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The Cannata Report’s Manic Monday presents office technology news highlights from the week of October 2-6, 2023.

In the latest episode of Fridays with Frank, Frank G. Cannata, interviews Toshiba America Business Solutions’ (TABS) Dealer of the Year Aric Manion of Kelley Connect in Kent, Washington, during the Toshiba LEAD conference.

Service Leadership, Inc. announced the opening of its annual Service Leadership Index Annual IT Solution Provider Compensation (Remuneration) Survey.

PrintReleaf announced a new integration with 3manager. This strategic collaboration marks a significant milestone, allowing businesses of all sizes to effortlessly and automatically offset their paper consumption with certified reforestation and carbon offsets.

Canon U.S.A., Inc. announced the release of 11 new models of its imagePROGRAF large-format inkjet printers: 36-inch TM-355/TM-350/TM-340 and 24-inch TM-250/TM-240 models plus multifunction scanning configurations.

Komori America announced that Komori Corporation will celebrate its 100th anniversary on October 20, 2023.

Kyocera Document Solutions America, Inc. announced its attendance at the PRINTING United Expo in Atlanta, GA. This year, Kyocera will not only showcase the TASKalfa Pro 15000c at the event, but the company will also spotlight Kyocera’s latest innovations with the newly announced TASKalfa Pro 55000c.

One of the more remarkable sources of growth in the past two years has been investment in new manufacturing capacity. Construction spending on factories and other manufacturing facilities has more than doubled since the end of 2021.

Fiery, LLC and Sharp Imaging and Information Company of America (SIICA) released two new Fiery DFEs to drive Sharp’s latest light production printers, Sharp Color Pro Series BP-90C70/BP90C80.

Epson America, Inc. added four new A4 business printers to its WorkForce Pro portfolio –  the WorkForce Pro ST-C5500 and ST-C5000 Supertank Color MFPs, and WorkForce Pro    WF-M5899 Monochrome MFP and WF-M5399 Monochrome Printer.

Canon U.S.A., Inc. announced two new business inkjet printers, the MAXIFY GX2020 and MAXIFY GX1020 printers, featuring high-volume Canon ink technology, and two new consumer inkjet PIXMA printers, the PIXMA TR7820 and PIXMA TS7720 printers, for daily household tasks.

Pulse Technology will participate in an October 19 broadcast, “The Cyber Collective,” with Vince Miceli, VP of Technology, representing Pulse Technology on the broadcast.

Frank G. Cannata offers his take on Toshiba’s LEAD Beyond 2023 conference, identifying the most important takeaways and revealing the company’s latest strategic initiatives.

The Cannata Report’s Manic Monday presents office technology news highlights from the week of September 25-29.

Xerox Holdings Corporation announced that it entered into a share purchase agreement to repurchase all of the shares of the Company’s common stock beneficially owned by Carl C. Icahn and certain of his affiliates at a purchase price of $15.84 per share, the closing price of the Company’s common shares on September 27, 2023.

Frank G. Cannata, interviews Chelsey Bode of Pearson-Kelly Technology during the Toshiba LEAD conference. Find out what Chelsey thought of the conference and hear about Pearson-Kelly’s latest acquisition.

Pulse Technology announced that Matt Jessen, an account executive from their Merrillville, Indiana location, has placed first in a national technology competition sponsored by Sharp Imaging and Information.