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RISO's History
1989 - 1997 - The Grownup Stage - Bringing New Duplicating Technology to the world as a Top Manufacturer Digital Duplicators
Apr., 1989 … Established the European administrative subsidiary, RISO EUROPE
LTD., in London, U.K.
Launched RISOGRAPH RC series
Oct., 1989 … Listed in the over-the-counter stock market in Japan, JASDAQ
Jan., 1990 … Established second overseas sales subsidiary, RISO (Deutschland)
GmbH, in Hamburg
Apr., 1990 … Built research and development facility, currently called K&I
Development Center
Apr., 1991 … Established RISO FRANCE S.A. as sales subsidiary in Lyon, France
Nov., 1991 … Launched a top-grade, high-precision Print Gocco model Print
Gocco PG-10 Super
May, 1992 … Established RISO (U.K.) LTD. as sales subsidiary in London, U.K
Jan., 1993 … Established RISO IBERICA S.A. as sales subsidiary in Barcelona,Spain
Apr., 1993 … Established RISO HONG KONG LTD. as sales subsidiary in HongKong.
Established RISO TSUKUBA CO., LTD. as domestic sales subsidiary
Jul., 1993 … Established RISO CANADA, INC. as sales subsidiary near Toronto,
Canada.
Launched RISOGRAPH RA series
Jan., 1994 … Launched the world-first inner-press-engine digital duplicator
RISOGRAPH SR7200
Jul., 1994 … Established RISO CHINA LTD. as Chinese administrative subsidiary in
Hong Kong
Nov., 1994 … Established RISO (Thailand) LTD. as sales subsidiary in Bangkok,
Thailand.Established RISO SHIZUOKA CO., LTD. as domestic sales
subsidiary.
Launched RISOGRAPH GR series
Jan., 1995 … Moved the head office to the current headquarter building in
Tamachi, Tokyo
Feb., 1995 … Established RISO AFRICA (PTY) LTD. as sales subsidiary in
Johannesburg, Republic of South Africa
Jul., 1995 … Launched RISOGRAPH TR series of low-end compact RISOGRAPH
models
Nov., 1995 … Launched a digital Print Gocco model equipped with CCD and a
thermal print head, Print Gocco Digital CD-1
Jan., 1996 … Tsukuba Plant obtained ISO9002 certification
Nov., 1996 … Established RISO POLAND Sp.z o.o. as sales subsidiary in Warsaw,
Poland
Jul., 1997 … Launched a sketch-book-type Print Gocco, RISOSCRIPT,for
manuscript-fond users
Aug., 1997 … Launched RISOGRAPH SR7400
Oct., 1997 … Built another research and development facility, currently used as
the base for R&D Technology Center, beside Tsukuba plant
1998 - 2002 - Another Growing Stage - Providing attractive tools for paper communication in a new century
Feb., 1998 … Established RISO (SHANGHAI) INTERNATIONAL TRADING CO., LTD.
as trading subsidiary in Shanghai, China
Jul., 1998 … Launched RISOGRAPH CR series
Jan., 1999 … Launched RISOGRAPH FR series
May, 1999 … Established RISO TECHNOLOGY ZHUHAI CO., LTD. as joint venture
subsidiary in Zhuhai, China, to prepare for expected sales expansion
in China
Oct., 1999 … Started production in the manufacturing plant of RISO TECHNOLOGY
ZHUHAI CO., LTD. in Zhuhai, China
Launched the inner-press-engine RISOGRAPH dedicated to
card/envelope printing, RISO MEISTER CP150
Nov., 1999 … Launched Print Gocco Digital
Apr., 2000 … Launched RISO RN series
Jul., 2000 … Establishes RISOGRAPH ITALIA S.p.A. as sales subsidiary in Milan,
Italy
Oct., 2000 … Launched RISO V8000 world-first one-pass two-color digital
duplicator
Dec., 2000 … The Tsukuba site (Tsukuba Plant and R&D Technology Center)
obtained ISO14001 certification
Jan., 2001 … Launched compact type digital duplicator RISO KS series for
overseas markets
Jun., 2001 … Established RISO KOREA LTD. as sales subsidiary in Seoul, Korea
Aug., 2001 … The Ube site (Ube Plant and others) obtained ISO14001 certification
Nov., 2001 … Launched a soy-oil-containing digital duplicator ink RISO SOY INK
Dec., 2001 … Launched a network combination of a digital duplicator and a page
printer, "RISO Hybrid Printing System"
Nov., 2002 … Established Riso Ireland Laboratory Limited in Maynooth, Ireland, as
the first software design center to be located outside Japan
[Note]
The product release dates given in the above chronological table are only applicable in Japan.