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A new idea that a printer moves rather than paper. A combination of Ricoh technologies to bring about a new type of printing (RICOH Handy Printer)

Y. Harada, T. Murata, T. Nakata, T. Shikama, M. Ishida, T. Kondo

Sense a new Ricoh from the style of the “RICOH MP 305⁺,” which doesn't look at all like an MFP (MFP)

K. Yamada, S. Takeda, K. Fujimori, M. Ishida, N. Shima, T. Nishi, K. Hoshi, J. Ueno, M. Yamada

No one was more surprised than we by the overwhelming expectations from the market (Complete Solid-State Dye-Sensitized Solar Cell)

T. Tanaka, Y. Tanaka, R. Arai, N. Kanei

Value Creation to Defy Common Wisdom Spawned through Belief, Tenacity, and then “Heated Arguments with Colleagues”(RICOH THETA)

Hiroyuki Satoh

Ricoh and Tokyo Steel score an industry “First”: Pushing back the frontiers of 100% recycled steel in a bid to save the planet(Electric furnace steel sheet)

Tokyo Steel : G. Ito, Y. Yagi Ricoh : K. Ito, M. Sakakitani,H. Hirota

Growing Seeds for the Future, Sometimes in the Dark(VCSEL)

Shunichi Sato

The Opportunities are Infinite—Taking Imaging Technology to New Realms(Machine vision)

Ryohsuke Kasahara

Research Theme: Developing Products that Entertain(Digital camera)

Haike Guan(Ph.D. in engineering)