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2000-present

*1990-1999

*1973-1989

2000 to present


February 2004 Customer configuration operations move to Tustin #3.

February 2004 Customer configuration grand opening at Tustin #3.

August 2003 Ricoh Electronics, Inc. awarded Foreign Trade Zone status.

May June 2003 Ricoh Electronics, Inc. becomes certified member of Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism.

May 2003 Ricoh Electronics, Inc. is awarded the Ethics in America Award winner by the Tustin Chamber of Commerce.

May 2003 Ricoh Group receives World Environment Center Gold Medal for International Corporate Achievement in Sustainable Development.

May 2003 Stinger AIO recycling starts.

March 2003 TTR operation moves to Santa Ana #1.

March 2003 All "key suppliers" certified to Ricoh's Green Procurement standards.

February 2003 Model U printer mass production starts.

November 2002 T300 CTM mass production turnover begins at RIM.

October 2002 The Georgia plant and OMG are accepted into the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's National Environmental Performance Track.

July 2002 OMG certified to ISO 9001:2000.

June 2002 OMG begins manufacturing Aficio 1060 and Aficio 1075.

March 2002 Ricoh Electronics receives Award for Excellence in Corporate Community Service citation from the Points of Light Foundation.

February 2002 RSG and TMG are accepted into the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's National Environmental Performance Track.

December 2001 RIM certified to ISO 9001:2000.

September 2001 OMG begins shipping the Model J (Jupiter) color laser printer.

September 2001 Georgia plant certified to ISO9001:2000.

September 2001 All OMG divisions win Waste Reduction Awards Program (WRAP) Award.

August 2001 Started Configure to Order (Model J) production in Tustin.

March 2001 Ricoh Industrial de Mexico facilities achieve zero waste to landfill.

February 2001 Irvine #1 and Tustin facilities achieve zero waste to landfill.

January 2001 Irvine #2 and Santa Ana facilities achieve zero waste to landfill.

December 2000 Georgia facility achieves zero waste to landfill.

April 2000 Office Machine Group (OMG) production of eCabinet begins.

March 2000 Ricoh Industrial de Mexico first issued ISO 14001 certification.

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1990 to 1999


September 1999 Georgia plant first issued ISO 14001 certification

April 1999 Tonermex changes its name to Ricoh Industrial de Mexico, S.A. de C.V.

April 1999 Special Products Division (SPD) officially formed and moves from Fountain Valley to Tustin #2.

March 1999 First production 25 units of Secure Fax SFX4800MD.

January 1999 Supply Products Group first issued ISO 14001 certification

December 1998 G-toner business ceases.

September 1998 Georgia plant's toner building #2 grand opening.

August 1998 Digital Media Group (DMG) celebrated production of its 25millionth disc. DMG actually manufactured the 25 millionth disc on July 17, 1998.

July 1998 25th anniversary business event.

April 1998 Groundbreaking for the new Tustin #2 expansion.

March 1998 Sorter/LCT line transferred from Tustin #1 to Irvine #1.

February 1998 Office Machine Group first issued ISO 14001 certification.

April 1997 Drum closes.

January 1997 Tonermex acquired.

October 1996 Digital Media Group (DMG) formed. Georgia expansion - grand opening.

August 1996 Ricoh Electronics starts re-manufacturing copiers at Fountain Valley.

July 1996 CD-R grand opening ceremony.

May 1996 Georgia plant expansion - building turnover ceremony.

April 1996 Fountain Valley building leased.

July 1995 Sorter/Large Capacity Tray (LCT) assembly lines move to Irvine #2.

June 1995 Georgia Plant breaks ground for expansion project.

March 1995 Office Machine Group (OMG) celebrates 1/2 millionth copier milestone.

November 1994 Georgia Plant earns ISO 9002 registration.

April 1994 Supply Products Group (SPG) - Imaging Materials Business Group (IMBG) earns ISO 9002 registration.

December 1993 Supply Products Group (SPG) - Thermal Media Business Group (TMBG) earns ISO 9002 registration.

April 1993 Office Machine Group (OMG) earns ISO 9002 registration.

January 1993 Ricoh Electronics celebrates 20 years of manufacturing in the U.S.A.

March 1992 Started large capacity tray (LCT) production in Tustin.

January 1992 Moved sorter production to Tustin. Started using environmentally-sensitive water-jet cleaning system for SE drum cleaning process in Irvine.

December 1991 Started HF toner production.

April 1991 Started production of segment 4, 52 CPM copier (FT6750) in Tustin. Stopped wire harness production at Irvine plant.

January 1991 Stopped facsimile machine production at Irvine plant.

October 1990 Grand opening ceremony at Georgia plant. Started using environmentally-sensitive powder-coating paint facility in Irvine.

June 1990 Started production of toner, developer and toner cartridges at Georgia plant.

March 1990 Started production of segment 4, 50 CPM copier (FT5590 & FT6620).

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1973 to 1989


April 1989 Broke ground on new manufacturing facility site in Gwinnett County, GA.

December 1988 Started mass production of PC boards.

November 1988 Started trial production of printed circuit (PC) boards in Tustin.

June 1988 Moved Ricoh Electronics headquarters and plain paper copier production to Tustin. Integrated thermal paper production system implemented in Santa Ana facility.

May 1988 Ricoh Electronics purchased 67.5 acres in Gwinnett County, Georgia, to be developed into a toner production facility.

January 1988 Ricoh Electronics celebrated 15 years of manufacturing in Orange County, Calif.

October 1987 Acquired facilities for third manufacturing plant in Tustin, Calif.

April 1987 Ricoh Corporation acquired outstanding shares of Ricoh Electronics' stock.

September 1986 Started punch press and molded parts production in Irvine.

April 1986 Started facsimile production in Irvine.

July 1985 Started sorter production in Irvine. Completed construction of new Santa Ana headquarters and started thermal paper production at Santa Ana site.

April 1984 Started automatic document feeder (ADF) production (for Savin) in Irvine.

March 1984 Started "Type F" SE drum production.

November 1983 Started in-house machining for SE drum cores in Irvine.

August 1983 Started developer production in Santa Ana.

January 1983 Started dry toner production in Santa Ana.

April 1982 Started multi-strike (M/S) ribbon production in Santa Ana.

July 1981 Started toner bottle production in Santa Ana.

April 1981 Started wire harness production in Irvine.

May 1980 Started "Type H" SE drum production.

April 1980 PPC production hits 100,000 unit mark.

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December 1979 Opened second Orange County facility in Santa Ana, Calif. and started liquid toner production.

December 1978 PPC production tops 50,000 units.

November 1978 Started manufacturing selenium (SE) drums in Irvine.

June 1977 PPC production reaches 10,000 units. Started using U.S. made packing materials.

June 1976 Started plain paper copier (PPC) production. Stopped producing EDC and cash registers.

January 1973 Established as an electronic desk top calculator (EDC) and cash register manufacturing plant in Irvine, Calif.

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Awards:

2007 Environmental Award for Outstanding Achievement

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2007 Recycler of the Year by Gwinnett Clean and Beautiful

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