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11/08/2025 - www.ricoh.com
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...