Xerox Corporation
is an American corporation, one of the world leaders in the field of printing and document management
technologies, a pioneer of mass production of copiers.
Xerox was founded in 1906 in Rochester as The Haloid Photographic Company, which originally manufactured photographic paper and equipment.
In 1958 the company was renamed to Haloid Xerox, and in 1961 году — to Xerox Corporation. After the
acquisition in August 1963 of Electro-Optical Systems, Inc. in Pasadena,
California, optical laboratories (Xerox Electro-Optical Systems
later became part of Loral EOS) were located there.Training of technical specialists
for laboratory and engineering divisions was conducted at the Xerox Training
Center in Leesburg, Virginia.
The company's headquarters is in Norwalk, Connecticut, but most of the
employees continue to be located in Rochester (New York), where the company was
founded in 1906.
The company is ranked 449th in the Fortune Global 500 list for 2011.
In february 6, 1936 Kiyoshi
Ichimura established the Riken Kankoshi Co., Ltd. company, as a firm for the
production of photosensitive paper for photography and photocopying production
firm, as well as optical systems
Ricopy 101 the first copier of Ricoh was introduced in
1955. The technology and functionality of this device was very different from
today's Ricoh technology. A special (light-sensitive) paper was used for the
first copier. In 1971, the first copier Ricoh PPC900 was introduced, using
plain paper and constructed on the basis of electrophotographic printing
technology.
In 1973, Ricoh introduced
the world's first intercontinental fax machine Ricoh RiFax 600S, which was six
times faster than the fastest machines of that time. This device became the
ancestor of the new fax standard (which the CCITT Committee established at that
time) and the world's first Group 3 fax machinef. Since then, Ricoh has made a
significant contribution to the improvement of facsimile technology, constantly
developing new approaches, improving quality and reducing transmission
time.Ricoh tirelessly continued to develop new technologies. The equipment
became faster, more reliable, more functional. One of the new technologies was
color printing, which led to the appearance in the early 1980s of the first
analog color copier Ricoh Color 5000 "Bird of Paradise". Around the
same time, Ricoh began to develop digital technology. The result was the
appearance in 1987 of the first digital copier Ricoh Imagio 320.
In addition to strategic achievements
such as obtaining a certificate according to ISO 14001, the activities of Ricoh
are marked by many prestigious awards and titles of governments, industrial and
consumer groups. Among them is "Climate is Business" for the
achievements of "Ricoh Company Ltd." in the fields of energy
consumption and management and for supporting the environmental Kyoto Protocol
In
October 2011, Ricoh Company announced the completion of the acquisition of
Pentax Imaging Corporation and the name of the acquired company on the Pentax
Ricoh Imaging Company. This company will develop, manufacture and sell consumer
products and services from the field of optics, for example: digital cameras
and interchangeable lenses, as well as accessories for cameras, products
related to security cameras, and binoculars
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