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BIXOLON growth leads to appointments, awards and new products
BIXOLON Europe GmbH, a subsidiary of BIXOLON, a manufacturer of advanced receipt, label and mobile printers, reported a positive year of growth in 2023 against the backdrop of a challenging global economy. In 2023, the business launched several new products and collaborations; was awarded the world number one mobile receipt printer manufacturer from independent research company Chunichisha Co., Ltd; made strategic hires to support the business and customers; and re-launched its Unite Partner Programme. BIXOLON launched several products and collaborations throughout 2023 including the latest generation SRP-350V and SRP- 350plusV POS printers, which support Koehler Paper’s environmentally friendly Blue4est® Thermal Paper and white paper. Alongside the enhanced SRP-330III thermal POS Printer, plus the SPP-C200 and SPP-C300 latest low-cost Mobile Receipt Printers. Across the board, these printers are playing key roles across a range of industries to improve processes and communications with customers. These include retail, hospitality, restaurants, warehouse, logistics and supply chain operations. The BIXOLON Unite Partner Programme was relaunched in 2023 with additional benefits.
Exclusively tailored for the value added reseller and software integrator community across various vertical market segments in the automatic identification and data capture industry, this enhanced programme focuses on situations where desktop and tabletop label printing is required, taking BIXOLON’s partners to the next level and provides a more robust and rewarding experience. “The business landscape is changing, we have seen that the way people purchase and use our printing products continues to evolve throughout all our associated industries,” said Jay Kim, managing director, BIXOLON Europe GmbH. “We have been faced with the same challenges as all our competitors, but we have made several exciting new product launches across our complete mobile, POS and label printing solutions, which have filled many gaps within the market. “We have also resolved to nurture our sales and customer service offerings, growing our sales team on the ground across the UK and Europe, while taking on more in-country service centres for technical speciality and repairs to increase our global reach. We’re optimistic about 2024 and look forward to a stronger year of growth.”
Jay Kim managing director
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Epson transitions to 100% renewable electricity Epson has announced that, as of December 2023, all electricity used at Epson Group sites around the globe is from renewable sources. This makes Epson the first in the domestic manufacturing industry to complete the transition to renewable electricity at all its sites worldwide, including Japan. The Epson Group consumes about around the world by 2023. In November 2021, the switch was completed in Japan. The
global switch to renewable electricity was completed on schedule in December 2023. In addition Epson will promote the broader adoption of renewable energy, including by generating more of its own power and by supporting the development of new power sources through co-creation. Epson will reduce the amount of energy associated with production and products and pursue further advances in resource circulation to attain the goal of becoming carbon negative. “Now we have successfully completed the switch to 100% renewable electricity... this will not only help us to achieve our own goals but will also help to facilitate a broader adoption of renewable electricity within society by spreading awareness,” said global president Yasunori Ogawa.
876GWh of electricity per year. By sourcing renewables to cover this demand, Epson expects to reduce its annual carbon dioxide emissions by about 400,000 tonnes. Epson publicly committed to becoming carbon negative and underground resource free in its Environmental Vision 2050. The use of renewable electricity is a key means by which Epson seeks to reach its goal of achieving decarbonisation. In line with this, Epson declared, in March 2021, that it would switch to 100% renewable electricity to meet the electricity needs at all Epson Group sites
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