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Konica Minolta buys Muratec America, Inc.

Konica Minolta Business Solutions U.S.A., Inc. has acquired Muratec America, Inc., a supplier of multifunction (MFP) solutions and a provider of managed document and cloud services in North America. Konica Minolta reported the acquisition, which closed 01 August, will...

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Warning! Scam letters reappear

The ‘Expo-Guide’ scam has reappeared, with The Recycler sent another of the firm’s letters. The letters have this time been sent by a Uruguay-based company International Fairs Directory to those who have exhibited at industry events, asking them to validate and update...

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Spicers relaunches Brilliant Partners programme

Spicers announced the relaunch of their Brilliant Partners programme. The wholesaler of Office Supplies in the UK confirmed the relaunch of their Brilliant Partners programme at a recent briefing to customers and suppliers. Designed to facilitate business growth for...

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Sharp grows in Q1 but reports “sluggish” MFP sales

Sharp has released their consolidated financial results for the first quarter of the fiscal year 2017, which ended 30 June 2017. Sharp report net sales rose 19.6 percent year-on-year to ¥506.4 billion ($4.5 billion/ €3.8 billion). Growth this quarter expanded from 7.9...

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Aster releases toner cartridge for Brother

The replacement cartridge is for the Brother TN-421 and TN-423 colour series. The replacement toner cartridges are designed to replace Brother’s TN-421 and TN-423 toner cartridges, and come in both standard and high yield versions with yields of 3,000 pages black and...

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Office Depot finalises sale in South Korea

The company announced that it has now finalised the sale of its business in South Korea. Office Depot announced in a press release that its business in South Korea has now been sold to Excelsior Capital Asia, an investment firm based in Hong Kong and Korea. Gerry...

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Toner scam in Switzerland

A telephone toner scam has been hi-lighted by members of the public. Beobachter reported that the scammers call and promise a discount on follow up orders but in fact this does not happen. The callers claim to be from ÖKW or Global-Net and say that if the customer...

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Kyocera SGS commences construction in US

The OEM has started the build of a new operation in Danville USA. WBDJ7 reported that building has commenced at the Danville site where more companies like Kyocera are basing their operations. Telly Tucker, Economic Development Director, Danville, said: "We are really...

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Toshiba companies unite for LEAD

  Two of Toshiba’s companies are joining forces for the Learn Engage Act Deliver (LEAD) conference to promote their products and technology. MPS Connect reported that the conference in Florida is expected to see 1,350 “Toshiba end users, resellers, business...

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