Customer Story
Delivering streamlined audiovisual solutions to enable globally productive meetings
Company
Since 1792, AkzoNobel has been supplying innovative paints and coatings that help to colour people’s lives and protect what matters the most. The company’s world-class portfolio of brands – including Dulux, International, Sikkens and Interpon – is trusted by customers around the globe, and AkzoNobel is active in more than 150 countries.
Challenge
In 2016, AkzoNobel moved to a state-of-the-art headquarters in Amsterdam. The new building features an exhibition space, a 140-seat auditorium, boardroom, and meeting rooms for presentations and group working. To support collaboration, AkzoNobel equipped the rooms with audiovisual (AV) equipment, but over the years, many of the solutions were changed and updated, while the growing variety of systems created confusion for users.
Solution & Benefits
To help users work more productively, AkzoNobel aimed to radically simplify the AV systems in the meeting rooms and auditorium. After assessing potential partners to lead the project, AkzoNobel engaged Ricoh to supply and implement new AV solutions, including LG high-definition screens, cameras, Sennheiser microphones, and Microsoft Teams Rooms videoconferencing systems. Ricoh connected all new AV equipment to the corporate network, and will manage the rooms via the European AV Network Operations Centre (NOC), reducing pressure on AkzoNobel’s IT team.
“With Ricoh, we have streamlined our AV strategy—everything is now connected and centrally managed, and the user experience is much simpler and more intuitive. Ricoh is an excellent partner for AkzoNobel, offering real AV expertise and delivering highly productive solutions.”
Wajahat Syed, Domain Lead IT Workplace & Collaboration, AkzoNobel
