April 2011 -
Ricoh collapses the InfoPrint organization. View full press release here.
April 4, 2011 — Ricoh Company, Ltd. announced the realignment of its production print resources. Ricoh formed Ricoh Production Print Solutions (RPPS), incorporating InfoPrint Solutions and the Ricoh Production Printing Business Group’s marketing and planning resources from Japan. They hope to streamline processes, operations and organizations within the Ricoh Family Group of Companies, including InfoPrint Solutions which will operate as RPPS. The new structure is planned to cost less by eliminating many of the costs of the Boulder, Colorado location and bringing together in New Jersey the Ricoh resources to develop, market and support industry leading end-to-end solutions for production customers.
Throughout April: — Not one single word of communication from Ricoh management to their InfoPrint Business Partner Reseller community regarding the General Office business or products from InfoPrint.April 19, 2011 — Ricoh management privately and confidentially announces what seems to be a total layoff of its non-production-print staff. Holding individual meetings with employees, all field sales and headquarters personnel involved with the "General Office" product lines are apparently given their walking papers.
