InfoPrint Solutions establishes APAC headquarters in S’pore
ConvergenceAsia staff
24/04/2008

InfoPrint Solutions Company, a joint venture between IBM and Ricoh, has announced its Asia Pacific headquarters in Singapore to spearhead business development, marketing and other functions for the company’s regional operations.

“Of the company’s four business divisions, Asia Pacific offers the largest headroom for business growth. Singapore’s pro-business environment, good infrastructure, sophisticated workforce and socio-political stability make it an ideal location for our regional headquarters,” said Benoît Chatelard, InfoPrint Solutions’ Singapore-based General Manager for Asia Pacific.

The Singapore office will grow InfoPrint Solutions’ regional headcount, which has approximately doubled since the company’s formation last year, by another 30 per cent from now till end-2008.

The planned new hires in Asia Pacific are part of InfoPrint Solutions’ overall plans to hire 500 new staff globally in November. Separately, the company will absorb 1,200 IBM employees on June 1. These headcount increases will increase InfoPrint Solutions’ global staff strength, which is currently approximately 1,500, to about 3,200 by end-2008.

The new Asia Pacific hires will fill positions including solutions development, systems integration, customer sales and after-sales support for the company’s eight regional offices including Singapore, China, India and Australia.

“Establishing our regional head office here illustrates InfoPrint Solutions’ belief that Singapore is an ideal base for the company to coordinate Asia Pacific business operations and drive overall profitability,” added Chatelard.

The company will make significant investments across Asia Pacific over the next three years in job creation, skills training, business development, product rollouts and other areas.

Upcoming product rollouts in Asia Pacific over the next 12 months include laser and multifunction workgroup printers, impact and thermal industrial printers, and continuous form and cutsheet production printers.

InfoPrint Solutions expects total Asia Pacific revenue to grow by 100 per cent over the next three years. The Asia Pacific region currently contributes 5.9 per cent of InfoPrint Solutions’ global revenue of US$1 billion, and this percentage is expected to increase as the company’s regional business grows.

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