On June 14, Fuji Xerox announced some personnel changes, including the appointment of new CEO John Visentin to Fuji Xerox’s board of directors. As noted in a Nikkei Asian Review post, Fuji Xerox has typically made a place for Xerox’s CEO on its board. However, with Xerox having recently scuttled plans to sell half its shares to
Russia’s antitrust regulators have imposed a fine of $40,000 on HP’s Russian subsidiary for price fixing on government contracts to supply computers and equipment to government agencies, including the country’s Central Elections Commission. The Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS) fined ZAO Hewlett-Packard AO, an HP subsidiary, 2.5 million rubles, or about $40,000, the agency announced on June
On June 12, Metrofuser, the Elizabeth, NJ-based laser printer parts manufacturer, issued an interesting announcement about new aftermarket fusers it is offering that are designed to improve aftermarket toner cartridge performance. What sparked the development of Metrofuser’s new High Variant (HV) fusers is the performance of aftermarket toner formulations relative to OEM formulations. In its
On June 13, Static Control Components announced that it now has two new authorized resellers in Brazil. The Sanford, NC-based aftermarket imaging solutions provider’s new partners in the country are DGX of São Paulo and Recycle Ware of Campinas. Together, these resellers will enable Static to better support remanufacturers and imaging professionals throughout Brazil. The
Xerox is shining the spotlight on two dealers that recently signed whopping contracts involving Xerox’s Managed Print Services (MPS). Alberta Printer Service, a 26-year-old multi-brand office-supply dealer in Calgary, inked a four-year, $450,000 contract with the world’s second largest independent dealer of Case Construction equipment, Rocky Mountain Equipment, also headquartered in Calgary. The construction and
Lots of companies like to announce when they win awards. But three companies recently shared an industry award for doing something unique: they created an ecosystem for seat-based billing (SBB), a document-management software solution for managed print service (MPS) providers that proponents say is becoming increasingly important as print volumes decline. Clover Imaging Group (CIG),
For more than 10 years, Dave Bishop had pursued a major international firm with the hopes that maybe his family-owned, Nebraska-based office-supply company might someday get a chance to pitch to the Fortune 1000 company. The door finally opened when the company invited Bishop Business Equipment and other vendors to develop proposals to standardize its
Kao Collins has announced the release of a new proprietary magnetic ink character recognition (MICR) ink formulation that the company says is more durable and less costly than other MICR products. In a company press release, Kao Collins says its new product is a water-based ink formulation with metal oxide nanoparticles designed specifically for HP
On June 7, Canon announced that Toyotsugu Kuwamura, executive vice president and general manager of Canon U.S.A.’s Business Imaging Solutions Group (BISG) and chairman and chief executive officer (CEO) of Canon Solutions America, Inc., will retire on July 1. Canon says it has appointed Shinichi Yoshida as Mr. Kuwamura’s successor as executive vice president and
Katun Corporation has announced several new products for the North American market, including Katun Performance and Katun Business color toner cartridges for use in various Ricoh A3 color and A4 color MFPs and three more remanufactured extended-yield monochrome toner cartridges for use in HP LaserJets. For Ricoh A3 color MFPs, Katun launched Katun Performance cartridges
