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...
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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...
Inkjet printer used to make drinks machine
The Alkomat machine is Wi-Fi connected and is “built on the chassis of an old inkjet printer, using the printer carriage and paper feed motors to control the movement of its nozzle”, with up to five drinks able to be served at once.
Russian anti-counterfeiting strategies discussed
A Russian Customs meeting outlined levels of counterfeiting affecting the country, and what it intends to do to stem the flow. Lexology hosted a report from lawyers Gowling, Lafleur and Henderson LLP on the anti-counterfeiting event organised by Russian Customs in...
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Kyocera Nigeria develops MDS
The manufacturer has been collaborating with MFI Group to launch a cost-saving programme that could reduce an organisation’s output costs by up to 30 percent. Maki Nagao, Senior Marketing Manager for Kyocera Europe, said they were interested in MFI’s solution because...
Xerox acquires US MPS group
Pennsylvania-based Capital Business Systems, a specialist in business services and document management, has been purchased by the OEM’s company, Global Imaging Systems (GIS). GIS is made of “regional core companies” in the USA that sell document management systems...
Inkjet MFP customers stay loyal to brand
81 percent of inkjet MFP users who rate their satisfaction with their device as ‘outstanding’ will “definitely” buy another inkjet MFP from the same brand, compared with 50 percent for all users. A further 66 percent of customers purchase inkjet MFPs in a store while...
MKIC closing Virginia toner plant
Mitsubishi Kagaku Imaging Corporation (“MKIC”), also doing business as Future Graphics, will be closing its Chesapeake, Virginia monochrome toner plant in March 2016.
Large-format 3D printer to be distributed in North America
The Massivit 1800 works by a unique gel application system, known as ‘Dimengel’, which creates 3D objects nearly six feet by five feet by four feet in size and has applications in displays and branding elements for retailers, exhibitions and events.
Canon launches PIXMA G series
The G1000, G2000, G2002 and G3000 offer print yields as high as 6,000 pages in black and white and 7,000 in colour, with individual refillable ink tanks available for both black and all three colours.