Systel Business Equipment Becomes Ricoh CHAMPS Certified Dealer

Malvern, PA, February 27, 2014 – Ricoh Americas Corporation today announced that Systel Business Equipment has been officially confirmed as a Ricoh Certified Digital Imaging Services Provider and Ricoh Certified Production Printing Professional Services Provider through Ricoh’s CHAMPS program for dealer transformation.

CHAMPS is Ricoh’s innovative program designed to help dealers transform their business model to meet customers’ most pressing information management needs. The program qualifies dealers to analyze customer business challenges and prescribe custom services drawing from Ricoh’s Business Information Solutions expertise. The CHAMPS certification program confirms that a dealer has successfully completed all Ricoh Services certification requirements for a particular specialized service or solution offering.

Systel Business Equipment’s professionals have successfully completed expert training on delivering Ricoh’s Digital Imaging Services and Ricoh’s Production Printing Professional Services. Several of the dealer’s employees passed a rigorous certification examination that followed intensive training through the Ricoh Learning Institute, the company’s comprehensive training organization.

“Congratulations to Systel Business Equipment and its newly certified staff,” said Jim Coriddi, Vice President, Dealer Division, Ricoh U.S.A. “This certification arises from a unique and transformative program in our industry. The overall goal is to enable our dealers to do more to address their clients’ most pressing business problems. We remain committed to supporting our dealers with programs that allow them stand out as the best source for information management in their region.”

About CHAMPS
Ricoh’s CHAMPS program is designed to help dealers transform their business model to meet customers’ most pressing information management needs. The program combines a proven methodology, best-in-class resources and Ricoh’s industry-leading services to create custom solutions that improve customer business performance. The program makes it easier for the Ricoh family group of dealers to leverage what they need, when they need it, while lowering their document-related capital investment and helping accelerate profit generation opportunities.

| About Systel Business Equipment |
Systel has over 250 employees in ten locations serving the Carolinas and Georgia and is recognized nationally as one of the leading companies in providing the latest in office technology and solutions. Systel has been honored by Office Dealer Magazine with the Elite Dealer Award in 1999, 2002, 2003, 2011, 2012 & 2013. In 1988 and more recently in 2013, Systel was recognized as an Inc. 500|5000 company by Inc. magazine, which recognizes the fastest growing private companies in the United States. Systel is the only company in the Copier Industry to be named one of the top 100 Private Companies in NC by Grant Thornton, making the list for the last three consecutive years. Systel was recently honored by Ricoh Corporation with their “Strategic Major Account Award”, which recognizes the top Ricoh Dealer in the United States in developing strategic major account relationships.

For more information about Halsey & Griffith Office Solutions, visit http://www.systeloa.com

| About Ricoh |
Ricoh is a global technology company specializing in office imaging equipment, production print solutions, document management systems and IT services. Headquartered in Tokyo, Ricoh Group operates in about 200 countries and regions. In the financial year ending March 2013, Ricoh Group had worldwide sales of 1,924 billion yen (approx. 20 billion USD).
The majority of the company’s revenue comes from products, solutions and services that improve the interaction between people and information. Ricoh also produces award-winning digital cameras and specialized industrial products. It is known for the quality of its technology, the exceptional standard of its customer service and sustainability initiatives.
Under its corporate tagline, imagine. change. Ricoh helps companies transform the way they work and harness the collective imagination of their employees.

For further information, please visit www.ricoh.com/about/.

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