Ricoh to Acquire AnaJet, a Leader in Direct to Garment Printers
Summary
This acquisition is the latest strategic investment by Ricoh to strengthen its industrial inkjet business while enabling its customers to move forward new ideas and drive imaginative thinking. "Ricoh has a long history of successful, strategic acquisitions that have helped our customers and partners around the world find new, effective ways to better serve their end users," said Junichi Matsuno, General Manager, Inkjet Business Division, Ricoh Company, Ltd. "With the addition of AnaJet, our collective customers benefit from a larger support team, added innovation and access to a services-led portfolio of solutions to ultimately help them grow their business. AnaJet already possesses a proven reputation as a leader in DTG printing and as such, it is a great complement to Ricohs broad portfolio." "Today we are very pleased to announce that this acquisition will provide our expanding customer base with the services of yet another global leader in Ricoh. In the financial year ending March 2015, Ricoh Group had worldwide sales of 2,231 billion yen (approx.