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

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.

Except when specified, the consumables are still listed at SuppliesUSA.com under their original brands.

Compaq:
Acquired by HP; Original printer consumables manufactured by TallyGenicom

Copystar:
A Kyocera-Mita company

DEC:
Aquired by Compaq before Compaq was acquired by HP; Original printer consumables manufactured by TallyGenicom

Genicom:
Now part of TallyGenicom

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

Memorex:
An Imation company

Minolta:
Now part of Konica-Minolta

Mita:
Now part of Kyocera-Mita

Proxima:
Acquired by Infocus

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

Ricoh:
Parent company of Gestetner and Savin

Savin:
A Ricoh company

Tally:
Now part of TallyGenicom

TallyGenicom:
Also, manufactures original supplies for legacy Tally, Genicom, Compaq, DEC, and TI printers

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

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