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New EPEAT website launched

Green Electronics Council redesigns EPEAT website to highlight participants and improve navigation. The website for the electronic product environmental assessment tool (EPEAT), www.epeat.net, has been revamped by the Green Electronics Council in order to draw more...

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Ricoh plans to expand in African market

OEM looks to expand business beyond its base in South Africa to other countries on the continent as page volumes increase. Ricoh has recognised the potential of Africa’s emerging market and is planning to expand business operations in the area, reports ITWeb, with the...

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Xerox sells European office and digital papers business

The OEM’s sale to Antalis covers the OEM’s paper, wide-format and non-paper substrates. PrintWeek reported on the completion of the deal on 1 November, with the deal first announced in June this year. The European office and digital papers business was reportedly...

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Colour laser MFP sales increase in Western Europe

Sales of colour laser MFPs rise six percent across Western Europe during 2013. According to European IT market research company Context, colour laser MFPs are growing in popularity in Western Europe, with sales growing by six percent year-on-year during 2013 so far,...

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Spicers launches recycling initiative

The stationer’s Brilliant Partners now have access to new cartridge recycling service helping resellers to encourage end users to recycle. OPI reported on the launch of Spicers’ new cartridge recycling initiative through its new agreement with DCI, with the service...

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UK retail sales up by 0.6 percent in September

The Office for National Statistics (ONC) reported the growth after an unexpected fall in August.  BBC News covered the ONC’s findings, with sales volumes also said to have risen by 2.2 percent compared to September 2012, “despite a fall of sales in supermarkets”. The...

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Metrofuser hires new Technical Group leader

Robert Young joins laser printer parts remanufacturer after 13 years in field services with MPS providers. Metrofuser announced that veteran Service Engineer Robert Young has joined the company as the new head of its Technical Training and Support department after...

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Brother launches new mono laser printers

Three new “low cost” devices designed to save money for those printing up to 500 pages per month. Brother has announced the launch of three new mono laser printers designed to be compact and affordable, with print speeds of 20 pages per minute and a 150 sheet paper...

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HP updates commercial computing range

OEM launches new laptops, mobile workstations, terminals and mobile print-enabled printers in Australia. The Australian reported that among HP’s refreshed commercial printing range are printers capable of direct wireless printing, allowing users to print from their...

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