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Canon expands Mumbai footprint

The OEM’s Indian subsidiary has opened its 14th store in Mumbai, its 31st in Maharashtra state. The new retail branch at Ambedkar Road, Khar West, was opened by Canon India’s Vice President of Consumer Imaging and Information Centre, Eddie Udagawa. According to Indian...

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German social business champions reforestation

Ecosia is a search engine which uses the income generated by its search ads to plant trees to combat deforestation. Founded by Christian Kroll in 2009, who came up with the idea following a year-long journey around the world, during which he was confronted with the...

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Swiss success in e-waste collection

The population of Switzerland returned nearly 130,000 tonnes of e-waste in 2017, a slight drop in total weight but a rise in the number of devices. According to CE Today, the amount of WEEE returned last year had a total weight of 129,218 tonnes – a dip of 6.2 percent...

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Avoiding the main printer service issues

A new blog from Cartridge World offers some helpful tips on how to avoid the top 3 printer service issues. As the blog explains, 27 percent of IT help desk calls are related to printer problems, according to a recent study. When Cartridge World asked small businesses...

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Chaplin printhead portrait goes viral

A Cameroonian artist has won acclaim after creating a portrait of the legendary comic actor using an industrial inkjet printhead. According to Printing Impressions, Francis Nathan Abiamba, who is known in art circles as Afran, was at the Wire and Tube 2018 trade fair...

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Innovative 3D printer offers subtractive simplicity

A line of 3D laser printers produced by Seattle-based start-up, Glowforge, is now available for both home and business use. As Forbes reports, these printers are not the “traditional” 3D kind, as instead of additive manufacturing, what they do is subtractive, as...

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New scam letter from IFD

The International Fairs Directory has once again resurrected its ‘Expo-Guide’ scam in the wake of Paperworld Middle East 2018, which took place in Dubai, UAE, earlier this year. The Directory’s scam letters have been seen by The Recycler and, as before, ask the...

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Dramatic changes for Xerox

In a remarkable volte-face, the OEM’s CEO and 6 other board members are being replaced, putting its proposed Fujifilm deal in jeopardy. As CNBC reports, Xerox has announced that CEO Jeff Jacobson and 6 other board members are stepping down, in order to “settle a suit...

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Minor falls in Xerox financials

The OEM has published its financial results for the first quarter of the year, showing a slight dip. The Connecticut-based company saw its total revenue drop to $2.43 billion (€2.02 billion), a minor fall of 0.8 percent from $2.45 billion (€2.04 billion) in the same...

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