The European Court of Justice has determined publishers are not entitled to compensation from levies collected by reproductive rights organisations (RROs) on hardware including printers and copiers. The court ruled that the fair compensation provisions were intended...
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ITP to exhibit at Remanexpo@Paperworld 2016
ITP, Europe’s largest cartridge collector, will exhibit at the Remanexpo 2016 event in Frankfurt. ITP’s Commercial Director Jason Doran confirmed to The Recycler that the ITP Group will be participating in “Europe’s most important exhibition for the aftermarket...
Dutch initiative to prototype polystyrene recycling
The PolyStyrene Loop foundation is aiming to build a demonstration plant by 2018 for sustainable recycling of the common packaging material EPS (Extended Polystyrene), in its work to support the circular economy. The facility is designed to offer “an industry concept...
Ricoh India secures $60 million MPS deal
The OEM has signed a memorandum to provide inter alia “state of the-art” MPS services to software group Vakrangee Limited. Ricoh said the Rs 400 crore ($60.2 million/€56.6 million) deal will “be spread to five years”, The Economic Times reported. Ricoh India announced...
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HP 2015 job cuts total 30,000
The OEM’s downsizing continued this year, ahead of its recent split into HP Enterprise and HP Inc. 247 Wall St reported on the total number of cutbacks at the manufacturer, after the group split into the two companies at the start of this month. The publication said...
Cartridge World France wins franchise awards
The company was given two awards at Les Rubans de la franchise, a ceremony held every two years by the Fédération Française de la Franchise (FFF). The first was awarded to Julien Siouffi, the manager of three stores in the Marseille region, who was awarded a silver...
The Recycler launches wide-format quarterly
The quarterly online publication covers major wide-format topics including electronic signage, 3D printing and mobile printing. The Wide-format Quarterly, which is available to view here, is part of The Recycler’s new online magazines and guides offering, which you...
LMI Solutions recommends becoming MPS provider
The remanufacturer has written a blog outlining the benefits to Managed Service Providers (MSP) of getting into MPS. LMI Solutions said that MSPs, which are companies that remotely control the IT infrastructure of their clients, are ideally placed to provide MPS as...
Entrepreneur predicts localised manufacturing
Tim Carrigan, co-founder of UK company Opendesk, says that the principle his design company is based on will spread to all areas of manufacturing. His London-based furniture business works by the principle of Open Making, which involves taking designs from all over...
Canon launches imagePROGRAF L-series
The imagePROGRAF iPF770 MFP L36 and the imagePROGRAF iPF670 L24 are wide-format MFPs with scan-to-copy/file systems, and are the entry-level countrerparts to the iPF MFP M40.