Aliant and Ricoh – strategic partnership for efficient and sustainable printing and IT solutions in Romania

Aliant, leading Romanian IT integrator and digital transformation service provider, signed a strategic partnership with Ricoh, a global leader in printing equipment, solutions, and services. As a result, Aliant becomes an authorized distributor of Ricoh products in Romania and expands its offerings to deliver cutting-edge printing solutions to customers across various industries, as well as a diversified range of resellers.

The Japanese company Ricoh, renowned for its innovative and sustainable printing technologies, document management and information security, supports companies to integrate important elements of innovation and expertise. Through the partnership with Aliant, organizations will have access to an extended range of Ricoh Digital Service solutions and will be able to achieve their sustainability and productivity goals more easily, optimize costs, and promote collaboration in the workplace.

As part of this partnership, Aliant will directly import and distribute printing equipment, consumables, and spare parts, being also authorized for installation, warranty, and post-warranty services for Ricoh.

“Our partnership with Ricoh represents a key step towards our vision to deliver excellence and flexibility in the most relevant way possible for our clients’ needs and objectives. Ricoh’s extensive suite of solutions encompasses not only printing technologies, but also advanced document management, cybersecurity, and collaborative tools, which significantly contributes to achieving the strategic objectives of any business”, declares Bogdan Ciubotaru, Managing Partner Aliant.

“We are glad to have a new partner to the Ricoh family. Together we build strong relations with customers, focusing on improving their experience. We provide integrated digital services, as well as print and imaging solutions designed to support the ongoing digital transformation of workplaces, essential for optimizing business performance”, says Paolo Cavenaghi, CEO of Ricoh International B.V.

The Aliant and Ricoh partnership represents an evolution towards diversified and enhanced printing and IT solutions, dedicated to the Romanian market. The mix between state-of-the-art Japanese technology and Aliant’s expertise is very well adapted to the practical requirements of Romanian companies, with a deliberate effort to boost operational efficiency and productivity.

Aliant is an IT integrator and provider of managed services as well as a printing distributor, whose mission is to contribute to the efficient, competitive and sustainable development of its partners by using the most advanced technologies. Along with printing distribution through the B2B channel dedicated to resellers, the company’s activity consists of digital business transformation services, using, among others, Hyper Automation solutions through RPA, Low Code, Artificial Intelligence, Augmented Reality, as well as Infrastructure solutions and Integration, Data Security, Document Management and Printing.

Ricoh is a leading provider of integrated digital services and print and imaging solutions designed to support digital transformation of workplaces, workspaces and optimize business performance.

Headquartered in Tokyo, Ricoh’s global operation reaches customers in approximately 200 countries and regions, supported by cultivated knowledge, technologies, and organizational capabilities nurtured over its 85-year history. In the financial year ended March 2023, Ricoh Group had worldwide sales of 2,134 billion yen (approx. 16.0 billion USD).