Сouncils to assist the Laboratory of Electrography Ltd in developing new LEM-methods in the fields of environmental (LEM 3.01.19) and informational (LEM 5.01.19) safety.

LEM 3.01.19 method is a civilized approach to the issue of Ecological Safety

     Moscow, August 28, 2019.- AQCMS Expert Council for informational and ecological safety highlighted the position of AQCMS members about social responsibility of companies working on the Russian printing supplies market concerning defence of electrographic equipment market and it's customers against dishonest suppliers of ecologically harmful consumables.

          AQCMS (The Association of Quality Consumables Manufacturers and Suppliers)  made a decision 

       AQCMS (The Association of Quality Consumables Manufacturers and Suppliers)

  AQCMS News: First Russian Methodic of Print Quality Evaluation Is Approved and Recommended for Practical Use on Russian Territory 

 The Expert Council on Evaluating the Product Quality Approved the methodic of print quality evaluation developed by the specialists of Laboratory of Electrography and recommended the aforementioned methodic for use on territory of Russian Federation. 

AQCMS: bizinform@list.ru

 

 AQCMS News: Three New Expert Councils Start Working

 Following the growth of public and various level buyers interest towards the market of printing devices and related services, the Association of Quality Consumables Manufacturers and Suppliers (AQCMS) strengthens its professional influence on recent processes, and within the framework of its strategic plans realization announces the beginning of its new three Expert Councils’ activity:

The Expert Council on Evaluating the Product Quality (headed by Kashinskaya Tatyana, Laboratory of Electrography)

The Expert Council on Informational and Environmental Safety (headed by Malinskiy Stanislav, Business-Inform).

The Expert Council on MPS Development Issues (headed by Pomyakshev Dmitriy, DaLZ)

AQCMS: bizinform@list.ru