Toshiba Wins Gold Stevie Award for World’s First Hybrid Copiers

Lake Forest, CA (June 4, 2018) — Toshiba America Business Solutions again affirms its signature Leading Innovation trademark by winning the 2018 Gold Stevie Award within the business-to-business product category during the 16th Annual American Business Awards. Toshiba secured the honor for developing the world’s first hybrid copiers, the e-STUDIO5008LP series.

Via Toshiba’s proprietary erasable toner, the company’s hybrid copiers enable paper reuse by erasing all printed content on the page. In addition to optimizing sustainability initiatives, the e-STUDIO5008LP series — which includes the e-STUDIO4508LP and e-STUDIO3508LP — allows organizations to function more affordably and efficiently while minimizing paper use.

“In today’s competitive and environmentally-conscious landscape, Toshiba demonstrates strength in innovation with the launch of its e-STUDIO4508LP, the industry’s first hybrid MFP that prints in both black and white and erasable blue,” said Valerie Alde-Hayman, industry analyst at gap intelligence. “This new technology evolves Toshiba’s hybrid MFP line and will enable a wider range of customers to reduce their environmental impact while also maintaining access to standard monochrome printing.”

Beyond its Gold Stevie distinction, Toshiba’s e-STUDIO5008LP Series is quickly gaining customer acceptance and additional industry accolades. The e-STUDIO4508LP won a Better Buys 2017 Editor’s Choice award as well as that organization’s 2018 Innovative Product of the Year award for best monochrome copier. The trusted office authority’s editors recognized Toshiba’s first-of-its-kind copier for its capability to produce both erasable and standard black prints while also presenting the product high marks for its impressive feature set and value.

Toshiba’s e-STUDIO3508LP model additionally earned the 2018 Outstanding Achievement in Innovation Award by global document imaging industry resource, Keypoint Intelligence-Buyers Lab.

The American Business Awards are the U.S.A.’s premier business awards program. All organizations operating in the U.S.A. are eligible to submit nominations – public and private, for-profit and non-profit, large and small. Nicknamed the Stevies for the Greek word meaning “crowned,” the awards will be presented to winners at a gala ceremony at the Marriott Marquis Hotel in New York on Monday, June 11.

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About the Stevie Awards
Stevie Awards are conferred in seven programs: the Asia-Pacific Stevie Awards, the German Stevie Awards, The American Business Awards, The International Business Awards, the Stevie Awards for Women in Business, the Stevie Awards for Great Employers, and the Stevie Awards for Sales & Customer Service. Stevie Awards competitions receive more than 10,000 entries each year from organizations in more than 60 nations. Honoring organizations of all types and sizes and the people behind them, the Stevies recognize outstanding performances in the workplace worldwide.

About Toshiba America Business Solutions Inc.
Toshiba America Business Solutions (TABS) provides multifunction printers, managed document services and digital signage for businesses of all sizes throughout the United States, Mexico, and Central and South America. The company’s award-winning e-STUDIO copiers and printers provide quality performance with the security businesses require.

Complementing its hardware offering is a full suite of document workflow, capture and security services including Encompass, the company’s industry-acclaimed Managed Print Services program. Encompass enables clients to print less and optimize workflow while improving energy efficiency.

TABS’ Ellumina digital signage offering includes all of the hardware, software and services needed to implement dynamic and interactive digital signage installations.

TABS provides content creation and management, displays, integration, installation and project management services as well as financing for solutions ranging from a single screen to the biggest arenas and stadiums.