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Ricoh Begins Consolidation
Martin C. Daks
NJBIZ Staff
6/13/2006

Five years after Ricoh acquired Lanier, and three months after the West Caldwell company said there were no plans to consolidate brands, Ricoh announced it has started to consolidate the back-office operations of Ricoh U.S. and Lanier Worldwide "in anticipation of a future consolidation of those entities."

A company spokesman says, however, that the individual brands will be maintained, while the new business unit will continue to be known as Ricoh U.S. Current Lanier CEO Nori Goto was named CEO. and Tom Salierno, Ricoh U.S. president, was appointed chief operating officer of the new business unit. The company, a supplier of office-automation equipment and electronics, says Ricoh will continue to be headquartered in West Caldwell. The Ricoh U.S. business unit will maintain locations in West Caldwell and Atlanta.