Exhibition & Conference Reports

摘要

Ricoh, the giant Japanese hi-tech conglomerate, opened the doors of their European headquarters in Telford, Shropshire, to a group of interested paper specialists - just ahead of the official launch of their 'Customer Experience Centre' in November. The site employs close on 700 people, and is the only European HQ for a top digital press manufacturer to be sited in the UK. Furthermore, the new Experience Centre will allow customers to trial larger quantities of paper, on all the new presses, than has hitherto been possible - before the 'limit' was around 2500 sheets per test ran. Ricoh have also been working with a large number of paper providers to verify performance of products on their presses. Samples on display, for the opening of the centre, came from Arjowiggins, Celloglas, Favini, Gmund and Iggesund to name but a few. Interestingly, they claim packaging board is of particular interest to them.