Ricoh Canada wins five-year contract with Canada’s largest school boardAficio line of products offers wide range of applications for schools
Toronto, – Ricoh Canada, a leader in document and content management office solutions, today announced that it successfully won a tendered contract to provide the Toronto District School Board (TDSB) with a fleet of digital, multifunctional copiers.
The TDSB is the largest school board in Canada, serving over 270,000 students in 560 schools in the Toronto area. Like many publicly funded school boards needing to increase efficiencies and curb spending, the TDSB was searching for a vendor who could improve administrative workflow and meet its ever-increasing demands to cut print production costs. Ricoh won the five-year contract because of its comprehensive lineup of robust, environmentally friendly Aficio products. “Ricoh offers its customers a diverse range of technologies to provide customers with individualized solutions,” said Martin Brodigan, Ricoh President and CEO. “Our products are designed with the end-user in mind - efficient, cost effective, and user-friendly.”
Ricoh’s commitment to environmental preservation, its responsible recycling initiatives and good corporate citizenship were other key factors impacting the final outcome of the contract award. Ricoh also proved it could affect substantial hydro savings for the TDSB because of its Quick Start Up and low power consumption technologies and had also acquired a solid reputation for providing exemplary service.
Ricoh Canada’s superior line of efficient, environmentally-friendly, networkable products were important factors in determining our choice,” said Toronto District School Board’s Doug Stevens, Supervisor of Contract Services. “Ricoh also offered a significant price advantage for our Board and a solid history of providing outstanding service. We look forward to continuing our successful partnership with Ricoh.”
About Ricoh Canada
Ricoh is a brand recognized for raising the potential of business communications to new heights. The company is a pioneer in the development of multifunctional content and document management systems, and is a market leader in colour and black & white digital imaging systems, facsimile products, printers, scanners, digital duplicators and wide format engineering systems. Ricoh employs over 74,000 people worldwide and has enjoyed a steady growth in revenue and profits for almost a decade. With its head office located in Japan, the 66 year-old leading supplier of office automation equipment experienced sales in 2000, in excess of $12 billion (US). Ricoh Canada is a wholly owned subsidiary with its head office located in Toronto and employing over 750 employees nation-wide.
Ricoh Canada is ISO 9002 certified and has recently been awarded the distinguished EcoLogo designation. Ricoh has received the Energy Star Imaging Equipment Partner of the Year Award, for the last three consecutive years, from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) - the EPA's highest industry award, and also received the Council on Economic Priorities Environmental Stewardship Award for its commitment to the environment. Ricoh has also received the Market Research Consultants Digital Copier Manufacturer of the Year Award for the last five consecutive years, and has recently been awarded with the Office Copier of the Future Award for its Aficio 1035/1045 copier/printer. Ricoh is also the recipient of Business Marketing Magazine's Top 200 business-to-business Web sites for 1999.
For more information about Ricoh Canada visit: http://www.ricoh.ca/ or call 1.888.Ricoh 1st
About the Toronto District School Board
The Toronto District School Board (TDSB) was created on January 1, 1998 following the amalgamation of seven individual Boards of Education. The TDSB serves almost 1.6 million electors of the City of Toronto and is the largest school Board in Canada and fourth largest in North America. It welcomes over 270,000 students to its 560 schools.
The Director of Education and a Board comprised of six executive officers are charged with responsibilities for instruction, reporting and improving academic performances, business services, human resources, the operation and maintenance of buildings, and student and community services.
For more information about the TDSB, visit: http://www.tdsb.on.ca/
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