| Jul. 1960 |
Sindo Koeki., Ltd. in Korea (name changed to Sindo Ricoh Co., Ltd. in
1970).
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| Aug. 1960 |
Introduces the RICOH OFFESET duplicator, leading to low-cost high-volume
copying in the office.
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| May 1961 |
Osaka Plant opened in Ikeda, Osaka, to manufacture sensitized paper.
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| Apr. 1962 |
Completed Numazu Plant, which features world's first fully integrated
sensitized paper production system.
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| May 1962 |
Ohmori Plant and General Research Laboratory completed.
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| Dec. 1962 |
Founded overseas subsidiary Ricoh Industries, U.S.A., Inc.(until 1970)
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| Apr. 1963 |
Changes corporate name to Ricoh Company, Ltd
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| Apr. 1963 |
Founded overseas subsidiary Ricoh (Europe) S.A. in Switzerland.(until
1971)
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| Mar. 1965 |
Founded manufacturing subsidiary Taiwan Ricoh Co., Ltd. in Taiwan.
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| Jul. 1967 |
Founded Tohoku Ricoh Co., Ltd. in Miyagi Prefecture.
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| Oct. 1967 |
Founded Sohka Ricoh Co., Ltd. in Saitama Prefecture (name changed to
Ricoh Tokki Co., Ltd. in Jan. 1972, and to Ricoh Unitechno Co., Ltd. in Apr. 1990).
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| Dec. 16, 1968 |
Founder and President Kiyoshi Ichimura passed away.
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| Jan. 30, 1969 |
Mikio Tatebayashi appointed president (until Oct. 22, 1976).
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| Jan. 1970 |
Founded Ricoh of America, Inc. in New Jersey (until 1984), wholly owned
subsidiary established through integration of New York office and Ricoh Industries U.S.A., Inc.
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| Mar. 1970 |
Ricoh Pavilion appears at Japan Expo '70 with theme "Better Vision for
Humanity".
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| May 1971 |
Founded Atsugi Plant as key manufacturing base for business machines
and communication and information systems.
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| Apr. 1971 |
Introduces the RICOM 8, the Company's first office computer.
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| Nov. 1971 |
Implements Total Quality Control campaign company wide to reinforce operations.
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| Nov. 1971 |
Founded overseas subsidiary Ricoh Nederland B.V. in Holland (name changed
to Ricoh Europe B.V. in Jul. 1986).
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