Chinese Promises

1. Chinese companies are busy telling their US customers THEIR products do NOT infringe Canon’s patents, nor the new GEO, and can still be shipped to them.

2. The Indian rupee has suffered against the US dollar and is now at record lows causing a raise in the prices of printing consumables.

3. Static Control Components, the largest manufacturer of components for printer cartridges in the world has opened another centre, this time near Frankfurt in Germany.

4. Many companies in Australia are now signing up for managed document services, to not only save money, but also reduce their carbon footprint.

5. In order to grow more aggressively in the UK and Ireland, Lexmark has signed an agreement.

6. HP has been ordered by the Federal Court in Australia to pay a 3 million dollar fine for making false or misleading statements.