New Brands on the Russian Market: Reality and Myths

Moscow, September 19, 2023 — Information Agency “Business-Inform” and the Association of Quality Consumables Manufacturers and Suppliers held the Conference dedicated to the new brands of office printers and consumables.

The Information Agency “Business-Inform” and the Association of Quality Consumables Manufacturers and Suppliers (AQCMS) held the Conference, on September 19^th this year, “The Russian Market of Printing Devices and Consumables – 2023-2024 Perspectives”. During the Conference new brands of office printers and consumables, statistics on their supplies on the Russian market were presented, new tendencies in transformation of different market segments were analyzed (open, alternative and parallel supplying); the forecasts of the development of the Russian market for 2023-2024 were presented. The Conference was held in a hybrid format (physical presence and on-line). The Conference saw participation by the representatives of 118 Russian businesses and organizations. The sponsors of the Conference were the companies: DaLZ (Moscow), CUHDO (Moscow), INKOTEK (Moscow), BUSINESS-INFORM Group.

During the Conference 3 reports were heard:

·       “The Russian Market of Printing Devices and Consumables in 2022-2023 – Tendencies, New Brands, Volumes of Supplying” (the speaker — Stanislav Malinskiy, BUSINESS-INFORM Group)

The Report Theses: The stats of the Russian market of printing devices and consumables for 2022-2023; the open, parallel and alternative markets – recommended suppliers, terms, real and potential supplying volumes; the growth of the alternative market – the volumes of supplying, the evaluation of product quality, customs facilities and issues, requirements of informational safety; the downfall of the open market; the supplying in 2022-2023 – organizing, servicing, informational safety issues and their solutions; parallel market: the sanctions have opened new possibilities; Russian and new International brands on the Russian market – models and their analogs, the volumes of supplying; expected quality: reality and myths.

·       “New Brands of Printing Devices on the Russian Market – Model Ranges and Consumables” (the speakers — Nori Kawakami, BUSINESS-INFORM Group)

The Report Theses: New brands of printing devices on the Russian market – Katusha, F+imaging, Avision, Huawei, Cactus, Deli, Hiper; the comparative analysis of model ranges – technical characteristics, functions, consumables; the testing of prints and consumables quality; the testing of cyber- and eco-safety; the remanufacturing of printing devices and consumables of new brands – the known solutions confirm their quality. New brands: reality and myths.

·       “The Quality Leaders – We Present Static Control, Print-Rite, Mitsubishi, Integral, HYB Toner, UNITON Premium Green Line Products” (the reporter – Alina Savinova, BUSINESS-INFORM Group)

The Report Theses: The Russian testing of consumables quality – methods, accredited labs, 2020-2023 testings and their results; recommended brands – the volumes of planned supplying and recommended suppliers; the solution the issue of organizing, paying and delivering of quality cartridges in 2022-2023. We present Static Control, Print-Rite, Mitsubishi, Integral, HYB Toner, UNITON Premium Green Line products and their Russian suppliers.

The participants of the Conference discussed together with the speakers the provided information, the perspectives of supplying of new office printing devices and consumables brands on the Russian market. A special attention by the Conference participants was paid towards the companies recommended as the suppliers of new printing devices and consumables brands for 2023-2024. As a nice surprise for all the Conference participants came the new issue of BUSINESS-INFORM Review magazine (issue #39, 2023) and its appendix “Testing and Quality” (August 2023).

Office Printing – 2023: the Issues of Cyber Security 

Remanufacturing of Toner Cartridges – New Trends, Solutions and Suppliers-2023

The Information Agency “Business-Inform” and the Association of Quality Consumables Manufacturers and Suppliers (AQCMS) organized and held the Conference, on September 5^th this year, “Remanufacturing of Toner Cartridges – New Trends, Solution and Suppliers-2023”. During the Conference the results of marketing research of the Russian toner market for laser printers and MFPs, results of testing for quality and sustainability of the best and most popular toner brands present on the Russian market, as well as commercial offers on supplying quality products from the leading Russian computer companies were presented. The Conference was held in hybrid-format (physical presence and on-line). The Conference saw participation by the representatives of 104 Russian businesses and organizations, as well as the leading Russian and International experts. The sponsors of the Conference are DaLZ Ltd.(Moscow) and CUHDO Ltd.(Moscow).

During the Conference 2 reports were heard:

• “Remanufacturing of Toner Cartridges – New Trends and Solutions - 2023” (speaker – Stanislav Malinskiy, BUSINESS-INFORM Group)

The Report Theses: Russian market of remanufacturing toner cartridges in 2021-2023 – stats, tendencies, quality products and its traditional and new suppliers; the experience of remanufacturing centers in Russian organizations – quality solutions are always profitable economically; issues with supplying in 2021-2023 – the reality and the myths; the best brands of non-OEM cartridges and toners for remanufacturing; the needs of the Russian remanufacturing market grow; the traditional and new providers and their features; the leading Russian computer companies offer new IT-products, as well as supplying the best non-original cartridges, toners and parts for remanufacturing toner cartridges in 2023-2024 (offers collection, terms, prices, etc.); offers on supplying quality toners and parts for remanufacturing of toner cartridges from BUSINESS-INFORM Group and CUHDO Ltd.; AQCMS consults large buyers and toner cartridge remanufacturing centers – quality products are accessible and profitable!

·        “Presenting the Best Brands of non-OEM Toner Cartridges and Toners” (speaker – Alina Savinova, BUSINESS-INFORM Group)

The Report Theses: Presenting the best non-OEM toner cartridges of the International and Russian brands. Static Control, Print-Rite, G&G, Integral, UNITON Premium (Green Line) cartridges – testing results of prints, sustainability, remanufacturing possibility and economic practicability. Comparing the testing results of quality cartridges with testing results of non-original (compatible) cartridges of popular Russian brands; presenting the best brands of toner for remanufacturing of toner cartridges; Mitsubishi, Imex, Static Control, Integral, HYB toners; remanufacturing using quality toners: methods of remanufacturing and refilling, economic and environmental practicability, results of resource testing,  print quality testing and sustainability testing; comparing the testing results of quality cartridges with those of Russian and cheap Chinese cartridges; presenting the Russian suppliers of quality cartridges and toners; the working experience of remanufacturing centers in Russian organizations: quality solutions confirmed their economic profitability!

The participants of the Conference discussed together with the speakers the provided information, recommendations, testing results, practical aspects of procurement organizing for quality cartridges, toners and components for their remanufacturing. The participants of the Conference paid special attention towards the issue of organizing and coordinating the procurement of the presented quality cartridge brands, toners and components from the recommended Russian suppliers, as well as towards the issues of organizing of the testing and quality control of procured and supplied products during 2023-2024.

As a nice surprise for all the Conference participants came the new issue of BUSINESS-INFORM Review magazine (issue #39, 2023) and its appendix “Testing and Quality” (July, 2023).

BUSINESS-INFORM Review Magazine (Issue #39, 2023), 

News from the World of Office Printing and Supplies  

Information Agency “Business-Inform” web-site displays a new issue of the quarterly magazine, BUSINESS-INFORM Review (issue #39, 2023). The magazine readers are the specialists in the field of the office printing devices, supplies, and parts.

More than 30 articles have been published in the magazine’s main sections: Russian Market News, Global Industry Leaders, Patents and Intellectual Property, Print Outsourcing, Marketing, Information Security and Environmental Safety, Office Equipment and Printing Technology, Consumables and Aftermarket.

In the “Russian Market News” section we have placed an interview with Tatyana Brazhnikova (RMS Ltd.) “The Russian Market Is Stable and Saturated Enough”, as well as AQCMS press-release “Office Printing – 2023: the Issues of Environmental Safety and Cyber Security”.  

In the “Global Industry Leaders” section we have placed articles by HYB Toner “HYB-To What Extent Business Has Been Impacted by the Internet” and “HYB Listed in Key Trademark Protection Companies”.      

In the “Patents and Intellectual Property” section we have placed the article by Gary M. Hnath “Intellectual Property Rights, Valid Patents, And Legal Battles”, as well as the short article “Avision Printers on the Russian Market”.  

In the “Print Outsourcing” section we have placed article by Louella Fernandes (Quocirca) “5 Ways MPS Providers Can Build Customer Loyalty and Reduce Churn”, as well as the article by DaLZ Ltd. (Russia) “Pirit and DaLZ Have Presented Avision Printers on the Partnership Conference”.      

In the “Marketing” section we have placed articles by Ray Stasieczko “At the End of the Day Column HP - Selling Online or Stock Buybacks Will Not Save Them”, Mark Dawson “Strategies for Survival in a Declining Hard Copy Supplies Market”, Kris Alvarez (Keypoint Intellegence) “Trends in Market Shares for OEM and Third-Party Supplies”, Dennis Haines “Why OEMs Need to Fight the Aftermarket”, Dhruv Mahajan “Concerns Over OEM Strategies”. 

In the “Information Security and Environmental Safety” section we have placed the article by Stanislav Malinskiy (Russian University of Transport) “Cyber Security of Printing Devices: New Brands Present New Threats”, as well as the short article “Printer Security Methods”.

In the “Office Equipment and Printing Technology” section we have placed the articles by Harvey Levenson “Abusing Patents to Troll the Printing and Imaging Industry”, Steve Weedon “Keeping Up. And Now They Get It … or Do They?”, “Toshiba Sold-Off to Japan Industrial Partners-Led Group for Billion”, “4 ways AI Can Transform the Print and Imaging Industry”, “Memjet Opens New Ink Manufacturing Plant in Sydney”, “The Rise of Inkjet Printing in the Workplace”, “Ricoh and Toshiba Signed the Partnership Agreement”, as well as the short articles on the new models of Lexmark printing devices.

In the “Consumables and Aftermarket” section we have placed articles by Philip So “Why OEMs Use Innovation and Technology as a Barrier and how the Aftermarket Responds”, Adrian Rees (Static Control) “Chips and Firmware Updates, and Lock Out Strategies”, David Gibbons (RT Media) “HP Continues its Cyber Scare Campaign over Chips”, James Douglas “The 3 Biggest Challenges for the Aftermarket”, Laura Heywood  “Challenges I See the Industry Facing”, Ivan Rosales “The 3 Biggest Challenges for the Aftermarket”, Stuart Lacey “Why Remanufacturing Should, Can and Is the Better Aftermarket Solution”.

Especially for international specialists, several articles dedicated to the Russian and International markets have been presented in English (see English Pages section). 

The digital version of the magazine can be found on Business-Inform agency’s web-site. 

The printed version can be ordered starting from the 30^th of June, at the Business-Inform distribution department (www.sforp.ru, email: bizinform@list.ru, tel. +7 495 988-6146, Moscow, Barabanniy Lane, 4 (building 6)), Moscow specialists can purchase the magazine in RMS company shop (https://ramis.ru/, +7 495 542-5098, Moscow, Medoviy lane, 4 (building 5)).

BUSINESS-INFORM Review Magazine (Issue #38, 2023), 

News from the World of Office Printing and Supplies  

Information Agency “Business-Inform” web-site displays a new issue of the quarterly magazine, BUSINESS-INFORM Review (issue #38, 2023). The magazine readers are the specialists in the field of the office printing devices, supplies, and parts.

More than 20 articles have been published in the magazine’s main sections: Global Industry Leaders, Russian Market News, Patents and Intellectual Property, Print Outsourcing, Marketing, Information Security and Environmental Safety, Office Equipment and Printing Technology.

In the “Global Industry Leaders” section we have placed articles by Kim Lee (HYB Toner) “The Current Environment Demands a Proactive and Agile Approach”. 

In the “Russian Market News” section we have placed an interview with Roman Samoilov (Office Assistant Ltd.) “The Market Abhors the Vacuum” and Vyacheslav Teslenko (Uniton-Service) “The Interest Towards Compatible Consumables Grows”, the short articles “Meet the Cactus CS-LP1120B Laser Printer”, “Avision Printers on the Russian Market”, as well as AQCMS press-releases “Office Printing-2022: New Brands on the Russian Market” and “New Printing Devices on the Russian Market”.  

In the “Patents and Intellectual Property” section we have placed the articles “Print-Rite Examines Canon’s Complaint” and “Canon U.S. Patent Number Ranked Fifth in 2022”, as well as BUSINESS-INFORM press-release “The Supplies for Printing Machines Database Internet Version Update”.  

In the “Print Outsourcing” section we have placed articles by Louella Fernandes (Quocirca) “How Is Online Buying Impacting the MPS Sector”.   

In the “Marketing” section we have placed articles by Louella Fernandes (Quocirca) “Print Industry Trends and Predictions 2023” and “The Impact of Cloud Maturity on Printing”, as well as the articles “8 Major Trends For Printers To Capitalize On In 2023”, “Commercial Print Predictions for 2023 – Insights from Konica Minolta” and “Print Trends and Predictions 2023: Hybrid Working & Security”. 

In the “Information Security and Environmental Safety” section we have placed the articles “Gartner's 8 Cybersecurity Predictions for 2023-2025”, “Cybersecurity Trends: IBMs Predictions for 2023”, “2023 Cyber Security Predictions from HP”.

In the “Office Equipment and Printing Technology” section we have placed the articles “Top Ten Office Technology Trends for 2023”, “3 Data-Driven Strategies for the Print Industry”, as well as the short articles about the new models of the Canon, Epson, Fujifilm, Lexmark, Pantum, Xiaomi printing devices.

Especially for international specialists, several articles dedicated to the Russian and International markets have been presented in English (see English Pages section). 

The digital version of the magazine can be found on Business-Inform agency’s web-site.