savin corporation type subsidiary industry electronics imaging founded 1959 headquarters ch tokyo japan area served worldwide key people masamitsu sakurai chairman shiro kondo president & ceo products photocopiers revenue 2 016 billion yen fiscal year ended march 31 2010 number of employees 108 525 on consolidated basis as of march 31 2010 parent ricoh website savin savin was incorporated in 1959 by max m. and robert k.low the company was named using the name of max low s son in law robert s. savin 1 and was run by low s son robert k. low finance management and marketing and e. paul charlap research and development . it was known primarily for its line of liquid toner photocopiers which set it apart from other companies that manufactured dry toner equipment like xerox . during the 1960s and through the 1980s savin developed and sold a line of liquid toner copiers that implemented a technology based on patents held by the company . 1 savin s copiers were manufactured by ricoh company and distributed by savin in the us and canada through 50 branch offices and 500 dealers and under licenses from savin to nashua corp for europe and south america and through ricoh for the far east . although up against major corporations such as xerox ibm and kodak savin was able to find its niche with well developed marketing plans . savin approximate sales of 500 million and royalties from licensees of 10 million was listed on the new york stock exchange when it was sold in 1982 to canadian development corp and later sold to other companies . the acquiring companies never had the marketing talent deciding not to keep the talented savin marketing professionals that had built the company and therefore sales and royalties began to decline at a steady pace . in 1995 ricoh company acquired savin corporation at which time it was made a wholly owned sales subsidiary . 2 external links edit savin corporation www.savin.com ricoh corporation www.ricoh.com notes edit a b http www.internetlibrary.com pdf savin corporation savin group 2d cir . . pdf as noted in the ricoh s history as provided on the company s web site . v t e ricoh acquisitions gestetner ikon office solutions lanier monroe nashuatec pentax imaging rex rotary savin products and services digital cameras ricoh caplio 400g wide ricoh caplio 500se ricoh caplio g3 ricoh caplio gx100 ricoh caplio r3 ricoh caplio rx ricoh gr digital ricoh gr digital ii ricoh gr series ricoh gxr film cameras ricoh 500 ricoh gr series ricoh mirai ricoh xr p other katana print & share ricoh 2a03 ricoh 5a22 ricoh rp2c02 rp2c07 ricoh rf5c68 places ricoh arena ricoh coliseum tanjong pagar ricoh park other refined printing command stream ricoh black rams ricoh cup ricoh xinxiu cup category commons this technology article about a corporation or company is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title savin photocopiers & oldid 670821735 categories electronics companies of the united statesricohcompanies acquired by ricohtechnological company stubshidden categories all stub articles 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 add links this page was last modified on 10 july 2015 at 12 44 . 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