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Aftermarket consumables now 70.5 percent of Russian market

Non-original printing consumables have grown to dominate 70.5 percent of the market in the first half of 2015, while the printer market dramatically fell 48.5 percent year-on-year over the six months. Shipments of printing devices fell to “well below” one million for...

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Turbon acquires Embatex

The purchase of the remanufacturer will bring Turbon’s group revenue to around €110 million ($121 million) for the full year 2015.

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Shredex

Good news to see that the Shredex plant is back online and running at full capacity again. Handling waste toner and inkjet cartridges is a challenging business at any time, but with an ever-growing demand for an effective end-of-life solution for processing...

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Canon sales grow 6.1 percent in 3Q2015

Net sales increased from ¥872.2 billion ($7.2 billion/€6.5 billion) for 3Q2014 to ¥925.7 billion ($7.6 billion/€6.9 billion) for this year’s third quarter. Operating profit grew 7.6 percent, growing from ¥71.8 billion ($597 million/€540 million) to ¥77.2 billion ($642...

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New events scam letter appears

The Recycler has received yet another letter sent out to exhibitors falsely requesting details for Remanexpo in Germany in 2016. The letters have been sent by Mexico-based company International Fairs Directory to those who have exhibited at industry events, asking...

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LMI Solutions unveils extended yield range

The Max-Life colour extended yield cartridges bring together that “largest range of colour extended yield products coupled with the highest yields that surpass OEM and all aftermarket competitors”.

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African printer market to grow 8.8 percent

A report has concluded that the market will have an 8.8 percent compound annual growth rate between 2013 and 2019, although shift from printing to electronic formats threatens the market. WhaTech gave a summary of the findings, with printer manufacturers being...

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PrintFleet CEO receives MPS award

President and CEO Chris McFarlane has been named ‘Best CEO in the Managed Print Services Industry – 2015’ by European CEO magazine. Editors of the business and finance publication chose McFarlane from a number of companies in the MPS sector. Brian Cosgrove, Chairman...

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Explosions

One of the challenges for recycling cartridges at the end of their life is how to do it cost-effectively and safely. Toner is a fine dust and, as I discovered rather too expensively early on in my remanufacturing career, can and does explode. This a key factor when...

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Ricoh remanufactures printers

The OEM’s GreenLine remanufacturing operation applies to the full range of its MFPs, which “go beyond recycling and are genuinely remanufactured”. In an article on The Guardian website sponsored by Philips, it was described how the the MFPs are “returned from lease...

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