by stefanie | Feb 7, 2020 | Around the Industry
On Thursday 6th February, the Chinese authorities asked businesses located outside of Hubei Province to resume operations in an orderly manner. China continues to fight the coronavirus outbreak and initially last week expanded the Chinese Lunar New Year holiday to 9th...
by stefanie | Feb 5, 2020 | World Focus
As China remains in self-imposed quarantine, we look at the impacts that may ripple through the office imaging industry. As of this morning, China remains in a state of self-imposed quarantine as the Chinese government works to tackle the Coronavirus. This expected to...
by stefanie | Jan 16, 2020 | Around the Industry
On 15 January 2020, the United States and China signed an historic and enforceable agreement on a ‘Phase One’ trade deal to end the trade war. According to the announcement from the Office of the United States Trade representative, the ‘Phase One’ trade deal requires...
by stefanie | Jan 9, 2020 | Around the Industry
Rebuilding its manufacturing base in China to strengthen its global production capability, Ricoh announced that the factory for office printing machines in Dongguan Guangdong, China will start operations in April 2020. Ricoh Manufacturing (China) Ltd. was established...
by stefanie | Dec 10, 2019 | Around the Industry
In a move from President Xi Jinping, Chinese government offices have been ordered to only use Chinese IT products and to remove any foreign computer equipment. The Financial Times reported that China’s President Xi Jinping has ordered all government offices and...