|  | | Pick of the Year Awards for Ricoh’s Aficio™1515MF and Aficio™2018D
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| | Amstelveen, The Netherlands, July 2005 -- Ricoh’s Aficio™1515MF and Aficio™2018D obtained the prestigious “Pick of the Year” awards. Buyers Lab Inc. (BLI), the leading independent office equipment test organisation awarded the top honours in Segment 1 Multifunctional Imaging Systems to Ricoh’s products in its Spring 2005 tests. |
The winners, Aficio™1515MF and Aficio™2018D, stand out for their ease of use, a welcome quality in this range. “The Ricoh Aficio™1515MF and Aficio™2018D were clear choices as ‘Picks’ in the legal-size and ledger-size category of Segment 1,” said BLI Manager of Lab Testing, Pete Emory, “because in addition to being highly reliable and easy to use, they are the most productive.” Because these models are sold under the Nashuatec, Gestetner, Rex-Rotary and Lanier brand names, the re-branded models also receive the award. “Ricoh is extremely pleased that the highly respected Buyers Laboratory has recognised its Aficio™ products as the best in their segment, after subjecting them to exhaustive testing,” said Jeroen van Beem, Product Manager at Ricoh Europe B.V. “Our sales people and dealers are enthusiastic to sell the Aficio™1515MF and Aficio™2018D as they are regarded highly reliable. Especially the Aficio™1515MF version is a real all-rounder offering printing, copying, faxing, scanning, duplexing and advanced document management features. With the combination of all-in-one functionality, superior productivity and an extremely attractive price per copy, the product nearly sells itself. We consider BLI’s awards as a token of appreciation of the market for our efforts toward Customer Satisfaction.” |
About Buyers Laboratory
For over 40 years, Buyers Laboratory has been the leading independent office equipment test lab and business consumer advocate. In addition to publishing the industry’s most comprehensive devices, each representing months of exhaustive hands-on testing in the company’s 10,000-square-foot lab, BLI has been the leading source for extensive databases of specifications and pricing on copiers, printers, fax machines and multifunctional products. The company’s databases, which cover more than 6,000 products and have a long-standing reputation for being the most reliable and complete, are available to subscribers in the form of printed specification guides, as well as CD-based and online product comparison software programs. In response to significant subscriber demand, Buyers Lab has added Field Test Reports to its menu of products and services. These supplements to BLI’s unique and extensive Lab Test Reports provide subscribers with preliminary product assessments as soon as possible after products are introduced. As a result, Buyers Lab is able to meet its subscribers’ needs for quick and early product reviews, while continuing to provide them with the comprehensive product assessments that are only available from a BLI Lab Test Report. With its Buyers Alliance Program, Buyers Lab also provides comprehensive purchasing support services to business consumers in the process of acquiring office equipment, which includes creating customised RFPs and conducting on-site document imaging device usage assessments. In addition, Buyers Laboratory provides a vast array of confidential for-hire custom testing services, including document imaging device beta testing, print controller testing, and the testing of consumables, such as paper, toner, ink, transparencies and photoconductors. For more information on Buyers Laboratory please visit:
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Note to editors
Ricoh Europe B.V. is the European headquarters of Ricoh Company Ltd., the leading global manufacturer of office equipment, located in Amstelveen, The Netherlands. It is responsible for marketing, sales and service of Ricoh products in Europe, the Middle East and Africa. In Europe, Ricoh has three manufacturing sites: two at Ricoh UK Products Ltd. Telford, UK; GR Advanced Materials Ltd., Stirling, UK; and Ricoh Industrie France S.A., Colmar, France. In addition, the Ricoh European Group comprises sales subsidiaries and affiliates in 21 countries. In the fiscal year ended March 31, 2006, revenues from Ricoh’s European operations totalled over € 3.15 billion, accounting for 22.7% of the company’s global revenues. Ricoh’s worldwide sales increased by 5.6% totalling ¥ 1,915 billion (€ 13.9 billion).. For further information please contact:
Ricoh Europe B.V.
Peter T. Van der Kaag
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