Mergers, Acquisitions, and what’s that name on my supplies?

April 30, 2007

Many of the brands offered at SuppliesUSA were affected by mergers and acquisitions. This sometimes results in cross-referencing of supplies brands between joined companies, so we listed these changes below.

Compaq:
Acquired by HP. Original printer consumables manufactured by TallyGenicom. TallyGenicom now part of Printronix.

Copystar:
A Kyocera-Mita company

DEC:
Aquired by Compaq before Compaq was acquired by HP. Original printer consumables manufactured by TallyGenicom. TallyGenicom now part of Printronix.

Exabyte:
Part of Tanberg Data

Genicom:
Part of TallyGenicom. TallyGenicom now part of Printronix.

Gestetner:
A Ricoh company

HP:
Parent company of Compaq

Imation:
Parent company of Memorex and TDK

Infocus:
Parent company of Proxima

Konica:
Now part of Konica-Minolta

Konica-Minolta:
Parent company of QMS

Kyocera:
Now part of Kyocera-Mita

Kyocera-Mita:
Parent company of Copystar

Lanier:
Now part of Ricoh

Memorex:
An Imation company

Minolta:
Now part of Konica-Minolta

Mita:
Now part of Kyocera-Mita

Printronix:
Parent company of TallyGenicom.

Proxima:
Acquired by Infocus

QMS:
Acquired by Minolta before Minolta became part of Konica-Minolta

Ricoh:
Parent company of Gestetner, Lanier, and Savin

Savin:
A Ricoh company

Tally:
Part of TallyGenicom. TallyGenicom now part of Printronix.

TallyGenicom:
Also manufactures original supplies for legacy Tally, Genicom, Compaq, DEC, and TI printers. TallyGenicom now part of Printronix.

Tanberg Data:
Parent company of Exabyte

TDK:
Data Supplies division acquired by Imation

Tektronix:
Printer division (Phaser line) acquired by Xerox; supplies now listed under Xerox brand.

TI:
Original consumables manufactured by TallyGenicom. TallyGenicom now part of Printronix.

Updated 12/2009.


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