be updated . please update this article to reflect recent events or newly available information . february 2015 konica minolta danka imaging type public danky industry copiers electronics founded 1977 headquarters st. petersburg florida united states of america key people a.d. frazier ceo and chairman ; edward k. quibell chief financial officer ; products copiers fax machines scanners printers number of employees 2 000 website www.danka.com konica minolta danka imaging is a st. petersburg florida based north american independent provider of copiers printers fax machines and other office imaging and document management equipment . founded in 1977 by dan doyle and frank mcpeak in the 1990s danka acquired infotec and then kodak office imaging making the renamed danka group an international company and brand with offices and retail outlets in the united states and throughout europe which included sponsorship of the english football club everton from 1995 to 1997 british based formula 1 team arrows in 1997 and 1998 and the silks of the rider of royal athlete when that horse won the 1995 grand national steeplechase . danka sold its european operations to ricoh in 2006 2007 along with the infotec brand under which the european offices are now rebranded . on june 27 2008 konica minolta completed its acquisition of danka and the new company will be known as konica minolta danka imaging . as of june 27 2008 danka is no longer an authorized dealer of canon or toshiba products . references edit corporate history danka uk additional history danka acquired saint system uk early 1990s formally known as danka saint until approximately 1995 6 on which then became danka . saint systems was founded by martin st quinton the branches being located at meadowhall sheffield sweet street leeds and at beverley road in hull yorkshire and humberside areas of the united kingdom . danka continued in the acquisition of other companies until its purchase of eastman kodak reprographics division . danka was a multi vendor in the office industry but when danka europe inc uk was purchased by a manufacture ricoh back in 2007 toshiba canon riso and konica minolta cease to trade with danka ricoh family group . danka ceased and then became trading under the name of infotec but owned by ricoh family group until november 2009 then fully integrated into the ricoh . ricoh acquired ikon office in the us and europe in 2008 ikon was fully integrated into ricoh in april 2010 . external links edit danka retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title danka copier supplier & oldid 674646044 categories companies based in st. petersburg floridacompanies formerly listed on the london stock exchangehidden categories wikipedia articles in need of updating from february 2015all wikipedia articles in need of updating navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages suomi edit links this page was last modified on 5 august 2015 at 07 32 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view