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Since

1936

Company History

Starting out entering the business machines field
1936 - 1969

1970 - 1984

1985 - 1999

2000 - 2009

2010 - Present

Nov. 1955

Introduced Ricoh's first diazo copier, Ricopy 101
Included in the Mechanical Engineering Heritage list

In 1955, Ricoh launched its first office copier, the Ricopy
101. The product became widely popular in the late
1950s, sparking the coining of the term make a Ricopy 
meaning to make a copy in Japan, a representation of the brand that came to be recognized as being synonymous with the concept of duplication. Ricopy
101 and the following desktop diazo-wet copier Ricopy series brought about a revolutionary improvement in office work efficiency, ushering in an age of office automation. The model received the Mechanical
Engineering Heritage Certification No.54 for fiscal year
2012.

The oldest existing Ricopy 101 model

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Production line of Ricopy 303 and 505 models (1957)

Related website

Ricopy 101: Forerunner of Office Automation

http://www.ricoh.com/about/company/history/2000/ricopy101.html
Company History

http://www.ricoh.com/about/company/history/