In the “Consumables and Aftermarket” section we have placed the articles by David Gibbons “US Remanufacturers Urged to Lobby for Right to Repair”, Steve Weedon “Navigating Printer Consumables: Patent Ethics and Sheer Apathy”.  

    Time, it flies! It seems like yesterday, we started working, establishing partnership connections, concluding agreements on performing scientific and marketing research, software and informational system development, magazine and catalog series publishing, organizing expos and conferences...... And here it is, the 25^th Anniversary!

            And it all began far back in 1997, when several departments of Federal Information and Analytics Center, where I was working as an Information Technology Director was transformed into a “Business-Inform” group of companies, one of which later became the Information Agency “Business-Inform” (further to be referred as the Agency). The main fields of the Agency’s activity from the very beginning have been connected with office printing. For instance, the employees of the Agency have continued to perform the research on the quality of printing and consumables during the planning and performing of procurement of printers and copiers for large public structures (we had begun that type of research already during our work in the Federal Center). It is interesting to remember that one of our first commercial customers was an HP office, according to the agreement with the latter we were performing a comparative study of printing quality of HP printers using OEM and remanufactured (refilled) cartridges, already in 1998. It was back then, in 1997-1998, that we developed the first Russian method of evaluating of prints quality done on laser printers.

            Practically right after its official registration, the Agency began the development and usage of “The Supplies for Printing Machines”, “Public Procurement of Consumables” databases, the publishing of “The Russian Market of Copying Equipment” (since 1997), “The Russian Market of Printers” (1998), “The Russian Market of Scanners” (1998), “The Supplies for Printing Machines”, “The Best Suppliers of Compatible Consumables”, and other catalogs. All those products are still being published. The Agency continued the cycle of works dedicated to the marketing research of various segments of the Russian market of office printing. The main customers for this type of research turned out to be the Russian public structures and the offices of the number of leading foreign suppliers of printing equipment (Xerox being one of the examples). Nowadays, everyone can visit the Agency’s web-site and check our first published marketing results of 2001 (https://sforp.ru/docs/marketing/index.htm), and “The Supplies for Printing Machines” database, also presented on the Agency’s web-site, still enjoys popularity.

            Simultaneously with the development of publishing and marketing research the Agency created the Consulting Center which has been helping (and still helps) the large Russian buyers to plan and organize the procurement of printers, MFPs, copiers and corresponding consumables. During the last several years, this direction of the Agency’s activity became one of the main ones, it is no coincidence that the Agency’s experts participated in preparation and performing of almost all large procurement cases on the Russian alternative market in 2014-2021.

            The large volume of the Agency’s proprietary data – the results of marketing research, the news – is of high demand among the specialists of the Russian market of office printing, both among the sellers and the users alike. It was for them that in 2012 we began publishing the “BUSINESS-INFORM Review” magazine, and organized the International “BUSINESS-INFORM Expo” and a number of conferences.

            Today, the “BUSINESS-INFORM Review” magazine is a visit card of the Agency. Its main goal is to provide the reader with the info on the latest office printing and consumables industry news. Together with the articles by well-known foreign experts, in this magazine we publish the articles and interviews with the heads of the Russian companies, the results of our own marketing research, the testing results by the leading European laboratories and many other things. The print-run is 20,000 copies + more than 8,000 digital copies (for Internet subscribers). 8,000 copies go for free to the leading specialists of the printer, copier, MFP and consumables buyer-companies. It is very important for us that those very specialists do learn in timely manner the important information from the modern industry of office printing. All the issues of the magazine are being openly demonstrated on the Agency’s web-site (https://sforp.ru/bireview/ ).

            The “BUSINESS-INFORM Expo” was first organized in 2012, mainly out of the “urgent necessity”. For 7 years before that, another expo had been staged in Russia dedicated to the industry of printing consumables. That expo - RechargeRussia Expo – began as a remanufacturing industry expo, each year becoming more and more the expo for the cheapest compatible new-built cartridges. Since there was no hope of the tendency changing, the Information Agency “Business-Inform” with the support of the number of the Russian (Ramis, RM Company, DaLZ, Umacs) and International (Integral, Delacamp, Imex, Katun) companies began the organizing of the International “BUSINESS-INFORM 2012” expo. During the years 2012-2019, each year, in May, we were holding our own expo on VDNH. The expo has become the industry’s “New Year”, the meeting place for friends, colleagues and partners, the place where you can learn the Industry’s news and speak of your own success. It was that very expo that was visited by the representatives of the large Russian companies and businesses in order to see the booths of companies whose products are recommended by us for planned procurement.

            Unfortunately, in 2020-2022, “BUSINESS-INFORM Expo” didn’t happen due to the COVID-19 pandemic. However, we really hope that the pandemic is not here to stay forever, and that “BUSINESS-INFORM Expo” will still continue its work. And we are not going to sit and wait until the coronavirus will retreat. Already, since June 2020, the virtual “BUSINESS-INFORM 2020-2022” has begun its work (free access from the Agency’s web-site, https://sforp.ru/BI2020/). This expo is a wonderful tool for operative news spreading on the Russian market. Any owner of the virtual booth may place its own news on it (about the company, products, technologies, etc.). All the information will immediately go to our information spreading service and will be sent out to the 15000 addresses of the Russian specialists, published on our news web-sites, plus on the web-sites of our information partners.

            In 2017, the Agency became one of the founders of the Russian Association of Quality Consumables Manufacturers and Suppliers (AQCMS). The aim of the Association is the promotion of quality products on the Russian market. The Association has already achieved some real success. Together with the Agency it hosted a number of International “OPEN QUALITY PRINTING CONTESTs”  demonstrating the whole World that we here in Russia do perfectly understand what is printing quality and how it should be evaluated. Each year the Association and the Agency are holding more than 20 conferences with the large buyers of printers, MFPs, copiers, and consumables, where the participants discuss the actual issues of the industry and their possible solutions (https://aqcmsrus.ru/novosti/). One of the real results is a working group specially created by the large buyers in cooperation with the Agency’s experts and the experts of several European manufacturing facilities already having developed the requirements towards the number of quantitative parameters for defining “High Quality Cartridge” and the “Cartridge of Confirmed Quality”. For the alternative supply of non-OEM cartridges these are exactly the requirements that are basic in evaluation of quality of supplied products.

            Another important direction of the Agency’s activity is the performing of scientific-research works. The Agency’s specialists, for 25 years, have been performing all the different kinds of research and development works: from marketing research of the  various segments of the Russian market of computer technologies and periphery devices to development of new informational and digital technologies, databases, multilayer neural networks, methods and means of data protection, pattern recognition systems. For the last few years, the Agency has significantly raised the volume of the performed scientific-research works in the field of providing the information security of corporate networks and the systems of digital workflow, in the first stance, in solving the tasks on providing the cybersecurity of printing devices and systems. The works are being done in cooperation with the specialists of the “Computing Systems, Networks, and Information Security” department of the Russian University of Transport, one of the best departments of the Russian higher education establishments in this field (https://miit.ru/depts/29). Each year the best students and postgraduates of the department are undergoing study practice at the Agency, participating in practical development and acquiring professional skills and competences, required for further successful work in the field of information security. The best graduates of the department continue their work in the “Business-Inform” Group after graduation.

            Time, how fast it flies! Today, we are celebrating the 25^th Anniversary, and it is necessary to note that all the success and achievements of our Agency would be impossible without our Russian and International partners. We would like to thank our partners for their help and collaboration, wishing them health, business success and perseverance in overcoming the challenges and issues.  

Information Agency “Business-Inform” web-site displays a new issue of the quarterly magazine, BUSINESS-INFORM Review (issue #33, 2021). 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: Global Industry Leaders, Russian Market News, Marketing, Print Outsourcing, Information Security and Environmental Safety, Office Equipment and Printing Technology, Printing Supplies and Aftermarket.

In the “Global Industry Leaders” section there are interviews with Arnald Ho (Print-Rite) “Iconic Industry Pioneer Honored”, Jan Hagemann (INTEGRAL GmbH) “It Looks Like the Worst Is Over. We Do See Sales Figures Growing Again”, Volker Kappius (Delacamp AG) “The Percentage of Remanufactured Cartridges Will Go up in the Near Future”, Peter Knak (IMEX EU) “We Will Be Entering into More Niche Segments”.

In the “Russian Market News” section there are interviews with Roman Samoilov (Office Assistant) “We Will Continue the Active Development of the Company by Enlarging the Range of Existing Product Groups”, Brazhnikova Tatyana (CUHDO Ltd.) “Our Company Has Redirected Itself towards Environmentally Friendly Products”, press-releases of the Conferences held by AQCMS and “Business-Inform” Group: “Russian Office Printing Supplies Market – Tendencies, Perspectives, and New Players”, “High-Quality Cartridges and Toners, as Well as Their Suppliers on the Russian Market”, “The Russian Market of Office Printing Equipment in 2020-2025 – New Requirements Towards Information Safety”, “The Issues of Information Safety and the Corresponding Solutions Concerning the Usage of Office Printing Devices”, “Full Promotion Contract is the Fastest Way to Success on the Russian Market”. 

In the “Marketing” section one can find articles by Louella Fernandez (Quocirca) “Print industry opportunities when the chips are down”, “2022 Priorities: Channel Agility Will Create Competitive Advantage”, Ray Stasieczko “Colorless: The Day Businesses Stopped Printing in Color”, as well as the following articles: “There Are 875 Million Good Reasons Why the Paperless Office Won't Happen Soon”, “Are We Finally Headed to a Paperless Office?”.

In the “Printing Outsourcing” section one can find articles by Louella Fernandez (Quocirca) “The Great Resignation: 6 Opportunities for MPS Providers”, as well as the article “8 Reasons Why You Need Managed Print Services For Your Organization”.

The “Information Security and Environmental Safety” section holds the articles: “Office Environment Exposures May Trigger Asthma in Some Employees”, “Can a Printer Be Hacked?”, “Printers are Hackable”.

In the “Office Equipment and Printing Technology” section one can find articles by Ray Stasieczko “Should, The Document Imaging Channel Become a Franchise System?”,  “Ricoh Bought DocuWare, Will They Buy PaperCut Next?”, Maggie Wang (RT Media) “Toshiba to Split into Three Separate Companies”,  “Epson Releases Two New Supertank Color MFPs”,  as well as a range of articles and press-releases by Canon, Epson, Konica Minolta, Sharp and Xerox, dedicated to new products on the Russian market of office printing.

 In the “Printing Supplies and Aftermarket” section there are articles by Mark Dawson “How Consolidation, Protection and Sustainability Impact Us”, Maggie Wang (RT Media) “Half of China Switches Off Factory Power Supplies”, as well as several other articles: “Konica Minolta Shares Latest Update on Explosion”, “Konica Minolta Resumes Toner Production”, “New Specialty Paper Made from Stone Proves Sustainable”  and “Quality-First Brings Client Satisfaction and Market Growth”.

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 17th of December, 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 (www.ramis.ru, +7 495 542-5098, Moscow, Medoviy lane, 4 (building 5)).

Moscow, December 09, 2021- Information Agency “Business-Inform” concludes the selling of 2022 Promotion Contracts to the suppliers the high-quality cartridges and toners. The sales are to be closed on December the 20^th. Just one Promotion Contract for high quality cartridges is left for sale.

            Information Agency “Business-Inform” developed the Program for promotional support of high-quality toner cartridges and toner brands on the Russian market in 2022. The Program provides for introduction of brands (information on the products and manufacturing, organizing quality control, advertising, testing results, specialist and buyers’ opinions, etc.) during all the Agency’s video-conferences, contests, and in all the Agency’s magazines and catalogs.

            Promotional support of high-quality brands will be organized within the framework of the yearly commercial contracts on promoting products (Promotion Contracts). The specialists of the Agency are certain that the work within the framework of the yearly Promotion Contract will certainly improve not only the image of the high quality brand and its products but will significantly enlarge the volumes of its sales on the Russian market.

The maximum number of Promotion Contracts is limited: 5 contracts for the brands of high-quality cartridges and 5 contracts for the brands of high-quality toners. The sales of Promotion Contracts started on 15^th of November. As of 09^th of December, just one Promotion Contracts for high quality cartridges is left for sale. 4 contracts for the brands of high quality cartridges and 5 contracts for the brands of high quality toners have been already sold.

            Information Agency “Business-Inform” invites manufacturers and distributors of high-quality cartridges to sign a yearly Promotion Contract for 2022. The offer is valid until December 20^th, 2021.

Details:bizinform@list.ru, info@sforp.ru

Moscow, November 29, 2021. 22 Russian and 14 International brands have become the participants of the International OPEN QUALITY PRINTING CONTEST (2021-03), which will determine the best alternative Brother TN-3480 cartridges, as well as toners for remanufacturing of those cartridges.

Organizer of the Contest is the Information Agency “Business-Inform” and the Russian AQCMS association.

The works on testing are performed by the Information Agency “Business-Inform” personnel together with the Russian AQCMS association and a number of specialized Russian and International laboratories. The evaluation of each print and cartridge is generally done in accordance with ISO/IEC 24790:2017 International Standard and the method confirmed for evaluation of the printing quality of the toner cartridges for OPEN QUALITY PRINTING CONTESTs (all in all it contains 46 parameters).

During the First Stage of the Contest the following Nominees were chosen: 4 best cartridge brands (2 – newly-built cartridges and 2 – remanufactured ОЕМ-cartridges) and 5 types of toner (2 – Mitsubishi toners, 2 – Tomoegawa toners, 1 – toner under the Russian trademark, the manufacturer is yet to be specified). All nominees received the invitation for participation in the Second Stages of the OPEN QUALITY PRINTING CONTEST (2021-03), which will define the Winners of the Contest.

The Winners will be declared on the 16^th of December.

The results of the Nominees and Winners of the OPEN QUALITY PRINTING CONTEST (2021-03) will be presented to the large Russian buyers of the office printing devices during the Conferences organized by Information Agency “Business-Inform” during the Q1 of 2022. Besides, the results of the Nominees and Winners of the Contest will be included into the public report “The Best Solutions in the Field of Office Printing (2022)” annually published by the Information Agency “Business-Inform”. The commercial offers by the winner-brands will be transferred, in 2022, to the large Russian companies and public organizations by the Organizer for reviewing those brands of alternative cartridges for Brother printers/MFPs.

Details: http://printnews.biz/en/2021/10/18/international-open-quality-printing-contest-proposition-2021-03/

Moscow, November 18, 2021 — Information Agency “Business-Inform” together with the Association of Quality Consumables Manufacturers and Suppliers presented the results of the vulnerability research for office printing devices and the recommendations for removing the vulnerabilities.

Information Agency “Business-Inform” together with the Association of Quality Consumables Manufacturers and Suppliers (AQCMS), on 18^th of November, this year, held the Сonference “The Issues of Informational Safety and the Corresponding Solutions Concerning the Usage of Office Printing Devices in Corporate Networks”. During the Conference the results of the research were shown concerning the vulnerabilities found in office printing devices in Russian and International organizations in 2018-2021, as well as the recommendations on how to remove them. A special attention, during the Сonference, was paid towards the modern policies of informational protection of businesses’ corporate networks, as well as towards the issues related to the practice of workflow system usage (IT-outsourcing, MPS, the usage of remanufactured cartridges and newly-built cartridges). The Сonference saw the participation of representatives from 144 Russian businesses and organizations, as well as from the leading Russian and International experts in the field of informational safety.

During the conference 4 reports were heard:

• “The COVID-19 Pandemic Changes and Raises the Requirements towards Information Safety” (speaker – Stanislav Malinskiy, Russian University of Transport)

The report theses: The growth of cyber-crime rates during the COVID-19 pandemicis a worldwide problem; the growth of the incidence rate, transfer to working at home, emergence of the new vulnerabilities, the growth of a number and intensity of cyber-attacks; the cyber-crime stats for 2020-2021; all spheres of economy are under attack, especially healthcare and finance; during March-May 2020 the hackers sites and forums traffic has grown 66%; the remote work breeds vulnerabilities (through home-printers as well); the trend of the recent years is criminals switching to using outsourcing, the emergence of “crime as a service”; the transformation of informational safety policy is necessary; the new perspectives of informational safety policy based on the “Zero Trust” principle; printing devices and their vulnerabilities; new requirements towards the control of printing devices; cartridges carry the vulnerabilities as well.

• “While The Criminals Unite, the Cyber-Threats Grow”  (speaker – Stanislav Malinskiy,  Russian University of Transport)

The report theses: The growth of crime rates during the COVID-19 pandemic is a worldwide problem; the hybrid working forms, implementation of Cloud technologies, the development of the IT-outsourcing, sacking of information safety employees, the insulted employees during the obligatory vaccination – all these are just a minor parts of a basis for the modern cyber-crime rate rapid growth;the trend of the recent years is criminals switching to using outsourcing; the wide circulation of RaaS (ransomware-as-a-service) on the Internet; the multi-level list of malicious software packages: form “testing” one-month package for 90 dollars to “elite” subscription 12 months package for 1400 dollars; criminal groups creating such web-sites are working on the principles of license models sales; the cyber-crime creating new work-places; the emergence of new thematic sites with products for cyber-fraud became a driver for growth of low-qualified members of hacker-communities; new cyber-threats with ransomware usage; printing devices creating new vulnerabilities.

• “The Principles, Components and Issues of  “Zero Trust” (speaker – Stanislav Malinskiy,  Russian University of Transport)

The report theses: The growth of crime rates during the COVID-19 pandemic; Zero Trust – is a safety model implying the total absence of trust towards any user, device or application; the main components of the zero trust architecture according to “NIST Special Publication 800-207: Zero Trust Architecture”; the requirements of zero-trust towards the operational systems and input/output devices and their functions; software updates as a new source of vulnerabilities; OEM and non-OEM cartridges carry new threats; preventive protection measures; the necessity to continuously monitor the network; if a data-theft is inevitable, the cryptography may help; corrections of existing informational safety policies are inevitable; the tendencies of the development of the Russian office printing market in the existing conditions.

• “Printers, MFPs and Cartridges – the Sources of Vulnerabilities; the Recommendation on Procurement, Usage and Disposal; the Responsibility of Suppliers and Users According to the Russian Legislation” (speakers – Alexander Semenov, “Business-Inform” Legal Agency, Alina Savinova, Information Agency “Business-Inform”)

The report theses: Office printing and its managing: software-technical aspects; the “holes” in system and application software; patches and their role for hackers and informational safety specialists; printers and MFPs as sources of vulnerabilities; the solutions from the manufacturers of printing devices, are they to be trusted; certificates on informational safety of printing devices and how can they be related to the Russian market; firmware and its upgrades; what are the aims of manufacturers; remote working places bringing new problems; cartridges (OEM, remanufactured, newly-built) and chips – one more group of informational safety issues; what is chip doing: the statements of manufacturers and the opinion of informational safety researchers; the spying devices and what is stated on the topic in criminal and administrative codes of the Russian Federation; the overview of court proceedings sings August 13, 2019; the responsibility of suppliers and the responsibility of users; the issues of disposal of printing devices and supplies from informational safety specialists’ perspective: the overview of wrong solutions and practical recommendations for 2022.

The participants of the Conference discussed together with the speakers the provided information, the results of the research on the vulnerabilities found in office printing devices in Russian and International organizations in 2018-2021, as well as recommendations on their removal. A special attention of the Conference participants was paid towards the modern policies of data protection of corporate networks, as well as towards the issues related to the practice of workflow system usage (IT-outsourcing, MPS, the usage of remanufactured cartridges and newly-built cartridges). As a nice surprise for all the Conference participants came the new issue of BUSINESS-INFORM Review magazine (issue #32, 2021) and its appendix “Testing and Quality” (October, 2021).

AQCMS: info@aqcmsrus.ru, https://aqcmsrus.ru/

BUSINESS-INFORM: bizinform@list.ru, http://sforp.ru/

The main magazine sections are: Global Industry Leaders, Russian Market News, Marketing, Print Outsourcing, Information Security and Environmental Safety, Office Equipment and Printing Technology, Printing Supplies and Aftermarket.

The topic of this issue is the The Impact of the COVID-19 on the Office Printing Industry. Companies - a Global Market Leader, the Best Industry Experts presented their articles and interviews for publication in this issue.

The print-run is 20000 hard copies + 8000 electronic copies (pdf).

Information Agency “Business-Inform” invites manufacturers and suppliers of quality supplies to place their product-ads in BUSINESS-INFORM Review (issue #33, 2021).

The digital versions of BUSINESS-INFORM Review can be found on Information Agency “Business-Inform” web-site, http://sforp.ru/birevieweng/ .

The magazine will be on sale (distribution) in the December 2021. 

Regarding the issues of ads and information placement in the magazine, please contact us: 

E-mail – bizinform@list.ru

Moscow, November 08 - 18 Russian and 14 International brands have already become participants in the Contest for the best non-OEM cartridges – BROTHER TN-3480 analogs – and toners for their refilling.

The Organizers of the Contest are Information Agency "BUSINESS-INFORM" and Russian Association AQCMS (The Association of Quality Consumables Manufacturers and Suppliers).

The testing are performed by the staff of Information Agency “Business-Inform” together with the Russian Association AQCMS and a number of specialized Russian and International laboratories. The testing of each printout will be made in accordance with international standard ISO/IEC 24790:2017 and the testing method confirmed for laser cartridge printing quality evaluation for holding of OPEN QUALITY PRINTING CONTESTs (altogether – 46 parameters).

The Participants of the Contest are striving to demonstrate the advantages of their products in comparison with the ones of the best representatives of the Global industry of office printing supplies. The Russian buyers from large businesses and public organizations are also actively interested in proceedings and results of the Contest.

The results of the Nominees and Winners of the Contest will be included in the public report: “The Best Solutions in the Field of Office Printing (2022)”, annually released by the Information Agency “Business-Inform”. In addition, the organizers of the Contest will represent the winning brand proposals as alternative cartridges for Brother printers / MFPs for the Russian big buyers of consumables in 2022.

The application for participation in the Contest continues until November 15^th, 2021

The Nominees of the First Stage will be declared on November 26^th, 2021.

Announcement of the Contest Winners is planned for December 16^th, 2021

Details: bizinform@list.ru

Information Agency “Business-Inform” (Moscow) has started a preparation for print of BUSINESS-INFORM Review Magazine (issue #33, 2021). The magazine is aimed at the specialists of office printing devices, supplies and parts industry.

The main magazine sections are:

·     Global Industry Leaders,

·     Russian Market News,

·     AQCMS News,

·     Marketing,

·     Print Outsourcing,

·     Information Security and Environmental Safety,

·     Office Equipment and Printing Technology,

·     Printing Supplies and Aftermarket.

The topic of this issue is

The Impact of the COVID-19 on the Office Printing Industry

In this issue of the magazine:

·     The industry is recovering and continues to develop taking into account the new experience

·     Changes in the business organization of the world's leading companies

·     Changes in attitudes towards business and the environment

·     Changes in customer demand

The AQCMS News section will contain the AQCMS and Information Agency “Business-Inform” conferences’ materials for Russian corporative buyers of printing devices and supplies.

The print-run is 20000 copies.This issue of the magazine will be received free of charge by all participants of the conferences of the Information Agency "Business-Inform" in November 2021 - February 2022.

The digital version of BUSINESS-INFORM Review can be found on the Information Agency “Business-Inform” web-site, http://sforp.ru/birevieweng/ .

The magazine will be on sale (distribution) in November 2021. 

Regarding the placement of ads and information in the magazine, please contact us: 

E-mail – bizinform@list.ru

1. To be published in the Catalog is prestigious. The Catalog is well-known in Russia. It has been published for the last 23 years. The print-run is 40000 copies. The subscribers are 26000 Russian specialists from 16000 companies.
2. A possibility to present the brand to the buyers of OEM cartridges. The catalog contains original cartridge compatibility charts for all ОЕМ. The advertisement placement in the sections dedicated to OEM cartridges is an effective way to attract attention of original cartridge buyers towards your brand.
3. A possibility to present a brand and establish a dialog with large Russian buyers and resellers.The Catalog is given away for free to all the participants of the conferences organized by the Russian AQCMS association together with Information Agency Business-Inform. This is more than 5000 specialists of the large Russian businesses – buyers and suppliers of printing equipment and supplies.
4. The advertising in the Catalog works for a long time.The Catalog is not the newspaper and not a magazine. Catalogs are not thrown away after being read, they are kept and used when a necessity to procure printing supplies arises.
5. Your section is your catalog. Your section of the Catalog in PDF-format is a mini-catalog of your brand. You can place it on your web-site or virtual booth and send it to your Russian partners.

We collect information and advertising materials to be published in “Printing Supplies” Catalog (issue #46, 2021) until 24^th of September. 

Details: bizinform@list.ru , info@sforp.ru

The Catalog contains information on supplies for laser, LED, matrix, and sublimation printers, copiers, engineers systems, duplicators, fax and MFP machines from the leading global manufacturers (Brother, Canon, Epson, HP, Konica Minolta, Kyocera, Oki, Panasonic, Ricoh, Samsung, Sharp, Toshiba, Xerox, etc.). It contains detailed information on usage, resource, approximate prices, product codes, compatibility of the supplies.

Apart from OEM materials the Catalog will feature compatible materials, leaders of sales on the Russian market (ATM, IMEX, Ink-Mate, Integral, Mitsubishi/MKI, MyInk, UniJet, UniTon, etc.).

            This issue will feature considerably renewed information regarding OEM and compatible office materials for office printing devices of the leading Global manufacturers.

         The print-run is planned at 40000 copies.

            The submission of the materials ends on September 17^th (information and advertising).

            Should you have any questions regarding placing of information and advertising in the “Printing Supplies” catalog (issue #46, 2021) feel free to contact Information Agency “Business-Inform”.

            E-mail:bizinform@list.ru, tel. 8(495) 9886146

Information Agency “Business-Inform” web-site displays a new issue of the quarterly magazine, Business-Inform Review (issue #32, 2021). The magazine readers are the specialists of the office printing devices, supplies, and parts industry.

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

In the “Global Industry Leaders” section there are interviews with Steve Weedon (Print-Rite Pelikan Solutions GmbH) “PELIKAN Brand Prides Itself on Quality and Customer’s Trust”, Volker Kappius (Delacamp AG) “Delacamp Is Greatly Experienced in Supplying Quality Products”, Jan Hagemann (INTEGRAL GmbH) “Customer’s Trust and Confidence Determines the Success of a Toner Brand on the Global Market”, Andrey Blinov (Static Control Components, Inc.) “The Risks Associated with Using Poor Quality Cartridges Do not Always Become Immediately Apparent”, and articles by Zoltan Matyas (GM Technology) “Turning Green Into Gold”, Volker Kappius (Delacamp AG)  “Moving Target Myth Busting ” and ITDL (India)  “ITDL – India’s Largest Manufacturer and Exporter of Compatible Toners”.

In the “Russian Market News” section there are press-releases of the conferences held by AQCMS and “Business-Inform” Group: “BUSINESS-INFORM Declares the Winners and the Nominees of the Open Quality Printing Contest (2021-02)”, “Quality of Toner Cartridges – Tendencies and Perspectives”, “Quality Cartridges on the Russian Market – New Search Possibilities”. The section also holds the interviews with the heads of the companies who became the Winners of the OPEN QUALITY PRINTING CONTEST (2021-02).

In the “Marketing” section one can find articles by Louella Fernandez “8 Factors to Consider When Selecting a Cloud Printing Platform”, Maggie Wang “Global and Chinese Laser OEM Market Leaders Revealed”, as well as the following articles: “10 Printer Market Trends – IDC”, “Global Commercial Printing Market Report 2020-2025”, “Global Printing Market According to Smithers”, “IDC study: Almost 80% of German Companies Are Planning a New Workplace Model”.

In the “Printing Outsourcing” section there is an article published “IT Sourcing Study Shows Outsourcing Is Here to Stay”.

The “Information Security and Environmental Safety” section holds the articles: “Security 101: The 'PrintNightmare' Flaw”, “New Critical Security Warning Issued For All Windows Versions As ‘PrintNightmare’ Confirmed”, “Microsoft Clarifies Its 'PrintNightmare' Patch Advice”, “More Printers Could Mean Security Problems for Home-Bound Workers”, as well  as an interview with Javier Martinez “Winning the War that Has to Be Won”.

In the “Office Equipment and Printing Technology” section you can find a range of articles and press-releases by Canon, Epson, Konica Minolta and Xerox, dedicated to new products on the Russian market of office printing.

In the “Printing Supplies and Aftermarket” section there are articles by Mark Dawson “HP Endorses Remanufacturing – are you paying attention?”, Ray Stasieczko “Is The Green Missing in HP Inc. Subscriptions?”, Kim Lee (HYB TONER) “Color Toners for Copiers are Different to Laser”, an interview with Wendy Duan (Mito Color Imaging Co., Ltd.) “Mito Queen of Color Shares Market Insights”, as well as several other articles: “Reducing Missing Jets Through Proper Printer Maintenance” and “Chipmakers Face Pressure Due to Chip Shortage”.

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 01st of September, 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 (www.ramis.ru, +7 495 542-5098, Moscow, Medoviy lane, 4 (building 5)).

Moscow, August 12, 2021. The update of the Internet version of the “Printing Supplies” Database – presented on the web-site of the Information Agency “Business-Inform” – has been made (Our Products/Reference section).

New printer model descriptions have been uploaded describing new models of printers and MFPs of Epson, HP, Lexmark and corresponding OEM supplies. Sections dedicated to the branded supplies from CACTUS, G&G, UNITON Premium have been considerably complemented.

As of August 12, 2021, the Database “Printing Supplies” contains 21,466 descriptions of printing devices and corresponding supplies (cartridges, toners, developers, ink-containers, etc.), including 7,513 printing devices, 10,008 OEM supplies, 3,945 compatible supplies.

The detailed description of the “Printing Supplies” Database version 1.2 and 1.3 can be found on the Information Agency “Business-Inform” website in “Our Products” section.

As with all Information Agency “Business-Inform” products, “Printing Supplies” Databases are distributed both freely and commercially. The free installation of the “Printing Supplies” Database in the large Russian organizations (business partners of the Agency) began in June 2006. As of August 12, 2021, the “Printing Supplies” Database has been installed in more than 3800 public and large commercial organizations.

Details: bizinform@list.ru, info@sforp.ru

Moscow, August 02, 2021. The update of the Internet version of the “Printing Supplies” Database – presented on the web-site of the Information Agency “Business-Inform” – has been made (Our Products/Reference section).

New printer model descriptions have been uploaded describing new models of printers and MFPs of Brother, Canon, Epson, HP, Kyocera, Pantum, Sharp, Toshiba, Xerox and corresponding OEM supplies. Sections dedicated to the branded supplies from CACTUS, G&G, Hi-Black, ProfiLine, Static Control, UNITON Premium have been considerably complemented.

As of August 02, 2021, the Database “Printing Supplies” contains 21,334 descriptions of printing devices and corresponding supplies (cartridges, toners, developers, ink-containers, etc.), including 7,481 printing devices, 9,949 OEM supplies, 3,904 compatible supplies.

The detailed description of the “Printing Supplies” Database version 1.2 and 1.3 can be found on the Information Agency “Business-Inform” website in “Our Products” section.

As with all Information Agency “Business-Inform” products, “Printing Supplies” Databases are distributed both freely and commercially. The free installation of the “Printing Supplies” Database in the large Russian organizations (business partners of the Agency) began in June 2006. As of August 02, 2021, the “Printing Supplies” Database has been installed in more than 3800 public and large commercial organizations.

Details: bizinform@list.ru, info@sforp.ru

BUSINESS-INFORM Declares the Winners and the Nominees

Moscow, July 28, 2021. – The Information Agency “Business-Inform” (Russia) has declared the Winners and the Nominees of the International Open Quality Printing Contest (2021-02). The Winners of the Contest in the section of alternative cartridges are: Pelikan CF244A, CF283X, CF226X (manufacturer –Print-Rite Pelikan Solutions GmbH, Germany), Uniton Premium CF244A, CF283X, CF226X  (supplier – Uniton Service, Russia), the Winners of the Contest in the section of toners for remanufacturing of HP CF244A, CF283X, CF226X cartridges are: Mitsubishi UT1907 and UT1917 (supplier - Delacamp AG, Germany), the Nominees of the Contest in the section of toners for remanufacturing of HP CF244A, CF283X, CF226X  cartridges are: IMEX AKO-3 and CMG-3, HANDAN (HGOA) HG-604 (supplier – РМС Ltd, Russia).

The Open Quality Printing Contest (2021-02) dedicated to evaluation of quality of alternative cartridges and toners for HP CF244A, CF283X, CF226X remanufacturing has been organized and held by the Russian-based Information Agency “Business-Inform” with support from AQCMS Association since April 26th till July 28th 2021. Both remanufactured and new-built cartridges (HP CF244A, CF283X, CF226X analogs) were accepted for participation in the First Stage. The quality evaluation was performed by the Information Agency “Business-Inform” specialists together with the Russian AQCMS Association and a number of Russian and foreign laboratories according to a number of International standards (for instance, ISO/IEC 24790:2017) and directives.

The First Stage of the Contest (since April 26th till June 11th) saw the participation of 43 Russian and 17 International brands. Each brand has been represented during the testing by 30 contest prints made by the corresponding brand cartridges after each 500 prints with 5% coverage. During the testing of cartridge quality at the First Stage, 32 parameters were evaluated, characterizing the actual yield of cartridge, the dynamics of optical density, background, general number of various defects, toner spending, etc. After the testing of all cartridges presented for the Contest Nominee-Cartridges have been chosen as well as Toner-Nominees. Also the Nominee companies were declared.

All the Nominees of the Contest are invited for participation in the Second Stage of the Contest which was held from June 14th until July 28th 2021. During this stage the contest cartridges were tested presented by the nominee companies for the Second Stage. During the testing of cartridge quality at the Second Stage, 53 parameters were evaluated, thoroughly characterizing not only the quality of prints made, but also the sustainability and environmental friendliness of the evaluated products.

       According to the results of the testing done during the First and the Second stages, the Winners have been declared:

New-Built Cartridges: Pelikan CF244A, CF283X, CF226X (manufacturer – Print-Rite Pelikan Solutions GmbH, Germany), Uniton Premium CF244A, CF283X, CF226X  (supplier – Uniton Service Ltd., Russia);

Toners for Remanufacturing: Mitsubishi UT1907, UT1917 (supplier – Delacamp AG, Germany).

The following have been declared of the Contest Nominees:

Toners for Remanufacturing: IMEX AKO-3, CMG-3, HANDAN(HGOA) HG-604 (supplier – RMS Ltd., Russia).

The Contest Winner and Nominee results will be included into the public report: “The Best Solutions in the Field of Office Printing 2021”, which is annually published by Information Agency “Business-Inform”, and supplier companies (RMS Ltd., Uniton Service Ltd., Delacamp AG, Print-Rite Pelikan Solutions GmbH) are recommended as suppliers of alternative consumables for HP printers in 2021-2022 years.

BUSINESS-INFORM: bizinform@list.ru

Information Agency “Business-Inform” (Moscow) has started a preparation for print of BUSINESS-INFORM Review Magazine (issue #32, 2021). The magazine is aimed at the specialists of office printing devices, supplies and parts industry.

The main magazine sections are: Global Industry Leaders, Russian Market Leaders, AQCMS News, Marketing, Printing Outsourcing, Information Security and Environmental Safety, Office Equipment and Printing Technology, Printing Supplies and Aftermarket.

The topic of this issue is the Focus on Quality!

This issue contains articles by the leading Global experts on quality of remanufactured and new compatible cartridges, their manufacturing, the results of International Contests for alternative HP and Kyocera printing supplies, OPEN QUALITY PRINTING CONTEST 2021-01 and 2021-02, as well as articles and interviews with Nominees and Winners of those Contests.

The AQCMS News section will host the AQCMS and Information Agency “Business-Inform” conferences’ materials for Russian corporative buyers of printing devices and supplies.

Information Agency “Business-Inform” invites manufacturers and suppliers of quality supplies to place their product-ads in BUSINESS-INFORM Review (issue #32, 2021).

The print-run is 20000 copies.

The digital version of BUSINESS-INFORM Review can be found on the Information Agency “Business-Inform” web-site, http://sforp.ru/birevieweng/ .

The magazine will be on sale (distribution) in September 2021. 

Regarding the placement of ads and information in the magazine, please contact us: 

E-mail – bizinform@list.ru

Information Agency “Business-Inform” (Moscow) has started a preparation for print of BUSINESS-INFORM Review Magazine (issue #31, 2021). The magazine is aimed at the specialists of office printing devices, supplies and parts industry.

The main magazine sections are: Global Industry Leaders, Russian Market Leaders, AQCMS News, Marketing, Printing Outsourcing, Information Security and Environmental Safety, Office Equipment and Printing Technology, Printing Supplies and Aftermarket.

The topic of this issue is the Quality and Ecology within the Industry of Office Printing Supplies. Remanufacturing Industry Perspectives.

Information Agency “Business-Inform” invites manufacturers and suppliers of quality supplies to place their product-ads in BUSINESS-INFORM Review (issue #31, 2021).

The print-run is 20000 copies.

The digital version of BUSINESS-INFORM Review can be found on Information Agency “Business-Inform” web-site, http://sforp.ru/birevieweng/ .

The magazine will be on sale (distribution) in  May 2021. 

Regarding the issues of ads and information placement in the magazine, please contact us: 

E-mail – bizinform@list.ru

March the 01^st was marked by the start of International OPEN QUALITY PRINTING CONTEST (2021-01)!

Already during the first day of the Contest 12 Russian and International brands presented for testing their sets of 50 prints, made with their cartridges, analogs of Kyocera TK-3190 (the yield = 25000 pages A4).

The submission of prints by the participants of the first stage of the Contest will continue until April 10.

The organizers of the contest – Information Agency “Business-Inform” and the Russian Association AQCMS expect no less than 30 Russian and International brands to take part in the Contest.

During April 14^th-15^th the first stage Nominees will be defined and declared who will then compete for the title of the Contest Winner.

Should you have any questions regarding the participation in the testing feel free to contact the Information Agency “Business-Inform” (e-mail: bizinform@list.ru , info@sforp.ru) or AQCMS (e-mail: info@aqcmsrus.ru).

Details: http://sforp.ru/BI2020eng/virtex/C6.htm

Information Agency “Business-Inform” web-site displays a new issue of the quarterly magazine, Business-Inform Review (issue #30, 2021). The magazine readers are the specialists of the office printing devices, supplies, and parts industry.

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

The Global Industry Leaders section presents interviews by Peter Knak  (IMEX EU Trading S.R.L.) “Reliability Needs to be Proven, Trust Needs to be Earned”, Volker Kappius (Delacamp AG) “NBCs: Riding the Wave of Waste Plastic”, Steve Weedon (Print-Rite Pelikan Solutions GmbH) “We Have Chosen to Position our Pelikan Brand as an Alternative to the OEM Brand”, Jan Hagemann (Integral GmbH) “We Do See a Continuous and Stable Demand for Our Company’s Products in the Foreseeable Future”, Zoltan Matyas (GM Technology) “We Focus on Building Strong Relationships in Business”, Vincent Chen  (HYB) “HYB: Our Partners Are Convinced by our Stable Quality and Innovation”, and an article by Simon E. Weiss (CROSS Imaging-Supplies GmbH) “How to Be Sure your Toner Is Really Genuine TOMOEGAWA Toner?”

In the Russian Market News section one can find articles by:  Stanislav Malinskiy, Alexey Belikov (AQCMS) “New Chinese Cartridges are Mythbusters of Common Facts”, Marina Chromova (RMS Ltd) “New Level of Quality in our Range – “GREEN АТМ” Toner – Only Japan and US!”; and a number of AQCMS press-releases: “2021 Perspectives – Quality of Printing and Environmental Control, the New in the Industry and the Russian Legislation”, “Office Printing in Russian Enterprises – Actual Issues of Equipment and Supplies Procurement for 2021-2025”.  

In the Printing Supplies and Aftermarket sectionpresents an article by Steve Weedon  “Too Late to Vertically Integrate”, and a short-article “We Are Also Rechargers” (RT Media).

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 09^th of December, 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 (www.ramis.ru, +7 495 542-5098, Moscow, Medoviy lane, 4 (building 5)).

International OPEN QUALITY PRINTING CONTEST Proposition (202101)

 February 08, 2021, Moscow. - Pelikan (Germany & UK) – a new participant of International Printing Equipment, Supplies and Parts Virtual BUSINESS-INFORM 2020-2021 Expo.

            Pelikan brand printer consumables deliver high quality and instant brand recognition with end users and dealers across Western and Eastern Europe, the Americas and a number of other important global regions. The brand itself was established in 1838 and has over 183 years become synonymous with reliability, dependability and trustworthiness. The Pelikan brand is unique in that it has instant end user recognition and has a passionate following, particularly in Germany and Latin America.

                Company focuses on guaranteed delivery of the highest quality prints for all purposes. For almost two centuries the Pelikan brand has been a common name – initially providing the production of ink and toner. Pelikan brand cartridges and toners are supplied exclusively by Print-Rite who has over 40 years built a solid global reputation based on award-winning product innovations, supported by an industry-leading 3,000 patents and a 3-year product guarantee.

                Print-Rite Europe recently launched the Pelikan branded Bio-Based productline which offers the most eco-friendly, innovative product range for those discerning customers who are concerned about the environment and who want to play their part in reducing CO₂ levels. Bio based toner in the cartridges reduce carbon content by 48% and Bio based plastic reduces dependence of fossil fuel-based derivatives by 57%. Pelikan Branded Bio-Based cartridges are unique and TUV certified. Bio-Based cartridges are a game changer. (www.pelikan-printing.com/biobased).

            Pelikan strives to enlarge the network of its partners in Russia and invites Russian specialists to visit its virtual booth B7 on International Virtual BUSINESS-INFORM 2020-2021 Expo.

Is In Preparation for Print

Information Agency “Business-Inform” (Moscow) has started a preparation for print of BUSINESS-INFORM Review Magazine (issue #30, 2021). The magazine is aimed at the specialists of office printing devices, supplies and parts industry.

The main magazine sections are: Global Industry Leaders, Russian Market Leaders, AQCMS News, Marketing, Printing Outsourcing, Information Security and Environmental Safety, Office Equipment and Printing Technology, Printing Supplies and Aftermarket.

The topic of this issue is the Quality and Ecology within the Industry of Office Printing Supplies. Advertising and Results of Real Testings.

Information Agency “Business-Inform” invites manufacturers and suppliers of quality supplies to place their product-ads in BUSINESS-INFORM Review (issue #30, 2021).

The print-run is 20000 copies.

The digital version of BUSINESS-INFORM Review can be found on Information Agency “Business-Inform” web-site, http://sforp.ru/birevieweng/ .

The magazine will be on sale (distribution) in the beginning of March 2021. 

Regarding the issues of ads and information placement in the magazine, please contact us:

 E-mail – bizinform@list.ru

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 #29, 2020). The magazine readers are the specialists of the office printing devices, supplies, and parts industry.

More than 30 articles have been published in the magazine’s main sections: Global Industry Leaders, Russian Market Leaders, Standardization and Certification, Marketing, Printing Outsourcing, Information Security and Environmental Safety, Office Equipment and Printing Technology, Printing Supplies and Aftermarket, as well as in the new section, AQCMS News, dedicated to the activities of the Russian based Association of Quality Consumables Manufacturers and Suppliers (AQCMS).

In the Global Industry Leaders section presents articles by Scott Odom (Clover Imaging Group) “Customer Needs to Understand the Value of a Genuine Remanufactured Product”, Volker Kappius (Delacamp AG) “Quality Cannot Be Proclaimed But Needs to Be Proven and Earned” and “Ethos of the Genuine Remanufacturing Industry: Crossroads Ahead”, Jan Hagemann (Integral GmbH) “Focusing On Quality Is The Best Long-Run Strategy In The Market”, Zoltan Matyas (GM Technology) “COVID-19 Shows the World a “Double-Eco Challenge”. At GM We Are Ready to Take It Head On!”, and article by Ninestar Image Tech. Limited “Ninestar’s Product Launch Event Unveils More Opportunities”.

In the Russian Market Leaders section one can find a interviews:  Marina Chromova (RMS ltd) “Smart Customer Will Never Chase Dubious Benefits” and Vyacheslav Teslenko (Uniton-Service) “An Educated User Will Be Able to Reverse the Situation in Our Industry”.

In the AQCMS News section one can find a number of AQCMS press-releases: “AQCMS Discusses with the Russian Buyers the New Products of Office Printing Industry”, “Quality Cartridges on the Russian Market – the Requirements towards Products, and the Responsibility of Suppliers”, “AQCMS Discusses with the Russian Buyers the Environmental Issues of Office Printing Industry”.

The Standardization and Certification section presents articles by Ray Stasieczko “Meeting Standards Means Staying Relevant” and Tricia Judge “Static Control Continues to Set High Industry Standards”.

In the Printing Outsourcing section one can find the articles by David Gibbons “5 Steps Revealed to Seize the Cloud Print Advantage” and “MPS Channel Optimistic Despite Impact of COVID-19”.

            In the Marketing section one can find the articles by Aaron Leon (LD Products) “E-commerce and the New Normal”, Christine Dunne (Keypoint Intelligence) “Rethinking the Mix of Print Devices Post-COVID”, Louella Fernandes (Quocirca). “COVID-19: Accelerating Print Industry Transformation”, Shirley Ba (IDC) “The Future Trend of Home Office and Covid-19 Pandemic”.

In the Information Security and Environmental Safety section one can find the articles “Is Your Printer a Weak Link in the System of Data Security?” and “Chipjet Solves 3 Most Common Error Messages with HP NeverStop Printers”

            In the Office Equipment and Printing Technology sectionone can find the articles by  Graham Galliford “Toner/Laser Supplies Will Continue to Dominate the Desktop Printer Market”, Jarek Yang “Inkjet VS Laser: Inkjet is a Better Business Tool”, and detailed review of technical and functional models of printers/MFPs from Canon, Epson, and Zonewin.

            In the Printing Supplies and Aftermarket section presents articles by Mark Dawson  “Printer Supplies Opportunities Post COVID-19”, Dhruv Mahajan “New "Make-in-India" Policy —Is this an Opportunity for Printing Consumables?”, Steve Weedon “Disrupting Imaging Supplies in Europe” as well as an article “HYB Update Toner Testing in Their Labs”.

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 21^th of December, 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 (www.ramis.ru, +7 495 542-5098, Moscow, Medoviy lane, 4 (building 5)).

COVID-19 Raises the Requirements towards the Data Safety

Moscow, September 29, 2020 – The Association of Quality Consumables Manufacturers and Suppliers (AQCMS) and Information Agency “Business-Inform” organized and held on September 29 the Online Conference “The Environmental Issues of Office Printing Industry and Possible Ways of Their Solution in 2020-2022”. The Conference saw the participation by representatives of 123 Russian companies — buyers of the office printing devices and corresponding supplies. The conference sponsors are Cuhdo ltd. and Incotec ltd.

During the Conference the following reports were presented:

- Environmental Requirements for Printing Devices and Supplies on the Russian Market – the Content and the Practical Implementation. Environmental Testing of OEM and New Compatible Cartridges – The Situation on the Global Market Changes Extremely Quickly. (Stanislav Malinskiy, Information Agency “Business-Inform”)

Theses of the report:

Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs), RoHS, REACH;

The demands for POPs liquidation and prohibition of their manufacturing;

The legislative requirements for collection, transportation and disposal of toxic waste;

The environmental friendliness of printing devices of well-known Global brands and newer brands (Avision, Deli, Elean, Foundertech, G&G, Lenovo, Xiaomi) – the results of European and Russian testings;

Popular myths, tricks and manipulations by suppliers of illegal cartridges;

In which countries do the lawyers declare decaBDE to be “safe”; and what do medics think of it;

New European requirements towards OEM and the environmental safety of products supplied (year 2020);

The leading Chinese compatible cartridge manufacturers on the Global market and their environmental initiatives;

Legitimacy of certificates and Russian realities;

Does the certificate (provided by the supplier) protect cartridge sellers and buyers?

The statistics of supplying remanufactured and new compatible cartridges into Russian in the first half of 2020;

The Alternative shipments on the Russian market in 2020-2021, the reasons for their volume growth and their influence on the open market dynamics;

Russian facilities for disposal of toxic and dangerous waste – their location, real capacities and perspectives.

- The Liquidation of Toxic Cartridges in Russia – the Practical Issues of Legislative Requirements Implementation. (Stanislav Malinskiy, Yulia Danilogorskaya, Information Agency “Business-Inform”)

Theses of the report:

The import and sales of cartridges in Russia – the legislative requirements and practice;

The volumes of toxic cartridges on the Russian market in 2018-2020;

The responsibility of manufacturers, suppliers, sellers and buyers of toxic cartridges;

European fines and the experience of their implementation;

The issues of collection, transportation and disposal of toxic cartridges – who is paying for it all?

The results of environmental testing of OEM and non-OEM cartridges in Russia and Internationally – the expected and absolutely surprising results;

New offers by the leading Chinese manufacturers of compatible cartridges and their environmental testing;

Toners and their chemical composition;

The issues of counterfeits and manipulation with the names of well-known brands on the Russian market;

News of the Russian legislation 2020-2021 – New requirements for suppliers and buyers – How to follow them?

Russian facilities for disposal of toxic and dangerous waste – their location, real capacities and perspectives;

The Business-Inform public company’s experience in disposal and liquidation of cartridges;

The AQCMS Council on the Issues of Environmental Safety consults the buyers of remanufactured and compatible cartridges;

Who is  Who on the Russian market of printing supplies;

The recommendations on the choice of brands and suppliers of environmentally friendly products.

The participants of the Conference discussed together with the speakers and the leading industry experts the practical aspects of quality cartridges, toners and parts procurement organizing, practical aspects of environmental control of procured products, 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 within the framework of another AQCMS Online Conference for Russian corporate buyers of printing equipment and consumables.

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

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

Starts Preparation for Publishing of

“The Best Suppliers of Compatible Consumables”

(Issue 3, 2020) Catalog 

 The Catalog contains information regarding the leading office inkjet and laser (printer, copiers, and MFPs) compatible consumables supplier-companies.

It has the detailed contact info and the brands of supplied products. 

            The Catalog consists of two parts:

- World Leaders of Printing Industry

- Russian Company-Resellers (750 companies from 135 cities of Russia)

In the part "World Leaders of Printing Industry" we're planning to place ADS or ADS accompanied by INFO (A5 Color + A5 bw) about the Companies - World Leaders. 

            The Catalog will published with a print run of 10.000 copies; the major part of the print-run (5000 copies) will be distributed between the profile specialists of Russian state and large commercial organizations. 

            We invite companies active in the field of office equipment and supplies to place their advertising regarding their business and products in “The Best Suppliers of Compatible Consumables” (Issue 3, 2020) Catalog. 

Contact: bizinform@list.ru, info@sforp.ru

Web -    http://www.sforp.ru/en/ 

Danilogorskaya Yulia,

managing director

Information Agency “Business-Inform” (Moscow) has started a preparation for print of BUSINESS-INFORM Review Magazine (issue #29, 2020). The magazine is aimed at the specialists of office printing devices, supplies and parts industry.

The main magazine sections are: Global Industry Leaders, Russian Market Leaders, AQCMS News, Marketing, Printing Outsourcing, Information Security and Environmental Safety, Office Equipment and Printing Technology, Printing Supplies and Aftermarket.

The topic of this issue is the Quality and Ecology within the Industry of Office Printing Supplies.

Information Agency “Business-Inform” invites manufacturers and suppliers of quality supplies to place their product-ads in BUSINESS-INFORM Review (issue #29, 2020).

The print-run is 20000 copies.

The digital version of BUSINESS-INFORM Review can be found on Information Agency “Business-Inform” web-site, http://sforp.ru/birevieweng/ .

The magazine will be on sale (distribution) in the beginning of December 2020. 

Regarding the issues of ads and information placement in the magazine, please contact us:

E-mail – bizinform@list.ru

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 #28, 2020). The magazine readers are the specialists of the office printing devices, supplies, and parts industry.

More than 30 articles have been published in the magazine’s main sections: Global Industry Leaders, Russian Market Leaders, Standardization and Certification, Marketing, Information Security and Environmental Safety, Office Equipment and Printing Technology, Printing Supplies and Aftermarket, as well as in the new section, AQCMS News, dedicated to the activities of the Russian based Association of Quality Consumables Manufacturers and Suppliers (AQCMS).

In the Global Industry Leaders section presents articles by Peter Knak (IMEX EU Trading S.R.L.) “Responding to New Requirements on Compliance”, Jackie Zhang (Ninestar Image Tech. Limited) “We See Great Perspectives for Our High Quality G&G Cartridges on the Russian Market”, Jan Hagemann (Integral GmbH) “You Should Never Blindly Trust the Words of Your Reseller”, Celine Coleman (Clover Imaging Group EMEA) “Do you know the real truth behind your supplier’s recycling program?”, interview with Paramjit Singh and Alan L. Kronstat (ITDL) “ITDL Offers Cooperation To Russian Companies”, as well as the press-release “BUSINESS-INFORM Declares the Winners of Open Quality Printing Contest”.

In the Russian Market Leaders section one can find a number of interviews:  Roman Samoilov (Office Assistant Company) “The Distribution of MSE and G&G Brands Is a Logical Widening of Our Recent Range”, Igor Loginov (Clever Bros.) “Russian Market Expects High Quality Service – Clever Bros. Shows the Way”, Vyacheslav Teslenko (Uniton Service) “It Is the Educated Consumer That Can Change the Situation in our Industry”, Sergey Guz (ROTEK Technologies) “Cartridges Dangerous for Users’ Health should not Enter Our Country”.