Ricoh has announced that it has integrated InfoPrint Solutions into its Asia Pacific organisation to form a new production printing business group, which it says will deliver greater customer value by bringing together global, regional and local Ricoh resources to develop, market, sell and support end-to-end solutions for production customers.

　　Nobuaki Majima, managing director of Ricoh Asia Pacific, says, “One of the most important objectives of this integration and forming of the new business group is to grow our production print business in a meaningful and valuable way across the region. By combining the strength of InfoPrint Solutions Asia Pacific and Ricoh Asia Pacific production print assets in the region means that we now have, working together in a seamless way, the most powerful collection of people, production solutions and geographic sales and support coverage in the industry. We are looking forward to bringing the benefits of this integration to our current and future customers.”

　　Winston Liu, former vice president and general manager of InfoPrint Solutions Asia Pacific, will lead the new group, taking responsibility for the go-to-market strategy in the AP region, and expanding Ricoh Asia Pacific’s production printing business which covers continuous forms, cut sheet solutions, wide format, professional services, and software solutions, and industrial product solutions. Ricoh Production Print Solutions headquarters in the USA will support the new group. He says, “We will be able to achieve a broader and more seamless sales coverage and maintenance support for existing and prospective customers in the AP region. Now, we are in a better position to fully leverage other parts of the Ricoh Family Group of Companies in terms of support and collaboration.”

　　The Group will work out the full integration in at country level over the next several months. It says that each country’s business model will determine how it will happen.