Virtual BUSINESS-INFORM 2020 Expo (Russia) continues its work. The participants of the Expo (leading Global companies) are manufacturers and suppliers of office equipment and consumables, who are working or planning to start work on the Russian market.

            The Expo’s address on the Internet:

http://sforp.ru/BI2020eng/ (in English)

http://sforp.ru/BI2020/       (in Russian)

            The participants’ virtual booths demonstrate all necessary contact information, the description of the company and its products, photo-materials, news and press-releases. The participants of Virtual BUSINESS-INFORM 2020 Expo have a possibility to use their virtual booths as a Russian Internet resource for presenting and spreading the information among Russian specialists.

            Each of the participants has a possibility to weekly update (complement) the information presented on its booth. All the new information, presented on the virtual booth by an International participant is translated into Russian for free and is sent to 15000 e-mails of Russian specialists, also being places on the Russian news-sites. By placing its news or press-releases on the virtual booth the participant of the Virtual BUSINESS-INFORM 2020 Expo can be sure that this information will be seen by many of the Russian specialists working in the industry of office equipment and consumables.

            The Virtual Expo began its work in April 2020 and will continue working until the end of April 2021. Since May till August 2020 the Virtual Expo has been visited by more than 7000 Russian and International specialists. Among the virtual visitors the most popular booths are those owned by Clover, Apex, Imex, Integral, Delacamp, AQCMS, Business-Inform, HYB Toner, Ramis, RM Company, Bulat, Uniton Service.

            The organizers of the Virtual BUSINESS-INFORM 2020 Expo, the Information Agency “Business-Inform” and the Russian-based Association of Quality Consumables Manufacturers and Suppliers (AQCMS) invite Russian and International companies to become the participants of the Virtual Expo. You can join the expo at any moment. The price of the virtual booth on the period until the end of 2021 is 400 USD.

Contacts: bizinform@list.ru (Business-Inform), info@aqcmsrus.ru (AQCMS).

Moscow, September 08, 2020. – The Association of Quality Consumables Manufacturers and Suppliers (AQCMS) and Information Agency “Business-Inform” organized and held on September 08 the Online Conference “Cartridges for Laser Printing on the Russian Market - Environmental Problems and Possibilities of their Solution”. The Conference saw the participation by 114 Russian companies – buyers of consumables for office printing equipment. The sponsors of the Conference are Cuhdo ltd. and Incotec ltd.

During the Conference two reports were presented:

- Environmental Requirements for Laser Printing Consumables of the Russian Market – the Essence and the Practical Implementation (Malinskiy Stanislav, Information Agency “Business-Inform”)

Theses of the report:

Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs), RoHS, REACH;

The demands for POPs liquidation and prohibition of their manufacturing;

The requirements for collection, transportation and disposal of toxic waste;

Popular myths, tricks and manipulations by cartridge suppliers;

Legitimacy of certificates and Russian realities;

Does the certificate (provided by the supplier) protect cartridge sellers and buyers?

Russian facilities for disposal of toxic and dangerous waste – their location, real capacities and perspectives;

The Business-Inform public company’s experience in disposal and liquidation of cartridges.

- The Liquidation of Toxic Cartridges in Russia– the Practical Issues of Legislative Requirements Implementation (Malinskiy Stanislav, Danilogorskaya Yulia, Information Agency “Business-Inform”)

Theses of the report:

The import and sales of cartridges in Russia – the legislative requirements and practice;

The volumes of toxic cartridges on the Russian market in 2018-2019;

The responsibility of manufacturers, suppliers, sellers and buyers of toxic cartridges;

European fines and the experience of their implementation;

The issues of collection, transportation and disposal of toxic cartridges – who is paying for it all?

The results of environmental testing of OEM and non-OEM cartridges in Russia and Internationally;

News of the Russian legislation 2020-2021 – New requirements for suppliers and buyers – How to follow them?

The participants of the Conference discussed together with the speakers and the leading industry experts the presented testing results, practical aspects of quality cartridges, toners and parts procurement organizing, practical aspects of environmental control of procured products, as well as the issues of remanufacturing and disposal of consumables.

In the end of the Conference, the Participants thanked the organizers and sponsors and expressed the wish to meet again within the framework of another AQCMS Online-Conference for Russian corporate buyers of printing equipment and consumables.

AQCMS: info@aqcmsrus.ru , https://aqcmsrus.ru/?lang=en

Moscow, September 02, 2020. – The Association of Quality Consumables Manufacturers and Suppliers (AQCMS) and Information Agency “Business-Inform” organized and held on September 02 the Online Conference “The Evaluation of Office Printing Quality – Reality, Myths and Expertise Results”. The Conference saw the participation by 97 Russian companies – buyers of consumables for office printing equipment. The sponsors of the Conference are Cuhdo ltd. and Incotec ltd.

During the Conference two reports were presented:

- International and Russian Methods – the Ability to Evaluate Does not Guarantee the Quality of Products (Malinskiy Stanislav, Information Agency “Business-Inform”)

Theses of the report:

Popular standards and methods: ISO, DIN, ASTM, STMC, LEM etc;

The implementation of quality evaluation methods (STMC, LEM) does not guarantee the product’s quality;

Myths present on the web-sites of Russian and International office printing devices sellers;

Tricks and manipulations by Sellers;

The results of technical, environmental and legal testing;

The quality label for cartridges - The AQCMS offers its solution.

- The Quality Label of AQCMS – the Working Group Offers the Solution and Its Practical Implementation (Malinskiy Stanislav, Savinova Alina, Information Agency “Business-Inform”)

Theses of the report:

The evaluation of prints and printing quality – International standards ISO/IEC, methods STMC/LEM;

Measured parameters and means of measurement;

Legitimacy of methods and test results;

What the developers of methods and sellers of “quality” cartridges prefer to omit;

What the customer wants (the results of studies related to the issues of printing-device-cartridges corporate buyers’ opinions);

The quality label of AQCMS – the working group offers the solution and its implementation. What the label should guarantee to buyers, sellers, and suppliers of cartridges.

The participants of the Conference discussed together with the speakers and the leading industry experts the presented testing results, practical aspects of quality cartridges procurement organizing and their quality control, as well as necessary organizational, informational and legal support of the AQCMS Quality Label offered by the working group.

In the end of the Conference, the Participants thanked the organizers and sponsors and expressed the wish to continue the discussion of up-to-date issues within the framework of another AQCMS Online-Conference for Russian corporate buyers of printing equipment and consumables called “Cartridges for Laser Printing on the Russian Market – Environmental Problems and Possibilities of their Solution that is due to take place on 08 of September.

Moscow, August 11, 2020. – The Association of Quality Consumables Manufacturers and Suppliers (AQCMS) and Information Agency “Business-Inform” organized and held on August 11 the Online Conference “Quality Cartridges, Toners, and Parts – The Results of Testing by Russian and International Laboratories”. The Conference saw the participation by 84 Russian companies – buyers of consumables for office printing equipment – as well as the heads of Remanufacturing Centers, created within the boundaries of those companies, The sponsors of the Conference are CUHDO ltd. and INCOTEC ltd.

During the Conference the following reports were presented by the best Russian experts on a wide range of issues:

- “The Winners of OPEN QUALITY PRINTING CONTEST – We Present Reliable Manufacturers and Suppliers” (Malinskiy Stanislav, Information Agency “Business-Inform”);

- “Toners and their Manufacturers. The Manufacturing of Toners in Japan, China, India, Turkey, Europe – the Advertising, Quality, the Results of Russian and European Testing. The Results of Studies of Cartridges Sustainability and Safety” (Titova E. INCOTEC Ltd.);

- “Quality IMEX, MK Imaging, Integral and Tomoegawa Toners. Manufacturers, Suppliers, and Testing Results. The Country of Origin Is Important!”(Malinskiy Stanislav, Information Agency “Business-Inform”);

- “European Manufacturers of Remanufactured Cartridges and their Suppliers. European Trends and Realities” (Savinova Alina, Information Agency “Business-Inform”);

- “The Quality of Toner and the Country of Its Origin. What Do the Manufacturers Hold Back? Results of Japanese and Chinese Toners Testing”(Savinova Alina, Information Agency “Business-Inform”);

- “Toxic Cartridges on the Russian Market. Russian Laws and Reality. What to Expect in 2021” (Zaitsev S. The Agency of Business and Financial Information “Business-Inform”);

- “Testing and Quality Control. International, European, and American Standards and Methods – the Areas of Implementation and Legitimacy Issues”  (Tumanov M. INCOTEC Ltd.);

- “The Issues of Waste Recycling and Disposal. Advertising, Myths, and Reality on the Russian Market. The Difference between the Quality and Toxic Plastic Waste” (Malinskiy Stanislav, Information Agency “Business-Inform”).

            The participants of the Conference discussed together with the speakers and the leading industry experts the practical aspects of quality cartridges, toners, and parts procurement organizing, as well as the environmental friendliness of procured products and the issues of consumables remanufacturing and disposal.

            In the end of the Conference, the Participants thanked the organizers and sponsors and expressed the wish to meet again in the end of September within the framework of another AQCMS Online-Conference for Russian corporate buyers of printing equipment and consumables.

AQCMS: info@aqcmsrus.ru , https://aqcmsrus.ru/?lang=en

Moscow, August 04, 2020. – In July 2020, AQCMS and Information Agency “Business-Inform” organized and conducted four online-conferences on various issues of office printing industry. The conferences saw the participation by 380 heads of IT-departments of public and large commercial organizations from 17 Russian cities. All the participants were offered to fill in the questionnaires developed by the specialists of Information Agency “Business-Inform” with the aim of studying various issues related to the influence of COVID-19 pandemic on organizing the work of IT-departments in Russian public organizations and large commercial companies.

Information Agency “Business-Inform” received 358 completed questionnaire forms in total; their analysis has shown the following:

1. More Work

95% of the respondents (341 of 358) think that switching to remote mode of work (work from home) by the part of their personnel has led to increasing the workload no less than by 1 hour a day; 48% (173 of 358) –no less than by 2 hours a day, 18% (64 of 358) – no less than by 3 hours a day.

2. Work Becomes Chaotic

91% of the respondents note that the remote work of the part of the personnel has made IT-management considerably busier in terms of discussing and solving of trivial issues, which in usual conditions would be going practically unnoticed. 38% of the respondents note that the increase in the workload for solving unimportant issues causes annoyance and sometimes even aggression.

3. The Personal Contact is Essential

87% of the respondents note that working remotely they feel deprived of a personal contact with one or several of their personnel members from their departments. The absence of such contact causes them to feel discomfort. The contact via Skype, Zoom, MS Teams, etc. doesn’t solve this problem completely.

4. Remote Work Negatively Affects Attitude

92% of the respondents think that the remote mode of work of the part of their personnel does not allow them to maintain 100% efficiency of their department’s work. 79% of the respondents claim that their departments’ work includes several tasks whose execution becomes problematic due to some of the personnel working remotely. 61% of the respondents think that organizing the further remote work of the part of their personnel will require considerable changes in departments’ structure and official functions.

5. Technical Policy Requires Changes

90% of the respondents note that the experience of working in the COVID-19 pandemic conditions has demonstrated the necessity of introducing considerable changes to the technical equipment and re-equipment plans for their IT-departments. 52% of the respondents think that working in pandemic conditions will require the increase in procurement of personal printing devices (printers/MFPs) and corresponding consumables. 49% of the respondents think that the need for high-output network printingcopying devices will decrease in pandemic conditions, therefore it is reasonable to refrain from buying such devices in 2020-2021, or it is sensible to perform the procurement only to replace “old” devices. 76% think that they will lower the procurements of consumables for network printing devices in 2020-2021 by 20% or more.

6. Remote Work Changes IT-Priorities

74% of the respondents note that they are sure that part of their personnel will continue working remotely at least until the end of 2021. In this situation 69% of the respondents think that issues related to MPS-services implementation has lost their actuality. Among the most important and urgent issues for today they have named the implementation of modern cloud technologies  within their IT-departments (96% of the respondents) and data safety solutions (92% of the respondents).

7. Growing Number of Contacts Stimulates New Ideas

94% of the respondents claim that forced extension of their contact base in the conditions of COVID-19 pandemic has already given them new ideas and solutions which they plan to implement in 2020-2021.  92% of the respondents think that remote working experience has allowed them to get a refreshing outlook on work organization, distribution of functions and the usefulness of personnel in their departments. 91% of the respondents think that new contacts will be used by them even after their departments will return to normal working mode.

Virtual BUSINESS-INFORM 2020 Expo helps you find partners in Russia

Moscow, July 28, 2020. – The Association of Quality Consumables Manufacturers and Suppliers (AQCMS) and Information Agency “Business-Inform” organized and held on July 28 the Online Conference “MPS/MDS-Services: Main Tendencies and Perspectives on the Russian Market – The Issues of Quality and Information Safety”. The Conference saw the participation by 118 public and commercial companies – consumers of MPS/MDS-services or large buyers of printing/copying devices and consumables. Sponsors of the Conference were CUHDO Ltd. and DaLZ Ltd. 

During the Conference the following reports were presented:

- “MPS/MDS-Services: Main Tendencies and Perspectives on the Russian Market. Modern Solutions and Issues of Choosing Partners, Software-Hardware Means, and Consumables. Myths and Reality on the Russian Market” (Malinskiy S.V. Information Agency “Business-Inform”);

- “Quality High-Yield Cartridges for MPS/MDS-Projects. Economic Effectiveness, Advertising Myths and Tests Results” (Malinskiy S.V. Information Agency “Business-Inform”);

- “The Issues of Remanufacturing Industry in Russia. Quality Cartridges, Toners, Parts, and Their Manufacturers. The Experience of Modern MPS-Projects’ Implementation and Remanufacturing Centers Functioning” (Titova E.S. INCOTEC Ltd.);

- “The Evaluation of Cartridge Quality for MPS-Projects: the Opinions by Manufacturers, Sellers and Buyers. The Issues of Remanufacturing, Recycling and Disposal of Cartridges” (Savinova A.A. Information Agency “Business-Inform”);

- “Modern MPS-Projects and the Issues of Their Implementation. Who Is Who on the Russian Market of MPS-Services. Environmental Legislation and Toxic Cartridges. The Environmental Responsibility of Customers and MPS-Providers” (Mikhailov A.V. The Agency of Business and Financial Information “Business-Inform”);

- “The Issues of Informational Safety in MPS-Projects. Systems of Office Printing Management, Microprogramming Software for Printing Devices and Cartridge Chips. What Is Not Told by Software Developers and Printing Equipment Manufacturers”  (Malinskiy S.V. Information Agency “Business-Inform”).

The participants of the Conference discussed together with the speakers and the leading industry experts the practical aspects of MPS/MDS-projects implementation, organizing of the procurement of quality soft-hardware means and office printing management systems, controlling the printing quality, informational safety and environmental requirements in MPS-services implementation, as well as the issues of consumables remanufacturing, recycling and disposal.

In the end of the Conference, the Participants thanked the organizers and sponsors and expressed the wish to meet again during September within the framework of another Online-Conference.

AQCMS: info@aqcmsrus.ru ,  https://aqcmsrus.ru/?lang=en

Business-Inform: info@sforp.ru, http://sforp.ru/ 

Is In Preparation for Print

Information Agency “Business-Inform” (Moscow) continues the preparation for print of BUSINESS-INFORM Review Magazine (issue #28, 2020). The magazine is aimed at the specialists of office printing devices, supplies and parts industry.

The main magazine sections are: Global Industry Leaders, Russian Market Leaders, AQCMS News, Marketing, Printing Outsourcing, Information Security and Environmental Safety, Office Equipment and Printing Technology, Printing Supplies and Aftermarket, Expos and Conferences.

The topic of this issue is the Evaluation of Quality and Standardization Within the Industry of Office Printing Supplies.

In this Issue of the magazine: 

·        How did COVID19 pandemic affect the Russian Market?

·         Which Brands of Cartridges and Toners are the Best?

·        Best Brands Offer Best Solution for the Russian Companies

·         AQCMS recommends the Best Russian Resellers to Big Russian Buyers. 

Information Agency “Business-Inform” invites manufacturers and suppliers of quality supplies to place their product-ads in BUSINESS-INFORM Review (issue #28, 2020).

The print-run is 20000 copies.

The digital version of BUSINESS-INFORM Review can be found on Information Agency “Business-Inform” web-site, http://sforp.ru/birevieweng/ .

The magazine will be on sale (distribution) in the beginning of September 2020.

Regarding the issues of ads and information placement in the magazine, please contact us: E-mail – bizinform@list.ru