Ricoh Builds Manufacturing Site in China

Originally published at Ricoh.

Ricoh establishes a new factory for office printing machines in Dongguan Guangdong, China

The Japanese company recently announced the establishment of a new manufacturing organization, “Ricoh Manufacturing (China) Ltd.”. This company will manufacture office equipment at a new state-of-the-art production facility in Dongguan Guangdong, China, and forms part of Ricoh’s efforts towards strengthening its global production capability.

The newly established facility will be the central production site for Ricoh’s office printing machines. It will also contribute to further enhancing our superior quality by using advanced analytics of sales and production data and installing cutting-edge robots and factory automation. This will also facilitate efficient production of customized products which is today carried out regionally. Additionally, by unifying production data and data from the office machines operating at our customer’s locations, we will also be able to further enhance the machines’ quality.

Moreover, the new factory will be the most advanced factory within the Ricoh Group in terms of environmental performance. It will contribute to achieving a decarbonized society through the installation of solar energy systems, displacement ventilation systems, natural lighting and natural ventilation.