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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
Mar. 1950
Launches the 6x6 format TLR Ricohflex Model III,
which spurred the popularization of cameras in Japan
Ricoh was the first company in Japan to introduce a
belt-conveyor system for manufacturing cameras,
achieving a production capacity of 10,000 units/month
more than ten times the capacity of the then standard
level of less than 1,000 uni