SHANGHAI, Dec 14, 2019 - (ACN Newswire) - RICOH unveiled its
Digital Micro Factory (DMF) concept workflow at the 19h
International Textile Industry Exhibition (ShanghaiTex 2019), held
November 25-28 in Shanghai Expo Center. RAMP-UP: RICOH Apparel
Manufacturer's Partnership by Universal Platform was officially
launched at the M2 Conference Hall on Nov 26 with a ceremony and
press conference marking the new alliance and its fashion
manufacturers. Tetsuya Morita, Corporate Vice President of Ricoh Co
Ltd and General Manager of Industrial Printing, Koji Miyao,
Chairman and General Manager of Ricoh China Co Ltd, and others of
the Ricoh Group maintained a unified presence throughout the
exhibition and conference.
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Koji Miyao, Chairman and
General Manager of Ricoh China, said Ricoh aims to expand its China
business into a core market, as in Europe and the
Americas. |
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Tetsuya Morita, GM of
Industrial Printing, announced that Digital Micro Factory, an
important concept to the Group, and RAMP-UP the apparel consortium
had officially launched. |
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Morita, Miyao and others of
the Ricoh Group cut a unified presence through out the launch
ceremony and conference. |
In the opening speech of the ceremony, Koji Miyao said Ricoh aims
to expand its China business into a core market, as Europe and the
Americas, following impetus from this year's China International
Import Expo and 83 years of comprehensive market deployment. The
Ricoh Group would continue to develop technologies and experience
in Commercial Printing, but incorporating sustainable development
and opening greater possibilities in Industrial Printing, with
comprehensive and new, innovative technologies.
Tetsuya Morita, GM of Industrial Printing, announced that digital
micro factory DMF, a very important concept to the Group, and
RAMP-UP the apparel consortium had officially launched, answering
to social issues in the future such as environmentalism and safety
within the apparel ecosystem. Ricoh would strive to create an open
global business environment, so as to push forward social problems
such as water pollution, electricity consumption and excess
inventory, maintaining a comfortable and safe living environment, a
common issue for all human beings.
Morita discussed the proof of concept and the positive steps to be
taken in testing from the first and second quarter 2020, with
details on the company's website. His next remarks were given to
the Ricoh Group's unremitting contribution to achieving sustainable
development goals (SDGs) advocated by the United Nations, and to
the role the DMF digital micro factory so vigorously launched will
play in solving various social problems and providing new customer
value to more and more people in garment and related markets.
Attendees at the ceremony already having joined the consortium were
Dong YunLi, Deputy General Manager, Nantong Shenghe Industrial Co
Ltd; Li Qun, Chairman, and Long Weiping, General Manager of
Hangzhou 1949 Commune Cultural and Creative Co Ltd; and Kimio
Uehara, Deputy General Manager, Brother Machinery Shanghai Ltd.
Three additional companies including Hangzhou Dianshi Clothing Co
Ltd had also confirmed joining the consortium, while many companies
were in the process of joining the consortium as well.
Morita then spent an hour with the press, furthering understanding
of the DMF concept. He acknowledged the highly developed nature of
the Chinese apparel industry, but suggested the DMF concept was for
the world market, including China. Ricoh hopes to expand sales of
DMF workflow cloud solutions and textile printers, with a goal of
JPY10 billion in revenue by the year 2025. DMF will produce
significant social benefits using the advantages of industrial
inkjet technology, such as diversity, customization,
differentiation, multi-type small lot production and leading the
industry trend.
Stepping up efforts to deploy the DMF concept itself, Ricoh entered
a collaboration with Sweden's Coloreel (March 2019) to develop an
on-demand thread dye and inkjet printer. Ricoh also acquired LAC
Corporation (2018, renamed Ricoh Digital Painting Company, Ltd.)
and ColorGate Digital Output Solutions GmbH, (2018) a leading
software provider with strength in color management. The ColorGate
acquisition marked an important first step in active capital
cooperation, eliminating self-efficiency, and permitting Ricoh to
RAMP-UP its partnership programs.
China is the world's garment factory, Tetsuya Morita said in
closing. That is to say, China is ahead of other markets in terms
of productivity and cost. Of course, the 'digital micro factory' is
not suitable for mass production with this design. However, Ricoh
was proposing its concept of DMF in today's most efficient market
today, aiming to bring China's environmental protection system to
bare, thereby achieving real sustainable development. We at the
Ricoh Group believe this is huge. China is not only the garment
factory of the world, it is the largest consumer and buyer of
clothing in the world.
At present, Ricoh brings an environmental protection system and
business model that conforms to trends of domestic production and
domestic consumption. Ricoh, as the largest manufacturer of
industrial print heads, has been providing print head services to
garment manufacturers for many, many years. Today, we're here as
the manufacturer of print heads, the manufacturer of ink, and the
manufacturer of complete systems. Therefore, we can work together
with our partners towards providing an environmental protection
system.
RAMP-UP: RICOH Apparel Manufacturer's Partnership by Universal
Platform:
- RICOH's Digital Micro Factory, https://bit.ly/2P8171x, Nov 26,
2019
- RICOH's Industrial Printing Business, https://bit.ly/36oZxOj, Apr
11, 2019
The Ricoh Group exhibited at a 96 sq.m booth in the Digital
Printing Machinery Zone at ShanghaiTex 2019. The booth was
sectioned by DMF Zone, Component Zone and DTG Zone, introducing the
DMF concept, component print heads & inks, and DTG
printers.
Source: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
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