AQCMS Discusses with the Russian Buyers the New Products of Office Printing Industry as well as the Procurement Plans for 2021-2022

Moscow, September 23, 2020 – The Association of Quality Consumables Manufacturers and Suppliers (AQCMS) and Information Agency “Business-Inform” organized and held on September 23 the Online Conference “The Tendencies of the Global Office Printing Industry. The Influence of COVID-19 Pandemic on Procurement Plans for 2021. The Problems of Informational and Environmental Safety Provision”. The Conference saw the participation by representatives of 142 Russian companies — buyers of the office printing devices and corresponding supplies. The conference sponsors are DaLZ ltd., Cuhdo ltd. and Incotec ltd.

During the Conference the following reports were presented:

- The Influence of COVID-19 on the Tendencies of the Global Office Printing Industry. New Chinese Brands of Printing Devices. The Issues of Providing Information and Environmental Safety (Stanislav Malinskiy, Information Agency “Business-Inform”)

Theses of the report:

• The main tendencies of the Global office printing industry;
• The COVID-19 pandemic and its influence on demand and supply correction on the Global and Russian markets in 2020-2022;
• The New Chinese brands of printers/MFPs (Avision, Deli, Elean, Foundertech, G&G, Lenovo, Xiaomi) and their perspectives on the Russian market; the Results of prints quality testings;
• The new Russian brands and the experience of past years (МВ and UNIT brands); the issues of providing informational and environmental safety;
• The Russian reality and new aspects of the Russian legislation;
• The shipments of printing devices and consumables into Russia in the first half of 2020; what the foreign researchers have failed to notice;
• The Alternative shipments on the Russian market in 2020-2021 and their influence on the open market dynamics;
• Practical recommendations on solving problems in 2020.

 - The Quality of Printing with OEM, Remanufactured and New Compatible Cartridges. The Issue of Unified Approach and Definition. The Quality Label of AQCMS – the Working Group Offers the Solution and Its Practical Implementation. (Stanislav Malinskiy, Alina Savinova, Information Agency “Business-Inform”)

Theses of the report:

• The evaluation of prints and printing quality – International standards ISO/IEC, methods STMC/LEM; measured parameters and means of measurement;
• Legitimacy of methods and test results;
• What the developers of methods and sellers of “quality” cartridges prefer to omit;
• What the customer wants (the results of testing of OEM, remanufactured and new compatible cartridges);
• Traditional myths and testing results;
• The quality label of AQCMS – the working group offers the solution and its implementation;
• Who is Who on the Russian market of printing consumables;
• Recommendations on choosing brands and suppliers of consumables for 2020-2021.

- The Issues of OEM and New Compatible Cartridge Remanufacturing. The International Experience and Russian Reality. The Experience of Organizing and Functioning of the Russian Remanufacturing Centers. (Stanislav Malinskiy, Information Agency “Business-Inform”, Mikhail Tumanov, Incotec ltd.)

Theses of the report:

• The Remanufacturing Industry in Russia and abroad – Main Tendencies and Perspectives; traditional myths and testing results;
• The experience of organizing and functioning of the Russian remanufacturing centers;
• The difference between cartridges remanufactured in Russia and abroad (Romania, Serbia, Germany, France, Spain); the results of Russian and foreign remanufactured cartridges testing; comments from European labs’ experts;
• Incompetent refiller – the chief enemy of the Russian remanufacturing industry;
• The issue of choosing quality toners and parts;
• The International OPEN QUALITY PRINTING CONTEST results – Winner brands and nominee brands;
• The recommendations on choosing remanufactured cartridges, remanufacturing methods, toners and parts for 2020-2021;
• The Alternative shipments on the Russian market in 2020-2021 and their influence on the open market dynamics;
• The criteria for printing quality evaluation – the quality of prints and its uniformity, environmental friendliness and the ability to be remanufactured;
• The recommended models, brands and suppliers for 2020-2021;
• Practical recommendations on solving problems in 2020.

The participants of the Conference discussed together with the speakers and the leading industry experts the practical aspects of printers/MFPs, quality cartridges, toners and parts procurement organizing and their quality and informational safety control, as well as the issues of remanufacturing and disposal of consumables.

In the end of the Conference, the Participants thanked the organizers and sponsors and expressed the wish to meet again on 29th of September within the framework of another AQCMS Online Conference: The Environmental Issues of Office Printing Industry and Possible Ways of Their Solution in 2020-2022.

AQCMS: info@aqcmsrus.ru , https://aqcmsrus.ru/?lang=en

Business-Inform: bizinform@list.ru , http://sforp.ru/en/