Ricoh welcomes InfoPrint Solutions to the family

Three-year joint venture completed as IBM becomes wholly owned subsidiary of Ricoh.

The news comes after InfoPrint Solutions was formed on 1 June 2007 as a joint venture between IBM’s Printing Systems Division and Ricoh. Over the past three years, ownership has increasingly transferred from IBM to Ricoh. According to Shiro Kondo, president and chief executive officer of Ricoh, the conclusion is satisfying for both parties.

“We are extremely excited for InfoPrint Solutions to fully join Ricoh as we continue to expand our ability to fulfil requirements for customers who manage mid-to-high volume output,” he said.  “With a complete line of industry-leading, analyst-endorsed solutions consisting of printers, professional services and software, InfoPrint Solutions fits perfectly into our family.  Built on a rich IT heritage, InfoPrint will enable the Ricoh family to offer even more broad-reaching service, support and technically superior solutions for our customers.”

InfoPrint Solutions combines IBM's 50 years of enterprise printing experience with Ricoh’s office solutions and production printing expertise, placing advanced research and development capabilities at the heart of its solutions.

Daisuke Segawa, president and chief executive officer of InfoPrint Solutions, believes that journey has been a success. “When we embarked on the join venture in June 2007, we looked with great anticipation toward this day,” he said. “We bring key differentiators to the industry, illustrated by our solutions-centric philosophy, and we are looking forward to continuing to enable our customers’ ongoing success through our expanded reach as a part of Ricoh.”