RechargEast Magazine (December'11) Available Online

RechargEast Magazine for December 2011

The December'11 issue of RechargEast Magazine is available online for subscribers.

Read in the December edition:

specialist's guide
04 .......Remanufacturing the Lexmark X560 Toner Cartridges

cee news
20 .......New Cost-saving Cartridges for Brother Printers
20 .......Super Plus Line of Toner Cartridges
20 .......New Compatible Cartridges
20 .......WWM Created a New Logo for its Brand
20 .......Worldwide Manufacturing, E.D. is a Reliable Business Partner

china column
22 ........ New Compatible Toners for OEM Printers
22 ........ China’s First laser Printer Goes International
22 ........ M603 Universal Enlarged Waste Toner Hopper
24 ........ Sinobase Awarded ISO 9001:2008 Certification
24 ........ 2012 Asia Imaging Fair in Beijing Awaits You
26 ........ Sinobase Releases New Consumables for OEMs
26 ........ Growth in South East Asia Stimulates Remanufacturing Business

news & events
28 .......ProChem Toner for The HP CP1025 Found Its OPC Match
28 .......Future Graphics Offers Comprehensive System Solution for HP CP1525/CM1415
30 .......New And Improved OptiPrint II OPC Drum for HP Colour LaserJet CP1215/1525/2025 Series Printers
30 .......UniNet Absolute MICR Toner & Components for Use in Lexmark X364
30 .......Dell® Compatible Chips are Now Available
32 .......Sensient Confirms Good Compatibility of Bro-Inkset with LC-980/985 and 1240/1280 Cartridges
32 .......Future Graphics Offers Comprehensive System Solution for HP CP1025/M175 Remanufactured Color Cartridges
34 .......Katun® Corporation Introduces Katun® Business Color Toners for use in Sharp MX 2300N/2700N & 3501N/4501N-series Digital Copier/Printers  

oem news
38 .......Western European Hardcopy Market Flat Despite Growing Economic Uncertainty
38 .......Kodak's Latest Loss Softened by Patent and Printer Sales
40 .......Memjet Honored with a Popular Science 2011 “Best of What’s New” Award for Computing Innovation
42 .......HP Facing Declines in Its Key Businesses in Q3
42 .......Lexmark Heads into Russia and the CIS Countries
43 .......Konica Minolta Named a Leader in 2011 Worldwide Multifunction Printer (MFP) and Printer Report

company profiles
44 .......Exax Toner, Inc., South Korea

facts & opinions
48 .......Racing on Printers. Forecasts & Trends at the Ukrainian Market of Printing Equipment and Supplies in 2010-2011

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Retail sales of electronic devices in Ukraine suffered greatly

According to an article from the Ukrainian Kompyuternoe Obozrenie the dynamics of retails sales of electronic devices fell sharply in Ukraine in the end of 2008.

The IT sector suffered most of all - the total fall in sales was 30,2% in the end of 2008. Unfortunately, the segment of printing devices proved to get the most of the blow. Local experts say that the plummeting sales volumes are due to the falling demand for stand alone printers and increasing demand for MFUs (multifunctional utilities) as well as economic and financial crisis, which stepped in. The yearly sales in MFUs grew by 8.2%, but the sales of stand alone devices fell by 16.8%. In total the entire segment suffered a loss in sales by 24.8% in 2008 as compared with 2007.

Source: «Компьютерное Обозрение»

Seminar in Kiev Went Successfully

RechargEast Magazine organized a one-day seminar in Kiev, Ukraine, on April 22, 2008. The seminar was attended by over 60 specialists from over 50 Ukrainian, Russian and Moldovan remanufacturing companies. During the one-day intensive seminar program the attendees got to know with the products of the sponsors as well as attended the technical lessons offered by RechargEast Magazine.





Next event organized by RechargEast Magazine will be in Moscow on May 21-23, 2008, when the RechargEast show will be held.

RechargEast Seminar in Kiev, Ukraine: April 22, 2008

RechargEast Magazine is organizing a new educational seminar for specialists in the imaging industry in Kiev, Ukraine.

The seminar will be a one-day event organized in the Hotel Lybid in the center of the Ukrainian capital on the day of April 22, 2008.

The program of the seminar is available here.

The seminar is dedicated solely to local remanufacturers and recyclers.

For all additional information contact our team at nikolai/a/rechargeast.com.

Photo Paper Market in Ukraine

An interesting article was published in the Ukrainian magazine "Kompyuternoe Obozrenie" (Computer Review) in the December'07 issue. The journalists from the magazine spoke to the leading local aftermarket and OEM companies regarding the market of printing and photo paper. Here are some factual data from the article:

AFTERMARKET OPINIONS:

Anna Burdina, brand manager in VM / www.vm.ua :
>> the market of photo paper is growing rapidly in the Ukraine;
>> VM’s sales of photo paper doubled as compared with 2006;
>> 180 g glossy photo paper is the most popular in the company’s product range;
>> 10x15 is the most popular format for photo paper;
>> the ratio aftermarket Barva (VM’s trademark) vs. OEM photo paper is 1:10.

Alexey Goncharov, Sales Director, WWM / www.wwm.com.ua :
>> over 75-80% of all digitally made photos are left in digital formats;
>> still, a lot of local customers still perceive “photos” as pictures printed on paper;
>> as photo paper is not the priority direction for the company, the growth of sales in this segment was only 17% in 2007 as compared with 2006 for WWM;
>> 170-200 g photo paper is the most popular;
>> A4 230 g paper is also popular in terms of quality and price;
>> in the offer of the company the ratio “aftermarket vs. OEM paper” is 20 : 80.

OEM OPINIONS:

Vitaly Leschinsky, Manager in IPG, HP Ukraine:
>> the growth in sales for the segment of photo paper is 50% in 2007 as compared with 2006;
>> 60% of all sales are for 10x15 photo paper;

Alexey Romanko, development manager, Lexmark Ukraine:
>> photo paper is one of the most dynamic markets;
>> it is hard to give precise figures about this market in Ukraine due to the diversity of distribution and dealer channels in the country;
>> the most popular formats are A$ and 10x15;
>> customers prefer glossy paper; professional designers and photographers prefer vinyl and polyester films;
>> customer’s attachment to a photo paper brand is from 40% to 60%.

Alexandra Tkachenko, senior manager in Epson Europe B.V in Ukraine:
>> our sales in the segment of photo paper grew by 60% in 2007;
>> 2007 best selling products are Epson Premium Glossy Photo Paper, 10x15, 255 g, 500 sheet packs.
>> the new format photo paper (13x18 cm) was accepted pleasantly by the local market;

The full text of the article in Russian is available for download here.

RechargEast Magazine -> printing supplies aftermarket news from Eastern Europe.

News from companies in Russia and Ukraine

RUSSIA:

The Russian company Teko starts distributing the following Katun's products in Russia:
• TC-CAN-IR3570-KAT - Toner cartroidge Canon iR3530/3570/4570 typeCEXV12 (Katun) 1219g/tube PN15031787
• DRUM-SHA-AR163-KAT - Drum Sharp AR163/205/5015/5316 (Katun) PN45031947
• DCB-TOS-ES230L-KAT - Cleaner Blade Toshiba e-Studio 163/203/230L/232 typeBL2320D (Katun) PN43028558

Source: www.teko.ru

The Moscow-based company Salute announce the "beer" promotion for its products. Any distributer or reseller of the company, who buys 500 compatible Salute ink cartridges from July 1 to August 31, 2007, receives 5 liters of beer as bonus.

Source: www.salute-ink.ru

The Russian company OPS (Office Print Service) became Xerox authorised reseller for office printing devices.

Source: www.kopi.ru

UKRAINE:

WWM released compatible inks to replace Epson UltraChrome K3 (supposed for wide scale printing). The ink goes under the number of E56.

Source: www.wwm.com.ua