The company’s president, Toshikazu Koike, said that its previously successful “network-related products” such as printers or MFPs are becoming saturated, as people stop using printers because of smartphones or tablets. He told The Worldfolio that “we [Brother] need...
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Circular economy could cut unemployment
The new EU policy package could cut unemployment in Italy, Poland and Germany, saving €3 billion ($3.1 billion) a year. A report by think-tank Green Alliance said 270,000 people could be brought back into work in those three economies alone if the package is ambitious...
Paperless offices still “distant dream”
Only 4.5 percent of offices are paperless, and a further 65 percent of businesses say they do not use any software to analyse print costs. Enterprise Apps Tech reported on the research by ThinPrint, an MPS software provider, which found that 68 percent of businesses...
New remanufacturing guide launched
The guide covers remanufacturing the HP LaserJet Pro M402/MFP M426 toner cartridge. The cartridge, the CF-226A/X, is used in the LaserJet Pro M402dn and MFP M426 printers, which are based o n a 40pmm, 600dpi engine with a first page print-out speed of 5.4 seconds. You...
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Armor invests €35 million in renewable energy
The remanufacturer is investing €11 million ($11.6 million) into production tooling and €24 million ($25.4 million) into R & D in its new Sustainable Energies (ASE) division. The Pays de La Loire region is providing €5.5 million ($5.8 million) to support Armor’s...
Dubai launches anti-counterfeit advisory board
The first-of-its-kind Intellectual Property Protection Advisory Board was launched by the Department of Economic Development (DED) as a public-private partnership to enhance the UAE’s global ranking for competitiveness. A DED official will be head of the board, with...
University printing start-up uses remanufactured cartridges
Four students at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) are using remanufactured cartridges and recycled paper to deliver printouts of emailed documents to teachers and students on campus. The printed documents are personally delivered with a 30-minute...
Madinks sponsors Paralympic athlete
Irish cartridge reseller Madinks will donate 10 percent of its inkjet cartridge sales to the end of this year to help world sprinting champion Jason Smyth.
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I have recently been in Bulgaria and Romania talking with remanufacturers, and had a brilliant meeting in Romania, courtesy of Victor Matache at Toko; where we had a brilliant session with about 140 or so Romanian remanufacturers, and the session overran as I talked...
OEMs in “significant” recycled material use
Samsung, Dell and HP Inc spoke at an event about their use of recycled materials. Metal.com reported on the 2015 Electronics Recycling Asia event in Singapore, where OEMs from across the computer and telecoms industries noted they had “increased their recycled content...