| 1972 |
Markets the RICOH PPC900, Ricoh's first dry-electrostatic-transfer plain-paper
poster.
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| Jan. 1973 |
Founded manufacturing subsidiary Ricoh Electronics Co., Ltd. (REI) in
America (currently Irvine Plant).
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| Apr. 1973 |
RIFAX 600S, first office facsimile machine, transmits world's first international
high-speed facsimile transmission, between Tokyo and New York via satellite communications.
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| Apr. 1973 |
Founded Hasama Tohoku Ricoh Co., Ltd. (name changed to Hasama Ricoh,
Inc. in Sept. 1977)
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| May 1973 |
Founded overseas subsidiary Rapifax Corp. in America for marketing of
facsimiles (name changed to Rapicom, Inc. in Mar. 1978).
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| Jul. 1973 |
Founded Ricoh Optical Industries Co., Ltd. in Iwate Prefecture.
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| Feb. 1975 |
Launches the RICOPY DT1200, a wet-type plain-paper machine that becomes
the world's top-selling copier.
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| Nov. 1975 |
Is the first company in the office automation industry to win the coveted
Deming Prize for excellence in quality control.
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| Jul. 1976 |
RIFAX 600S played active role in Montreal Olympic Game.
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| Oct. 1976 |
President Mikio Tatebayashi passed away.
Shinichi Miyoshi appointed chairman (until Jun. 27, 1980)
Takeshi Ouye appointed president (until Mar. 31, 1983)
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| Dec. 1976 |
Established Ricoh Credit Co., Ltd. (name changed to Ricoh Lease Co.,
Ltd. in Apr. 1984)
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| Mar. 1977 |
Completed construction and operations began at Aoyama Headquarters.
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| Apr. 1977 |
Introduces the acronym OA, for office automation, at CeBIT in Hannover.
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| 1978 |
Starts overseas sales of copiers under the Ricoh name to augment original
equipment manufacturer brands. The Ricoh name is now synonymous with quality and cost performance.
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| Jul. 1978 |
Founded overseas subsidiary Ricoh Deutschland GmbH in Germany.
Completed construction of Numazu R&D Center.
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| Dec. 1978 |
Founded Ricoh Business Machines, Ltd. in Hong Kong (name changed to Ricoh
Hong Kong Ltd. in Jul. 1987).
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| May 1979 |
Established overseas subsidiary Ricoh Systems, Inc. in California to
carry out R&D (later merged with Ricoh Corporation in Apr. 1987).
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| Jul. 1979 |
Formed Materials R&D Center at Numazu R&D Center (name changed
to Chemical Products R&D Center in Jan. 1990).
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