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Cartridge World franchisee closes UK store

A Cartridge World store has closed in Taunton, Devon, with the owners opening a new store. Somerset County Gazette reported that Stephen and Carol Pike closed their franchise store after 13 years of trading, but have moved premises and reopened a shop that sells...

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Ricoh may cut 100 jobs in UK

Temporary workers could lose their jobs at Ricoh’s Shropshire-based manufacturers. Shropshire Star reported that 100 jobs could be lost due to changes in the company, as Ricoh closed its MFP Recycled Machines business. The OEM has been reorganising its operation at...

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HP Inc campus’ false alarm

The fire brigade were called to the campus after smoke was seen coming out of a ventilation system. Gazette Times reported that a building was evacuated on HP Inc’s Corvallis campus in Oregon, USA after smoke was seen coming out of a ventilation system. Emergency...

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Lexmark expects growth in Africa

The OEM is focussing on the African market for 2017. IT Web reported that the company has revealed its plans to grow in Africa, and said that there are still opportunities on the continent despite the challenges last year in countries including “Nigeria, Angola, Ghana...

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Epson absorbs subsidiary

The OEM has taken on Epson Imaging Devices Corporation (EID), and will “waive some debts owed”. Epson stated that the merger is “an absorption-type merger of a wholly-owned subsidiary”, explaining EID “became a 100 percent subsidiary company of Epson in December 2006”...

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Ninestar launches Canon toner alternatives

The company has released toner cartridges for use in a series of Canon’s imageCLASS and i-SENSYS machines, including the LBP712cdn, 712cx, i-SENSYS LBP170cx, with its cartridges available in standard and high-yield versions.

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Apex launches replacement Canon chips

The company produced replacement chips for the CRG-040 series of toner cartridge, with the CMYK chips available for use worldwide and featuring variants in standard and high yield for a range of the OEM’s printers.

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Kyocera wins UK procurement place

The OEM has been awarded a place on the government’s Crown Commercial Service (CCS) framework. In a press release, Kyocera stated that its UK arm – Kyocera Document Solutions UK – had been awarded with a place on the CCS RM3781 framework, specifically on Lot 2 for...

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GIT interviewed on UAE radio

The Dubai-based remanufacturer was interviewed on Dubai Eye Live. Sassan Dieter Khatib-Shahidi , CEO of the company, stated on LinkedIn that he was interviewed on the show yesterday, on its A Day in the Life of… segment, with the interview said to cover “more about...

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US develops tool to stop money counterfeiting

The National Institute of Justice (NIJ) has awarded Sam Houston University a grant to “develop chemical signatures” for counterfeit money produced with inkjet printers. EurekAlert reported that the use of inkjet printers to make fake money will be more traceable with...

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