FORM 6-K
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER
Pursuant to Rule 13a-16 or 15d-16
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
For the month of January 2014
Commission File Number 2 - 68279
RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
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(Translation of Registrant's name into English)
13-1, Ginza 8-Chome, Chuo-ku, Tokyo 104-8222, Japan
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(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
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under cover Form 20-F or Form 40-F.)
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SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the
registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
Ricoh Company, Ltd.
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(Registrant)
By: /S/ Zenji Miura
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Zenji Miura
Representative Director, President
and Chief Executive Officer
(principal executive officer)
January 31, 2014
[LOGO]
FASF
January 31, 2014
Company Name Ricoh Company, Ltd.
President and C.E.O. Zenji Miura
(Code Number: 7752 First Section of the Tokyo Stock
Exchange, Nagoya Stock Exchange Inc., Fukuoka Stock
Exchange, and Sapporo Securities Exchange)
Contact: Yutaka Kaneko, General Manager, PR Department
Tel. 03-6278-5228
RICOH REORGANIZES ITS DOMESTIC SALES SUBSIDIARIES
Strengthening one-stop solution services capability
TOKYO, JANUARY 31, 2014 - Ricoh today announced that it will reorganize its
domestic sales subsidiaries as Ricoh Japan Corporation effective July 1, 2014.
Ricoh Technosystems Co., Ltd., Ricoh Business Expert Co., Ltd., and Ricoh IT
Solutions Co., Ltd. will be integrated into Ricoh Japan Corporation.
Customer circumstances are changing dramatically, with expanding globalization,
increase in cloud and mobile solutions, and diversifying of work styles.
Accordingly, customers face increasingly sophisticated and varied business
challenges, including reinforcement of competitiveness, improvement of business
efficiency, and responding to work style changes. Under these circumstances, the
Ricoh Group is changing its business structure by expanding its services
businesses to provide new value to customers globally.
In line with this strategy, in Japan, we have successfully expanded our services
businesses under sales, services, systems development, and a professional
organizational system specialized in each business function. The reorganization
of sales affiliates in Japan is intended to further accelerate our structural
reform of the services business. Integrating solid sales and a services
structure that extends across Japan with expertise cultivated individually, we
aim to enhance our one-stop solution services capability based on the Group's
overall strength, assuring a fast, high-quality response tailored to the region
or market. Our goal is to achieve sustainable growth along with our customers
while continuing to develop our core document business and create new customer
value by enhancing solution services in areas such as IT services,
communications, workplaces, and business processes.
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[OBJECTIVES OF LAUNCHING THE NEW COMPANY]
1. Demonstrate the overall strength of the Ricoh Group to achieve No.1 customer
satisfaction
2. Expand and strengthen the document business area, including MFPs, other
printers, production printing, and Managed Document Services
3. Create new customer value by strengthening the solution services
[ OUTLINE OF THE NEW COMPANY ]
. Company Name : Ricoh Japan Corporation
. Business start date : July 1, 2014
. Number of Employees : About 19,500
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