January to March are always good months for remanufacturers; April is softer; May and June again good; July softens around the start of school holidays; August is dead; September through November are good; and December is December. Yet 2014 has been different. January...
In 1988 I spent most of my time using HP test equipment, and my most treasured HP device was the HP15C scientific calculator that I used everyday. It was around the same time (I think it was) that HP sold off its test equipment division to focus on computers and...
Ink manufacturer Nazdar announces success of service launched in 2012, which handles over 3,000 ink-related questions every year. Nazdar’s ‘Ink Answers’ service was set up in 2012 by its Technical Services Group, and has since become “an incredibly useful...
Greater Manchester-based TonerGiant.co.uk notes cost savings and environmental merits of using remanufactured cartridges. The company, which was launched in 2006 as a trading division of NetGiant Ltd, supplies remanufactured ink and toner cartridges and is encouraging...
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The global franchise is set to have opened 15 new locations by the end of 2014. Franchise-Magazine (in French) reported on Cartridge World’s expansion in France, which has seen nine stores open in the “first eight months of the year” as well as the approval of three...
The OEM has named Badger Office Supplies Ltd., Inkjet Direct Ltd. and Greentrees International Ltd. for infringement of its EU patent named in a number of other EU-based cases this year.
HP technology at work – or it must be the silly season It’s August and everyone is on holiday, so you decide to write your marketing blurb (sorry, targeted communication) to engage with your customers to tell them why buying remanufactured is bad and therefore OEM is...
The Centre for Remanufacturing and Reuse (CRR) will be investigating remanufacturing in Scotland. The CRR reported the news that it has been commissioned by Zero Waste Scotland to “investigate the size of the remanufacturing industry” in Scotland, as well as “identify...
The UK cartridge retailer has moved into MPS with a free online tool. The Bolton News reported on the UK-based cartridge etailer TonerGiant, which has launched its own MPS tool for consumers on its website. The news outlet stated that the company’s “continued success”...
Power cords for two HP notebook computer models recalled in US and Canada due to fire risk. It has been announced on the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) website that 5.6 million power cords in the US and 447,00 in Canada are being recalled by HP after the...