| Jul. 1960 |
Sindo Koeki., Ltd. founded in Korea (renamed Sindo Ricoh Co., Ltd. in 1970).
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| Aug. 1960 |
Introduces the "RICOH OFFSET" duplicator, leading to low-cost high-volume
copying in the office.
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| May 1961 |
Osaka Plant opens in Ikeda, Japan to manufacture sensitized paper.
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| Apr. 1962 |
Numazu Plant, Japan, formed. It features the world's first fully integrated production system of sensitized paper.
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| May 1962 |
Ohmori Plant and General Research Laboratory completed.
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| Dec. 1962 |
Ricoh Industries, U.S.A., Inc. founded ( running until 1970)
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| Apr. 1963 |
Changes corporate name to Ricoh Company, Ltd
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| Apr. 1963 |
Ricoh (Europe) S.A. established in Switzerland.( running until 1971)
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| Mar. 1965 |
Taiwan Ricoh Co., Ltd. founded in Taiwan.
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| Jul. 1967 |
Tohoku Ricoh Co., Ltd. established in Miyagi Prefecture, Japan.
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| Oct. 1967 |
Sohka Ricoh Co., Ltd. founded in Saitama Prefecture, Japan. (renamed Ricoh Tokki Co., Ltd. in 1972, and then Ricoh Unitechno Co., Ltd. in 1990).
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| Dec. 1968 |
Founder and President Kiyoshi Ichimura passes away (16th).
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| Jan. 30, 1969 |
Mikio Tatebayashi appointed president (until Oct. 22, 1976).
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| Jan. 1970 |
Ricoh of America, Inc. established in New Jersey ( running until 1984), through integration of New York office and Ricoh Industries U.S.A., Inc.
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| Mar. 1970 |
Ricoh Pavilion appears at Japan Expo '70 with theme "Better Vision for
Humanity".
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| Apr. 1971 |
Ricoh introduces the "RICOM 8", the first office computer.
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| May 1971 |
Atsugi Plant, Japan founded as key manufacturing base for business machines and communication and information systems.
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| Nov. 1971 |
Total Quality Control campaign intoroduced.
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| Nov. 1971 |
Ricoh Nederland B.V. established in Holland (renamed Ricoh Europe B.V. in 1986).
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