February 16, 2023

Ricoh Huddles for Game-Winning Play at Philadelphia Dealer Event

Lincoln Financial Field, home to the Philadelphia Eagles, played host to 74 dealers on Feb. 9—a mere three days before Super Bowl LVII between the Eagles and Kansas City Chiefs—as Ricoh embarked on the second of three regional dealer events. The day-long platform—which included a
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2023 Difference Makers Nominations Open: Saluting Our Industry’s Finest

It seems that the older we get, the things we thought we could always count on as a certainty become fewer and fewer. The pandemic drove that notion home in convincing fashion. The changes COVID-19 thrust upon us have been overwhelming at times on both a personal and professional
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Kissing Frogs: Marketing Tripping Points, Missteps A Part of Dealer Journey

Effective marketing is as much about ideas and strategies as it is about campaign development and execution. Creativity can involve the original and unorthodox, and when spinning out initiatives, you’re effectively throwing ideas against the wall to see which ones will stick.
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Nauticon Office Solutions Acquires Digital Office Products

Nauticon Office Solutions (Nauticon) of Gaithersburg, Maryland, a leading provider of office technologies and managed IT services, announced it has acquired Digital Office Products (Digital), a McLean, Virginia-based office products dealer. The addition of Digital’s people and
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Kodak Alaris Announces Strategic Alliance with Sharp

Rochester, NY (Feb. 16, 2023) — Small and medium-sized businesses across the U.S. will now have increased access to the full Kodak Alaris portfolio with the benefit of local support, thanks to a new strategic alliance with Sharp Imaging and Information Company of America (Sharp).
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Equipment Finance Industry Confidence Improves Again in February

Washington, DC (Feb. 16, 2023) — The Equipment Leasing & Finance Foundation (the Foundation) releases the February 2023 Monthly Confidence Index for the Equipment Finance Industry (MCI-EFI) today. The index reports a qualitative assessment of both the prevailing business
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Gotham City Online Scales Production with Epson Direct-to-Garment Printers

Los Alamitos, CA (Feb. 15, 2023) — As one of the first online print-on-demand manufacturers, Gotham City Online needed a scalable printing solution to keep up with their growing business and increasing customer orders. As both business needs and technology evolved, Gotham City
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Canon U.S.A. Offers Robust and Reliable varioPRINT 140 series QUARTZ Production Printers

Melville, NY (Feb. 15, 2023) — To help provide reliable monochrome print performance in light-to-mid-volume production printing environments, Canon U.S.A. Inc., a leader in digital imaging solutions, announced today the availability of the varioPRINT 140 series QUARTZ production
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Job Seekers Remain Active, Optimistic and Fatigued, CompTIA Study Reveals

Downers Grove, IL (Feb. 15, 2023) – Financial considerations, life priorities and a desire for new challenges are among the factors that have prompted nearly a third of America’s workforce to pursue new jobs in recent months, new research from CompTIA, the nonprofit association
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Formax’s 6308 Series Inserters Offers Flexibility and Productivity

Dover, NH (Feb. 14, 2023) — Formax introduces the new 6308 Series inserters, replacing the discontinued 6306 Series. Four models are available, both with and without intelligence, in a variety of configurations to meet the needs of any size office or small mailroom. High-capacity
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Western Specialty Contractors Installs Concrete Pad for New Packaging Machine at Cleveland’s Tap Packaging + Design

St. Louis (Feb. 14, 2023) — Western Specialty Contractors – Cleveland Branch recently installed a concrete equipment pad to support Tap Packaging + Design’s newest printing machine. The industrial printing facility has been based in Cleveland for nearly 120 years. Located in a
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MPS Monitor Confirms its Industry-Leading Cybersecurity Posture by Achieving SOC 2 Type 2, CSA Star Level 2, and Renewal of ISO 27001

Milan, Italy (Feb. 14, 2023) — MPS Monitor, the company that develops and distributes the leading platform for remote monitoring and management of printers and multifunction devices, announced today the successful completion of its System and Organization Controls 2 Type 2 (SOC 2
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Sharp’s John Sheehan and Bob Madaio Recognized as 2023 CRN Channel Chiefs for Multiple Consecutive Years

Montvale, NJ (Feb. 14, 2023) — Sharp Imaging and Information Company of America (SIICA), a division of Sharp Electronics Corporation (SEC), is thrilled to share that CRN, a brand of The Channel Company, has once again included John Sheehan, senior vice president of B2B channel
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