or
Ricoh, is a
JapanJapan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
ese company that was established in 1936 on February 6th, as , a company in the
RIKENis a large natural sciences research institute in Japan. Founded in 1917, it now has approximately 3000 scientists on seven campuses across Japan, the main one in Wako, just outside Tokyo...
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. Its headquarters is located in Ricoh Building in
Chūōis one of the 23 special wards that form the heart of Tokyo, Japan. The ward refers to itself as Chūō City in English.Its Japanese name literally means "Central Ward," and it is historically the main commercial center of Tokyo, although Shinjuku has risen to challenge it since the end of World War II...
, Tokyo.
Ricoh produces
electronicElectronics is the branch of science, engineering and technology that deals with electrical circuits involving active electrical components such as vacuum tubes, transistors, diodes and integrated circuits, and associated passive interconnection technologies...
products, primarily cameras and office equipment such as
printersIn computing, a printer is a peripheral which produces a text or graphics of documents stored in electronic form, usually on physical print media such as paper or transparencies. Many printers are primarily used as local peripherals, and are attached by a printer cable or, in most new printers, a...
, photocopiers,
faxFax , sometimes called telecopying, is the telephonic transmission of scanned printed material , normally to a telephone number connected to a printer or other output device...
machines, and offers Software as a Service (SaaS) document management solutions such as DocumentMall. In the late 1990s through early 2000s, the company grew to become the largest copier manufacturer in the world. During this time, Ricoh acquired
SavinSavin was incorporated in 1959 by Max M. Low and was run by Low's son, Robert K. Low and E. Paul Charlap...
,
GestetnerThe Gestetner, named after its inventor David Gestetner, is a duplicating machine brand and company.David Gestetner, born in Csorna, Hungary, moved to London, England, and in 1881 established the Gestetner Cyclograph Company to produce stencils, styli, ink rollers, etc. He guarded his invention...
, Lanier, Rex-Rotary, Monroe,
NashuatecNashuatec is one of the main brands used by parent company Ricoh to sell office equipment within Europe. It is particularly strong in Germany and the Netherlands where it has the biggest share....
, and most recently IKON. Although the Monroe brand was discontinued, products continue to be marketed worldwide under the remaining brand names. In 2006, Ricoh acquired the European operations of
DankaKonica Minolta Danka Imaging is a St. Petersburg, Florida based North American independent provider of copiers, printers, fax machines and other office imaging and document management equipment....
for $210 million. These operations continue as a stand alone business unit, under the Infotec brand.
History
The company was founded in 1936. Before relocating to Chūō, Ricoh was first in
Minato, Tokyois one of the 23 special wards of Tokyo, Japan. As of 1 March 2008, it had an official population of 217,335 and a population density of 10,865 persons per km². The total area is 20.34 km².Minato hosts 49 embassies...
. In 2006 Ricoh's headquarters moved to the Ricoh Building, a 25-story building in the
Ginzais a district of Chūō, Tokyo, located south of Yaesu and Kyōbashi, west of Tsukiji, east of Yūrakuchō and Uchisaiwaichō, and north of Shinbashi.It is known as an upscale area of Tokyo with numerous department stores, boutiques, restaurants and coffeehouses. Ginza is recognized as one of the most...
area in Chūō; there it occupies the same space as its sales offices.
Throughout the late 1980s and early 1990s, Ricoh was the primary manufacturer of Pitney-Bowes copiers. They have also manufactured copiers for
Toshibais a multinational electronics and electrical equipment corporation headquartered in Tokyo, Japan. It is a diversified manufacturer and marketer of electrical products, spanning information & communications equipment and systems, Internet-based solutions and services, electronic components and...
, fax machines for
AT&TAT&T Inc. is an American multinational telecommunications corporation headquartered in Whitacre Tower, Dallas, Texas, United States. It is the largest provider of mobile telephony and fixed telephony in the United States, and is also a provider of broadband and subscription television services...
and Omnifax, as well as a wide variety of equipment for numerous other companies including duplicators for AB Dick.
In 2003 Ricoh bought
naming rightsIn the private sector, naming rights are a financial transaction whereby a corporation or other entity purchases the right to name a facility, typically for a defined period of time. For properties like a multi-purpose arena, performing arts venue or an athletic field, the term ranges from three...
to the CNE Coliseum (now known as
Ricoh ColiseumRicoh Coliseum is an ice hockey and agricultural arena at Exhibition Place in Toronto. It serves as the home arena of the Toronto Marlies, the American Hockey League farm team of the Toronto Maple Leafs, and the Toronto Triumph of the Lingerie Football League. It was formerly known as the CNE...
) in
TorontoToronto is the provincial capital of Ontario and the largest city in Canada. It is located in Southern Ontario on the northwestern shore of Lake Ontario. A relatively modern city, Toronto's history dates back to the late-18th century, when its land was first purchased by the British monarchy from...
.
In 2004 Ricoh acquired Hitachi Printing Solutions, Ltd creating a new company, Ricoh Printing Systems, Ltd.
In 2005 Ricoh bought the naming rights to the stadium/entertainment complex, home to Coventry City Football Club now called the
Ricoh ArenaThe Ricoh Arena , home to Coventry City F.C., is a stadium complex situated in the Rowleys Green district of the city of Coventry, England containing a 32,609 seater football stadium, a 6,000 square-metre exhibition hall, a hotel, a leisure club, and a casino...
.
On January 25, 2007, Ricoh announced purchase of
IBMInternational Business Machines Corporation or IBM is an American multinational technology and consulting corporation headquartered in Armonk, New York, United States. IBM manufactures and sells computer hardware and software, and it offers infrastructure, hosting and consulting services in areas...
Printing Systems Division for $725 million and investment in a 3-year joint venture to form the new Ricoh subsidiary, InfoPrint Solutions Company, with a 51% share.
On August 27, 2008, Ricoh announced its intentions of acquiring
IKON Office SolutionsIKON Office Solutions is a company based in Malvern, Pennsylvania. Formerly part of ALCO Standard. It was the world's largest independent provider of document management systems and services until it was purchased by manufacturer Ricoh in 2008...
for $1.6 billion and later that year, on November 1, Ricoh completed the acquisition.
In May 2011, Ricoh announced a cut of 10,000 jobs worldwide up to March 2014 from the current 40,000 workers in Japan and 68,900 others overseas. The company would also shift 15,000 workers to areas with more growth potential.
On July 1st, 2011, Ricoh and Hoya Corporation announced that they have entered into an agreement by which Ricoh will acquire Pentax Image Systems Business from Hoya Corporation, which has been a part of
Hoya Corporationis a Japanese company leading in manufacturing of optical products including photomasks, photomask blanks and glass magnetic-memory disks, contact lenses and eyeglass lenses using the wavefront technology, Photonics...
.
On October 1st 2011, Ricoh announced the establishment of Pentax Ricoh Imaging Company, LTD.
Global Network
The Ricoh Group has sales and support, production, and research and development operations in nearly 180 countries under its regional headquarters in Japan, the Americas, Europe, China, and the Asia-Pacific.
Regional Headquarters
- Global Corporate Headquarters
Ricoh Co., Ltd., located in Tokyo, Japan
- Americas Regional Headquarters
Ricoh Americas Corporation, located in New Jersey, USA, covers the United States, Canada and Latin American countries
- Europe Regional Headquarters
Ricoh Europe, located in London, U.K., covers Europe, Africa and Middle East
- Asia/Pacific Regional Headquarters
Ricoh Asia Pacific Pte. Ltd., located in Singapore, covers South-East Asia, Australia, New Zealand
- China Regional Headquarters
Ricoh China Co., Ltd., located in Shanghai, covers Mainland China
- Korea Regional Headquarters
Sindoh Co., Ltd.(formerly Sindo Ricoh Co., Ltd.), located in Seoul, covers South Korea
Ricoh Research
Ricoh has many technology and customer research groups around the world. For example, Ricoh Innovations
http://www.rii.ricoh.com is a research subsidiary of Ricoh Company that is located in Silicon Valley, California, focusing on technology, cloud, mobile solutions, and customer research. Information about other Ricoh research labs can be found at
http://www.ricoh.com/technology/rd/.
Integration with NRG
In November 2006, Ricoh announced the integration of the head office of Ricoh Europe B.V. (REBV) in
Amstelveen' is a suburban municipality in the Netherlands, in the province of North Holland. It is part of the metropolitan area of Amsterdam. The municipality of Amstelveen consists of the following villages and/or districts: Amstelveen, Bovenkerk, Westwijk, Bankras-Kostverloren, Groenelaan, Waardhuizen,...
,
NetherlandsThe Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...
, with NRG's European headquarters in
LondonLondon is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
,
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. This was completed on April 1, with the former NRG HQ in
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becoming the Strategic HQ and the former REBV HQ in Amstelveen becoming the Operational HQ. This mirrors a similar process which took place in the US with Lanier and Ricoh USA.
This integration was the first step in integration within each country in Europe. A single country organisation was created in Austria on July 1, 2007, the UK integration being currently in process and integration also taking place in Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands and Spain.
Intent to buy Pentax from Hoya
On July 1, 2011, Japanese optical glass-maker
Hoyais a Japanese company leading in manufacturing of optical products including photomasks, photomask blanks and glass magnetic-memory disks, contact lenses and eyeglass lenses using the wavefront technology, Photonics...
announced that it would sell its Pentax camera business to copier and printer maker Ricoh, in a deal the
Nikkeiis one of the largest media corporations in Japan. Nikkei specializes in publishing financial, business and industry news. Its main news publications include:* Nihon Keizai Shimbun , a leading economic newspaper....
business daily said was worth about 10 billion yen ($124.2 million).
List of Ricoh products
The following is a partial
list of products marketedMarketing is the process used to determine what products or services may be of interest to customers, and the strategy to use in sales, communications and business development. It generates the strategy that underlies sales techniques, business communication, and business developments...
to the
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under the
Ricoh brandThe American Marketing Association defines a brand as a "Name, term, design, symbol, or any other feature that identifies one seller's good or service as distinct from those of other sellers."...
.
- Digital cameras
Digital photography is a form of photography that uses an array of light sensitive sensors to capture the image focused by the lens, as opposed to an exposure on light sensitive film...
- Compact
- Ricoh Caplio G3
Ricoh Caplio G3 is a digital camera marketed to the public under the Ricoh brand. It has a 1.6in LCD display at the back of the camera. According to Ricoh it had the fastest short release reaction time of 0.14 seconds....
(3.24 megapixel)
- Ricoh Caplio G4 (3.24 megapixel)
- Ricoh Caplio Pro G3 GPS Camera, Network ready (3.24 megapixel)
- Ricoh Caplio RX
The Caplio RX is a digital camera marketed to the public under the Ricoh brand. According to a Ricoh news release , the Caplio RX features the fastest shutter response time of any comparable camera in the world as of 4 March 2004, at 0.12 seconds.- References :*...
(3 megapixel)
- Ricoh Caplio R1 (4 megapixel)
- Ricoh Caplio R1v (5 megapixel)
- Ricoh Caplio R2 (5 megapixel, larger screen, no viewfinder)
- Ricoh Caplio R3
- External links :* , October 25, 2005* , November 2, 2005* , December 13, 2005...
(5 megapixel, 28–200 equivalent zoom)
- Ricoh Caplio R4 (6 megapixel, 28–200 equivalent zoom)
- Ricoh Caplio R5 (7 megapixel, 28–200 equivalent zoom)
- Ricoh Caplio R6 (7 megapixel, 28–200 equivalent zoom, larger screen, super slim)
- Ricoh Caplio R7 (8 megapixel, 28–200 equivalent zoom)
- Ricoh R8 (10 megapixel, 28–200 equivalent zoom)
- Ricoh R10 (10 megapixel, 28-200 equivalent zoom)
- Ricoh CX1
The Ricoh CX1 has been introduced by Ricoh in 2009. This is the first Ricoh camera to use a CMOS sensor. It allows it to operate at four frames/sec and perform hi-speed continuous shooting.-Major Specifications:* Type: Digital compact camera...
(9 megapixel, 28-200 equivalent zoom)
- Ricoh CX2 (9 megapixel, 28-300 equivalent zoom)
- Ricoh CX3 (10 megapixel, 28-300 equivalent zoom)
- Ricoh CX4 (10 megapixel, 28-300 equivalent zoom)
- Ricoh Caplio GX (5.1 megapixel, also available as Rollei
Rollei is a German manufacturer of optical goods founded in 1920 by Paul Franke and Reinhold Heidecke in Braunschweig, Lower Saxony, and maker of the Rolleiflex and Rolleicord series of cameras...
prego 5100)
- Ricoh Caplio GX8 (8 megapixel) 28-85mm equivalent zoom with 22 mm optional adaptor
- Ricoh Caplio GX100
The Ricoh Caplio GX100 is a compact digital camera. It has a wide angle zoom lens equivalent to 24–72 mm and can take photos in Raw image format, using the Adobe DNG format...
(10 megapixel) 24-72mm equivalent wide zoom with 19 mm optional adaptor http://www.ricoh.com/r_dc/caplio/gx100/index.html
- Ricoh GX200 (12 megapixel) 24-72mm equivalent wide zoom with 19mm and 135mm optional converter lenses. Replaced the GX100.
- Ricoh Caplio 400G Wide
The Caplio 400G Wide is a digital camera marketed to the public under the Ricoh brand. The camera's sensor resolution is 3.2 megapixels. It features a reinforced glass dust protector on the lens and rubber bolstering on some parts and buttons....
(3.2 megapixel)
- Ricoh Caplio 500SE
The Ricoh 500SE digital compact camera is suitable for outdoor photography and networkability. Capability includes external information such as GPS position or barcode numbers within the image headers. External vendors sell hardware and software for workflows involving GPS positioning or barcode...
(8 megapixel, 28-85mm equivalent zoom with 22 mm optional adaptor, GPS-ready)
- GR Digital
- Ricoh GR Digital
The Ricoh GR Digital is a compact digital camera. Its distinguishing feature is its fixed focal length lens . First announced at Photokina 2004, it went on sale in Japan on 21 October 2005 at the price of ¥80,000. The GR Digital is Ricoh's digital successor to their popular 35 mm GR series film...
(8 megapixel) 28mm equivalent prime lens with 21 mm optional adaptor
- Ricoh GR Digital II
The Ricoh GR Digital II is a compact digital camera, and the successor of the Ricoh GR Digital. The GR Digital II first went on sale in Japan at the end of November 2007...
(10 megapixel) 28mm equivalent prime lens with 21 mm optional adaptor
- Ricoh GR Digital III (10 megapixel) 28mm equivalent prime lens with F1.9 aperture
- GPS
The Global Positioning System is a space-based global navigation satellite system that provides location and time information in all weather, anywhere on or near the Earth, where there is an unobstructed line of sight to four or more GPS satellites...
and Camera All-in-one
- Film cameras
- Ricoh 500
The Ricoh 500 was one of the early relatively inexpensive 35 mm rangefinder cameras to enter the U.S. market in 1957. It had an unusually large f/2.8 lens, and shutter speeds from 1 second to 1/500 second...
35mm rangefinder with rapid film advance and fast focusing
- Ricoh 500G 35mm compact rangefinder
- Ricoh Mirai
The Olympus Olympus AZ-4 zoom is a 35mm compact camera SLR camera . It appeared in the 1989 Batman film. It is almost identical to the Ricoh Mirai, except it does not have a remote control socket and uses different batteries...
(similar to Olympus AZ-4 zoom)
- Ricoh Ricoh Singlex (Nikon F mount, made by Mamiya
is a Japanese company that today manufactures high-end cameras and other related photographic and optical equipment. With headquarters in Tokyo, it has two manufacturing plants and a workforce of over 200 people...
- same body as NikkorexThe Nikon Nikkorex series were low-cost, fixed-lens, 35 mm film, single-lens reflex cameras produced by the Japanese optical manufacturer Nippon Kogaku K.K. . They were designed and marketed as low-cost, feature-reduced versions of Nikon's flagship F SLR...
F, and Sears SLII)
- Ricoh Ricoh Singlex TLS (M42 lens mount
The M42 lens mount is a screw thread mounting standard for attaching lenses to 35 mm cameras, primarily single-lens reflex models. It is more accurately known as the M42 × 1 mm standard, which means that it is a metric screw thread of 42 mm diameter and 1 mm thread pitch...
, same as Sears TLS)
- Ricoh Ricoh Singlex II (M42 lens mount)
- Ricoh KR-5 (R-K mount
The Pentax K mount, sometimes referred to as the "PK mount", is a lens mount standard for mounting interchangeable photographic lenses to 35 mm single-lens reflex cameras. It was created by Pentax in 1975, and has been used by all Pentax 35 mm and digital SLRs since...
)
- Ricoh KR-5 Super (R-K mount
The Pentax K mount, sometimes referred to as the "PK mount", is a lens mount standard for mounting interchangeable photographic lenses to 35 mm single-lens reflex cameras. It was created by Pentax in 1975, and has been used by all Pentax 35 mm and digital SLRs since...
)
- Ricoh KR-5 Super II (R-K mount
The Pentax K mount, sometimes referred to as the "PK mount", is a lens mount standard for mounting interchangeable photographic lenses to 35 mm single-lens reflex cameras. It was created by Pentax in 1975, and has been used by all Pentax 35 mm and digital SLRs since...
)
- Ricoh KR-10 (R-K mount
The Pentax K mount, sometimes referred to as the "PK mount", is a lens mount standard for mounting interchangeable photographic lenses to 35 mm single-lens reflex cameras. It was created by Pentax in 1975, and has been used by all Pentax 35 mm and digital SLRs since...
)
- Ricoh KR-10 Super (R-K mount
The Pentax K mount, sometimes referred to as the "PK mount", is a lens mount standard for mounting interchangeable photographic lenses to 35 mm single-lens reflex cameras. It was created by Pentax in 1975, and has been used by all Pentax 35 mm and digital SLRs since...
)
- Ricoh KR-30SP (R-K mount
The Pentax K mount, sometimes referred to as the "PK mount", is a lens mount standard for mounting interchangeable photographic lenses to 35 mm single-lens reflex cameras. It was created by Pentax in 1975, and has been used by all Pentax 35 mm and digital SLRs since...
)
- Ricoh GR series
The Ricoh GR is a series of compact cameras made by Ricoh. They began with 35 mm film cameras and have now evolved into a series of digital cameras. The chronological list of these cameras are the GR1, GR10, GR1s, GR1v and GR21 film cameras and then the GR Digital, GR Digital II, and GR Digital...
(GR1, GR1s and GR1V)
- Ricoh XR-1 (R-K mount
The Pentax K mount, sometimes referred to as the "PK mount", is a lens mount standard for mounting interchangeable photographic lenses to 35 mm single-lens reflex cameras. It was created by Pentax in 1975, and has been used by all Pentax 35 mm and digital SLRs since...
)
- Ricoh XR-2 (R-K mount
The Pentax K mount, sometimes referred to as the "PK mount", is a lens mount standard for mounting interchangeable photographic lenses to 35 mm single-lens reflex cameras. It was created by Pentax in 1975, and has been used by all Pentax 35 mm and digital SLRs since...
)
- Ricoh XR-500 (R-K mount
The Pentax K mount, sometimes referred to as the "PK mount", is a lens mount standard for mounting interchangeable photographic lenses to 35 mm single-lens reflex cameras. It was created by Pentax in 1975, and has been used by all Pentax 35 mm and digital SLRs since...
)
- Ricoh XR-10M (R-K mount
The Pentax K mount, sometimes referred to as the "PK mount", is a lens mount standard for mounting interchangeable photographic lenses to 35 mm single-lens reflex cameras. It was created by Pentax in 1975, and has been used by all Pentax 35 mm and digital SLRs since...
)
- Ricoh XR-P
The Ricoh XR-P is a 35mm Single Lens Reflex camera. Ricoh touted it as "The World's Most Responsive Camera" in their Long Course user's manual. It features sixteen operating modes that utilize the XR-P's ability to set the shutter speed and lens aperture.- Specifications :The XR-P's lens system...
(R-K mountThe Pentax K mount, sometimes referred to as the "PK mount", is a lens mount standard for mounting interchangeable photographic lenses to 35 mm single-lens reflex cameras. It was created by Pentax in 1975, and has been used by all Pentax 35 mm and digital SLRs since...
)
- Ricoh XR-S (R-K mount
The Pentax K mount, sometimes referred to as the "PK mount", is a lens mount standard for mounting interchangeable photographic lenses to 35 mm single-lens reflex cameras. It was created by Pentax in 1975, and has been used by all Pentax 35 mm and digital SLRs since...
)
- Ricoh XR-X (R-K mount
The Pentax K mount, sometimes referred to as the "PK mount", is a lens mount standard for mounting interchangeable photographic lenses to 35 mm single-lens reflex cameras. It was created by Pentax in 1975, and has been used by all Pentax 35 mm and digital SLRs since...
)
- Ricoh FF-9D
- Multifunction Products/Printers
- DocumentMall (SaaS document management)http://www.documentmall.com
- GlobalScan (Document capture & Distribution software)http://www.globalscannx.com
See also
- Ricoh Americas Corporation
Ricoh Americas Corporation, founded in 1962, based in West Caldwell, New Jersey, United States, is a subsidiary of Ricoh Company, Ltd of Tokyo, Japan and the headquarters for Ricoh operations in North, Central and South America....
- Ricoh Arena
The Ricoh Arena , home to Coventry City F.C., is a stadium complex situated in the Rowleys Green district of the city of Coventry, England containing a 32,609 seater football stadium, a 6,000 square-metre exhibition hall, a hotel, a leisure club, and a casino...
, a footballAssociation football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball...
stadium complete with a concert hall and conference facilities, opened in CoventryCoventry is a city and metropolitan borough in the county of West Midlands in England. Coventry is the 9th largest city in England and the 11th largest in the United Kingdom. It is also the second largest city in the English Midlands, after Birmingham, with a population of 300,848, although...
, EnglandEngland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
in 2005, bearing the company's name due to a naming rightsIn the private sector, naming rights are a financial transaction whereby a corporation or other entity purchases the right to name a facility, typically for a defined period of time. For properties like a multi-purpose arena, performing arts venue or an athletic field, the term ranges from three...
agreement
- Ricoh Coliseum
Ricoh Coliseum is an ice hockey and agricultural arena at Exhibition Place in Toronto. It serves as the home arena of the Toronto Marlies, the American Hockey League farm team of the Toronto Maple Leafs, and the Toronto Triumph of the Lingerie Football League. It was formerly known as the CNE...
, a 9,500 seat indoor arena in Toronto, Canada also bearing the company's name via another naming rights agreement in 2003.
- Ricoh Black Rams
Ricoh Black Rams is a Japanese rugby union team in the Top League. Placed 10th in the 2004-5 season which meant it had to win a play-off against one of the top regional teams to stay in the league, as it did.Slogan for 2006 season: TAFU...
, a Japanese rugby union team owned by Ricoh.
- In 2007, Ricoh acquired title sponsorship of the Women's British Open
The Women's British Open is a leading event in women's professional golf and the only tournament which is classified as a major championship by both the Ladies European Tour and the LPGA Tour. Since 2007, it has been called the Ricoh Women's British Open, for sponsorship reasons...
, one of four major championshipsWomen's golf has a set of major championships which parallels that in men's golf, but the women's system is younger and has been less stable than the men's. Many professional stroke play events for women are played over three rounds , but the majors are played over four rounds , which is the...
recognized by the world's dominant women's golf tour, the U.S. LPGA TourThe LPGA, in full the Ladies Professional Golf Association, is an American organization for female professional golfers. The organization, whose headquarters is in Daytona Beach, Florida, is best known for running the LPGA Tour, a series of weekly golf tournaments for elite female golfers from...
.
- In November 2008, Ricoh unveiled the first eco-friendly billboard in Times Square, NY—entirely powered by the sun and the wind. http://www.ricoh-eco.com/home.asp http://www.ricoh-eco.com/live.asp
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