2020: A new perspective?

2020: A new perspective?

As 2020 opens up new challenges we take a look at where is the market today and its future direction of travel. In October (2019) HP Inc (HP) announcement that it was going to move away from their long established “razor and blades” business model of selling printers...
Oki’s net sales and profits up

Oki’s net sales and profits up

Oki has released its financial results for the first half for the fiscal year 2020 ending 31 March 2020, recording increased net sales. Oki Electric Industry Co., Ltd. posted an increase in net sales of ¥218.4 billion ($2 billion/ €1.8 billion) for the first half...
Toshiba Tec beats forecasts

Toshiba Tec beats forecasts

The company has released its first half year results for the six months ending 30 September 2019 beating current trends and recording better sales and profit than previously forecasted. Toshiba Tec recorded net sales of ¥249.9 billion ($2.29 billion/ €2.06 billion)...
Brother: Sales down, profits up

Brother: Sales down, profits up

A common Q2 story among OEMs as Brother reports decreased Q2 sales against increased profits. Brother said sales revenues were negatively impacted by sluggish sales in the machinery business and negative foreign exchange effects from the yen, profits during the second...
Konica Minolta: A bump in the 2019 profits road

Konica Minolta: A bump in the 2019 profits road

Revenues down four percent, but profits fall through the floor, down 84 percent. Konica Minolta announced its consolidated financial results for the second quarter of fiscal year 2019, the period of three months 1 July 2019 to 30 September 2019 and half year results...