the headquarters of ricoh type public traded as tyo 7752 otcqb ricoy bse 517496 industry electronics founded tokyo february 6 1936 ; 80 years ago 1936 02 06 headquarters ch tokyo japan area served worldwide key people shiro kondo chairman zenji miura president & ceo 19 sep 2011 products copiers such as plain paper copiers ppcs printers multi functional printers mfps laser printers and geljet printers production printing products and facsimile machines . revenue 2.231 trillion 2015 net income 68.562 billion 2015 number of employees 109 361 march 31 2016 website www.ricoh.com the ricoh company ltd. kabushiki gaisha rik is a japanese multinational imaging and electronics company . it was founded by the riken zaibatsu on 6 february 1936 as riken sensitized paper riken kank shi . ricoh s headquarters are located in ricoh building in ch tokyo . 1 ricoh produces electronic products primarily cameras and office equipment such as printers photocopiers fax machines offers software as a service saas document management solutions such as documentmall ricohdocs document solutions such as globalscan print & share 2 and also offers projectors . in the late 1990s through early 2000s the company grew to become the largest copier manufacturer in the world . during this time ricoh acquired savin gestetner lanier rex rotary monroe nashuatec ikon and most recently ibm printing systems division infoprint solutions company . although the monroe brand was discontinued products continue to be marketed worldwide under the remaining brand names . in 2006 ricoh acquired the european operations of danka for 210 million . these operations continue as a stand alone business unit under the infotec brand . contents 1 history 2 operations 2.1 regional headquarters 2.2 ricoh research 3 products 4 sponsorships 5 references 6 external links history edit the company was founded in 1936 . before relocating to ch ricoh was first in minato tokyo . 3 in 2006 ricoh s headquarters moved to the ricoh building a 25 story building in the ginza area in ch ; there it occupies the same space as its sales offices . 4 throughout the late 1980s and early 1990s ricoh was the primary manufacturer of pitney bowes copiers . they have also manufactured copiers for toshiba fax machines for at & t corporation and omnifax as well as a wide variety of equipment for numerous other companies including duplicators for ab dick . they also manufactured the ricoh 2a03 8 bit processor used in the nintendo entertainment system . in 2003 ricoh bought naming rights to the cne coliseum now known as ricoh coliseum in toronto . in 2004 ricoh acquired hitachi printing solutions ltd creating a new company ricoh printing systems ltd. in 2005 ricoh bought the naming rights to the stadium entertainment complex home to coventry city football club now called the ricoh arena . in november 2006 ricoh announced the integration of the head office of ricoh europe b.v. rebv in amstelveen netherlands with nrg s european headquarters in london united kingdom . this was completed on april 1 with the former nrg hq in london becoming the strategic hq and the former rebv hq in amstelveen becoming the operational hq . this mirrors a similar process which took place in the us with lanier and ricoh usa . this integration was the first step in integration within each country in europe . a single country organisation was created in austria on july 1 2007 the uk integration being currently in process and integration also taking place in belgium france germany italy the netherlands and spain . on january 25 2007 ricoh announced purchase of ibm printing systems division for 725 million and investment in a 3 year joint venture to form the new ricoh subsidiary infoprint solutions company with a 51 % share . in february 2008 ricoh partnered up with printeron to set up two new hotspot printers the sp c410dn kp color printer and the sp 4100n kp monochrome printer which allows wi fi enabled users to print documents from any location . 5 on august 27 2008 ricoh announced its intentions of acquiring ikon office solutions for 1.6 billion and later that year on november 1 ricoh completed the acquisition . 6 7 in may 2011 ricoh announced a cut of 10 000 jobs worldwide up to march 2014 from the current 40 000 workers in japan and 68 900 others overseas . the company would also shift 15 000 workers to areas with more growth potential . japanese optical glass maker hoya corporation said on july 1 2011 it would sell its pentax camera business to ricoh in a deal the nikkei business daily said was worth about 10 billion yen 124.2 million . 8 on july 29 2011 hoya transferred its pentax imaging systems business to a newly established subsidiary called pentax imaging corporation . on october 1 2011 ricoh acquired all shares of pentax imaging corp. and renamed the new subsidiary pentax ricoh imaging company ltd. 9 10 on october 1 2011 ricoh announced the establishment of pentax ricoh imaging company ltd. 9 on august 1 2013 the company name was changed to ricoh imaging company ltd. 11 on january 8 2016 ricoh india stated they partnered with siemens to offer digital lifecycle management software . 12 on july 19 2016 ricoh india admitted to an estimated 1 123 crore accounting fraud . 13 ceo and managing director manoj kumar and chairman tetsuya takano have resigned from ricoh india as a result . 14 operations edit the ricoh group has sales and support production and research and development operations in nearly 180 countries . it has its world headquarters in tokyo japan and regional headquarters in japan the americas europe china and the asia pacific . regional headquarters edit americas regional headquarters ricoh americas corporation located in malvern pa usa covers the united states canada and latin american countries europe regional headquarters ricoh international b.v. located in amstelveen the netherlands and london u.k. covers europe africa and middle east asia pacific regional headquarters ricoh asia pacific pte. ltd. located in singapore covers south east asia australia new zealand and china ricoh research edit ricoh has many quantify technology and customer research groups around the world . for example ricoh innovations a research subsidiary of ricoh company operates in silicon valley california focusing on technology cloud mobile solutions and customer research . citation needed products edit ricoh theta 360 degree compact caplio r6 caplio gx100 ricoh sd mmc card reader controller found in a sony vaio fw series laptop a partial list of products marketed to the public under the ricoh brand includes digital cameras compact ricoh theta 360 degree compact megapixel unknown ricoh caplio g3 3.24 megapixel ricoh caplio g4 3.24 megapixel ricoh rdc 5300 2.30 megapixel ricoh caplio pro g3 gps camera network ready 3.24 megapixel ricoh caplio rx 3 megapixel ricoh caplio r1 4 megapixel also available as rollei dr4 ricoh caplio r1v 5 megapixel also available as rollei dr5 ricoh caplio r2 5 megapixel larger screen no viewfinder ricoh caplio r3 5 megapixel 28 200 equivalent zoom ricoh caplio r4 6 megapixel 28 200 equivalent zoom ricoh caplio r5 7 megapixel 28 200 equivalent zoom ricoh caplio r6 7 megapixel 28 200 equivalent zoom larger screen super slim ricoh caplio r7 8 megapixel 28 200 equivalent zoom ricoh r8 10 megapixel 28 200 equivalent zoom ricoh r10 10 megapixel 28 200 equivalent zoom ricoh cx1 9 megapixel 28 200 equivalent zoom ricoh cx2 9 megapixel 28 300 equivalent zoom ricoh cx3 10 megapixel 28 300 equivalent zoom ricoh cx4 10 megapixel 28 300 equivalent zoom ricoh caplio gx 5.1 megapixel also available as rollei dr5100 ricoh caplio gx8 8 megapixel 28 85mm equivalent zoom with 22 mm optional adaptor ricoh caplio gx100 10 megapixel 24 72mm equivalent wide zoom with 19 mm optional adaptor 1 ricoh gx200 12 megapixel 24 72mm equivalent wide zoom with 19mm and 135mm optional converter lenses . replaced the gx100 . ricoh caplio 400g wide 3.2 megapixel ricoh caplio 500se 8 megapixel 28 85mm equivalent zoom with 22 mm optional adaptor gps ready ricoh wg m1 ricoh g700 ricoh wg 4 ricoh wg 20 ricoh wg 30 ricoh wg 30w gr digital ricoh gr digital 8 megapixel 28 mm equivalent prime lens with 21 mm optional adaptor ricoh gr digital ii 10 megapixel 28 mm equivalent prime lens with 21 mm optional adaptor ricoh gr digital iii 10 megapixel 28 mm equivalent prime lens with f 1.9 aperture ricoh gr digital iv 10 megapixel 28 mm equivalent prime lens with f 1.9 aperture ricoh gr 16 megapixel 28 mm equivalent prime lens with f 2.8 aperture gxr interchangeable sensor system gps and camera all in one 15 film cameras ricoh singlex tls slr camera ricoh 500 35mm rangefinder with rapid film advance and fast focusing ricoh 500g 35mm compact rangefinder ricoh mirai similar to olympus az 4 zoom ricoh ricoh singlex nikon f mount made by mamiya same body as nikkorex f and sears slii ricoh ricoh singlex tls m42 lens mount same as sears tls ricoh ricoh singlex ii m42 lens mount golden ricoh 16 subminiature camera . golden ricoh 16mm camera ricoh kr 5 r k mount ricoh kr 5 super r k mount ricoh kr 5 super ii r k mount ricoh kr 10 r k mount ricoh kr 10 super r k mount ricoh kr 30sp r k mount ricoh gr film cameras gr1 gr1s and gr1v gr10 gr21 ricoh xr 1 pentax k mount ricoh xr 2 pentax k mount ricoh xr 2s pentax k mount ricoh xr7 pentax k mount ricoh xr 500 r k mount ricoh xr 10m r k mount ricoh xr m r k mount ricoh xr p r k mount ricoh xr s r k mount ricoh xr x r k mount ricoh ff 9d multifunction products printers ricoh aficio ricoh has used aficio as a global brand since 1996 . 16 ricoh aficio mp c 2500 ricoh pro documentmall saas document management software as a service saas defined secure storage hipaa and sarbanes oxley sox compliant document management industry solutions accounts payable solution software solutions print & share output management and security globalscan document capture and distribution software projectors mobile pj x2130 pj wx2130 desk edge and short throw pj x3340 pj wx3340 pj wx3340n pj x4240n pj wx4240n pj x3241 ultra short throw projectors pj wx4141 pj wx4141n pj wx4141ni standard installation pj wx5361n pj x537n conference room pj wx6170n pj x6180n unified communication systems p1000 p3000 p3500 ricoh ucs app for tablet and smartphones interactive whiteboard ricoh interactivewhiteboard d5500 ricoh data center services sponsorships edit ricoh arena coventry england ricoh arena a football and rugby stadium complete with a concert hall and conference facilities opened in coventry england in 2005 bearing the company s name due to a naming rights agreement . renamed city of coventry stadium during the 2012 summer olympics due to strict sponsorship rules . ricoh coliseum a 9 500 seat indoor arena in toronto canada also bearing the company s name via another naming rights agreement in 2003 . ricoh black rams a japanese rugby union team owned by ricoh . in 2007 ricoh acquired title sponsorship of the women s british open one of four major championships recognized by the world s dominant women s golf tour the u.s. lpga tour . in november 2008 ricoh unveiled the first eco friendly billboard in times square ny entirely powered by the sun and the wind . 17 references edit company data . ricoh . retrieved on january 13 2009 . free up more time for essential business tasks with print & share from ricoh . ricoh . november 14 2011 . outline of ricoh . ricoh . may 16 1997 . retrieved on january 13 2009 . topics annual report 2006 . ricoh . retrieved on january 13 2009 . ricoh and printeron announce wi fi hotspot printers . printerinfo.com . retrieved