Japan's Oki to join Ricoh-Toshiba alliance in office machine business

Move is part of drive to streamline management, reduce geopolitical risk

Ricoh and Toshiba Tec in 2024 set up a joint venture to integrate their office machine production and development. Oki will now join the alliance. (Source photos by AP)

KOHEI YAMADA and MANA KUBOTA

February 13, 2025 11:21 JST

Updated on February 13, 2025 15:30 JST

TOKYO -- Japan's Oki Electric Industry will join the alliance of Ricoh and Toshiba in the office machine business, Nikkei has learned.

Oki's printer production and development division will be added to Yokohama-based Etria, a company that merged Ricoh's and Toshiba's production and development. The three companies will use each other's production bases and technology to reduce geopolitical risks and streamline management.