Epson’s Range of Sustainable Products: What Your Business Needs in the ‘New Normal’

For many industries, 2021 is the perfect time to start preparing for a more resilient and future-proof business operations. Vaccination efforts are underway, but the state of how businesses navigate the ‘new normal’ continues to evolve. Restrictions amid the pandemic have forced businesses to offer a new work order – working remotely and offering safety protocols on social distancing when reporting to the office in tranches. 

Here are some useful, cost-efficient, and sustainable Epson products to consider getting for your business to boost productivity and work processes this year.  

Epson is the No. 1* Document Scanner Company in the Philippines in 2019 and 2020

Epson leads the Philippine market as the No. 1* document scanner company in 2019 and 2020, according to global market intelligence provider, IDC. This demonstrates how Epson is the ideal partner for customers who require versatile and secure scanning solutions in the office, at home, or anywhere in between.

With the unique value proposition and multiple customer benefits of its scanning solutions, Epson maintained its market leadership in 2019 at 19.3% and 25.6% in 2020, respectively. The latest findings from IDC indicate that Epson continues to dominate the Philippine market as the number one document scanner company based on the following filters: 

Epson partners with Save the Children to help address the challenges of learning in the new normal

Epson's sustainability campaign, "Be Cool" brings eco-friendly printers to neighborhood classrooms in marginalized communities. 

Learning in the new normal has become a challenge especially for marginalized communities. The blended approach is particularly difficult for those who may not have the right tools to access educational materials which are badly needed to facilitate learning. To help address this challenge, Epson Philippines partnered with the world’s leading independent children’s organization, Save the Children, for a donation initiative to support blended learning in its partner communities.

Epson Joins National Geographic in the Fight Against Climate Change with Turn Down the Heat Campaign

Epson has joined forces with National Geographic to promote the protection of the world’s permafrost – the frozen ground beneath the polar regions of the earth – in its newly launched ‘Turn Down the Heat’ campaign. 

The campaign comes as scientists predict the world’s permafrost will thaw entirely by 2100, drastically changing ecologies, raising global sea levels, and releasing over 950 billion tonnes of methane into the atmosphere. Together, Epson and National Geographic aim to raise awareness of how people can reduce their own impact of global warming, from homes to offices and other businesses.

Epson launches first 76-inch Industrial Dye-Sublimation Textile Printer with LcLm Inks and Fluorescent Solution

Epson expands its 76” printer series and offers customers greater flexibility with the SC-F10030H, a new dye-sublimation printer that comes with two additional colour options: Fluorescent Yellow and Fluorescent Pink or Light Cyan and Light Magenta, to address the market’s fluorescent and light ink colour demand.

This new dye-sublimation textile printer is the first in Epson’s textile large format printer genre with 6 new PrecisionCore™ Micro TFP printheads and the option for Light Cyan and Light Magenta (LcLm) inks. Working together, these new features enable the highest productivity possible in continuous printing of bright, vibrant textiles. 

Experience limitless possibilities and unrestricted creativity with the Epson EV-100 Projector Series

IKEA Krakow uses the Epson LightScene EV-100 projector to enhance its product displays

There’s no denying that one of the primary factors for a successful retail, art or food-service business is the impact its displays and interior design have on consumers. Store atmospherics such as lighting, colour, music, or scent can influence emotions and behaviour. An engaging, visually pleasing display or interior design can potentially be the key in attracting new customers and retaining them.

Buy Real, Buy Smart: Protect your warranty and your equipment by using Epson Genuine Inks for your Epson Printers

As printing becomes more accessible, an increasing number of counterfeit inks are entering the market to provide consumers with cheaper options. While it might be tempting to cut costs by purchasing non-genuine inks, doing so entails serious risks and threats. 

For Epson printer users at home or in the office, managing printing requirements demands saving money while you can, but what is the true cost of buying into counterfeit inks? Here are some of the dangers of using non-genuine inks for your printer: 

Possible printer damage

Non-genuine inks purchased from unauthorized sellers may cause leaks and clogging that may lead to printer damage. Using non-genuine inks may provide savings in the short run, but it can potentially be costly with the additional servicing required when the other components in your printer have been compromised.

Epson Renews Environmental Vision 2050

Carbon negative and underground resource free by 2050

Seiko Epson Corporation (TSE: 6724, "Epson") has renewed Environmental Vision 2050, a statement of the company's environmental goals for 2050, to achieve sustainability and enrich communities. Epson will become carbon negative and underground resource free by 2050.

Epson announces new printer sustainability campaign – “Be Cool”

In many industries, one of the most significant side effects of the increased output impact on the environment, with greater use of resources affecting carbon footprint. For businesses, it can be a tricky balancing act to weigh productivity against sustainability, but the two do not have to be mutually exclusive. 

This is the premise of Be Cool, the new printer sustainability campaign launched by Epson Southeast Asia. The regional campaign was created to remind customers that it is possible to maximize efficiency and productivity while reducing environmental impact. Banking on the brand’s expertise in innovation, businesses can choose to Be Cool and discover how Epson technology makes the sustainable choice a simple one.

Large format signage printers deliver in good times and bad!

Indoor and outdoor posters, billboards, promotions, and ads have formed an essential part of our visual landscape for as long as any of us can remember.

In fact, the large format American poster, (defined as measuring more than 50 square feet, around 5 square meters) dates back to 1835, when Jared Bell began printing circus posters in New York.

Emerging applications for textile printing in the ‘new normal’

The COVID-19 pandemic continues to challenge the continuity of businesses of every size who have had to learn to navigate new normal protocols and abide by new operating guidelines.   Printing operations were not spared and are, like other businesses, looking for the best road to recovery.  

Fortunately, creativity is born from difficulty, and companies who are already utilizing digital textile printing have found that they can shift production easily to fill what is currently in demand. In the fast-moving textile industry, designers and manufacturers have found it easy to pivot and quickly create what sells in the new environment with the use of digital textile printing technology.  With printing lead times drastically cut compared to analog printing, test batches can be planned in smaller quantities with shorter lead times.    

Epson Ranks No.1 in Textile Dye Sublimation Printer Category in ASEAN* since 2015

Epson leads the ASEAN* market as the No. 1 brand in the textile dye sublimation printer category since 2015, according to global market intelligence provider, IDC**. This demonstrates how Epson is the ideal partner for customers who require versatile textile dye sublimation solutions for a variety of applications and production levels.

Epson’s SureColor dye sublimation series allow businesses to save time and money producing high-quality sportswear, apparel, soft signage, and home furnishings such as sofa covers, table runners or curtains. All of the products in the range are entirely designed and manufactured by Epson to ensure its reliability, effortless performance, and low running costs. The SureColor dye sublimation printer range showcases Epson’s industry-leading PrecisionCore printhead technology and UltraChrome DS Inks to ensure vibrant output and high productivity with minimal downtime. 

Going big on the details enabled Epson to maintain its leadership in the dye sublimation printer category in ASEAN* for 4 years, and provide customers with a total solution for high quality custom fabrics. For fashion designers and entrepreneurs, the SureColor dye sublimation series is easy and quick to maintain, making it ideal for dynamic and demanding production conditions for a wide range of textiles, whether a customer is printing for a single catwalk garment or a longer run. The SureColor range guarantees impressive results time-after-time for polyester fabric and promotional goods with no pretreatment necessary, and includes Epson’s first dye sublimation printing solution with pink and yellow fluorescent inks, the SC-F9430H, to set the customers’ creativity free and further expand application opportunities. 

Epson Singapore (SEA HQ) appoints first Local Regional Managing Director, Siew Jin Kiat

Seiko Epson Corporation is pleased to announce the appointment of Mr. Siew Jin Kiat to the position of Regional Managing Director (MD) for Epson Singapore (SEA Headquarters) effective as of the 1st of February 2021.  

He succeeds Mr. Munenori Ando who will return to Seiko Epson Corporation in Japan to take on a new portfolio.

Siew Jin Kiat, Local Regional Managing Director of Epson Singapore (SEA Headquarters)

This promotion to the company’s upper echelon coincides with Mr. Siew’s 25th year with Epson Singapore (SEA Headquarters). More importantly, Mr. Siew will be the first local Regional MD appointed for this region, a clear demonstration of Seiko Epson headquarters’ direction to promote capable local staff to key leadership positions, and its strong commitment in enabling talent within a culture of inclusivity and diversity. 

The succession also comes at a time when Epson Singapore (SEA Headquarters) moves to a new location. The new office is accompanied by 2 solution centers that showcase Epson’s wide range of corporate and industry products to help drive B2B transformation in businesses of varying size. 

As Epson works to become the best partner to customers in SEA through  efficient, compact, and precision technologies and solutions, a leader who understands how to bring out the best of Epson to drive value for customers is critical for success.  Over the years, Mr. Siew has proven to be a strong, capable leader with a wealth of experience across various businesses and Epson is thrilled to have him take on this new role in a region that continues to show high potential for growth. The company is looking forward to the passion and energy that Mr. Siew will bring to his new leadership role.

Under Mr. Siew, Epson Singapore (SEA Headquarters) has achieved a strong leadership position for both its inkjet and projector business. In addition, his diverse work experience encompassing various business functions such as presales, customer service, supply chain, as well as brand & communications means that he can bring a holistic perspective to challenges and strategically steer the organization in an ever changing and dynamic landscape. 

Epson is grateful to Mr. Ando’s contributions to the growth of the business in Southeast Asia.  In particular, Mr. Ando led a strategic pivot from a largely B2C business to a stronger B2B business today. The company is in a position of strength because of the building blocks he has put in place. 

Commenting on his appointment, Mr. Siew said, “It is an honor to lead this company of talented people in the next chapter of Epson SEA’s growth story. With the collaboration and teamwork I have always enjoyed across the business, we will work together to make Epson Singapore (SEA Headquarters) an indispensable company for staff, partners, and markets in a culture that promotes transparency, collaboration, and creativity.”

Epson Establishes Open Innovation Center at Aizuwakamatsu in Japan

Seiko Epson Corporation (TSE: 6724, “Epson”) has established its new Open Innovation Center research laboratory at the AiCT ICT offices in Aizuwakamatsu in Japan at which the company will work with partners to help find solutions to societal issues. Epson has also started participating in the Aizu Open Innovation (AOI) meeting through which it has begun collaborating with the University of Aizu.

Using the internet, cloud, and other digital networks, Epson aims to seamlessly integrate products such as printers, scanners, and projectors together with services to offer solutions that help solve issues faced by society. Against a background of changing societal requirements due to the pandemic, the company is in particular looking to create new value in more enriched experiences in lifestyles, learning, working and the home.

5 reasons why Epson’s Easy-to-Use Digital Textile Printers are ideal for building business start-ups

The far-reaching effects of the pandemic have changed life as we know it, and as the marketplace moved online, entrepreneurs are finding more creative ways to earn in the new environment. In the same way that technology enables communication and keeps businesses running, it offers opportunities to earn.  

One such opportunity can be found in digital textile printing. The textile industry continues to evolve and the ability to manufacture custom printed textiles and short fashion runs is quickly becoming a business advantage. 

Epson offers a range of digital textile printers that enable users to produce and manufacture custom fabrics at scale with high precision and increased reliability, using vibrant and eye-catching colours. 

Epson provides tech solutions for safer learning and working spaces during the pandemic

Across Southeast Asia, businesses and schools are adjusting to their environment during the pandemic at different stages. In some countries, working and studying from home will continue to be the norm for most of the year while in others, students and employees have begun to go back to some degree of normalcy.

Whether you’re working or studying from home or back at physical offices following strict social distancing protocols, technology proves to be instrumental in enabling productivity and collaboration among students and the workforce.

Epson’s Technology in a Post-Pandemic World

Epson, as one of the leading technology companies in the world, has long been maximizing and innovating on advanced technology to help better people’s lives and the environment. Specific to the corporate and education sector, Epson has a suite of technologies that can help both industries navigate the so-called new work order, especially with its top of the line projectors. These projectors aim to make physical learning and work collaboration safer during our recovery from the pandemic. 

Epson innovates with new products and an analysis tech business focusing on motion-sensing tech

Accelerating customer value creation and market expansion through open innovation

Seiko Epson Corporation (TSE: 6724, “Epson”) will begin external sales of new sensing technologies that combine semiconductor and optical technologies that Epson has nurtured and advanced over many years. The company will also launch a new business that will use motion-sensing analysis technology developed for Epson’s M-Tracer golf swing analysis system to provide valuable data about the actions and movements of people and objects in everyday life. Epson will enrich lives and create new customer value through these initiatives, which will capitalize on open innovation.

Epson Ships 50 Millionth High-Capacity Ink Tank Inkjet Printer

CO2 emissions from consumables reduced by over 160,000 tonnes

Epson first launched high-capacity ink tank inkjet printers (now known as EcoTank in many markets) in October 2010, in Indonesia. The brand then steadily expanded the territory over which these printers are sold, expanding to 170 countries and regions by 2019. As a result, cumulative global sales of Epson’s high-capacity ink tank inkjet printers recently topped 50 million units. Moreover, by cutting down on plastic commonly used as the main component of ink cartridges,  the brand estimates that CO2 emissions were approximately 166,000 tonnes lower than they would have been if all these units had been cartridge printers

Epson Confirms Commitment to United Nations Global Compact by Signing the Statement from Business Leaders for Renewed Global Cooperation

Seiko Epson Corporation (TSE: 6724, "Epson") has reiterated its commitment to the United Nations Global Compact by signing the Statement from Business Leaders for Renewed Global Cooperation.

The Statement from Business Leaders for Renewed Global Cooperation was announced as a new  policy of the UN in September, and was issued to mark the 75th anniversary of the founding of the United Nations and the 20th anniversary of the United Nations Global Compact. Signatories commit to operating in a spirit of global cooperation, accountability, corporate ethics and transparency, and to upholding the following points:

- Demonstrate ethical leadership and good governance through values-based strategies, policies, operations and relationships when engaging with all stakeholders

- Invest in addressing systemic inequalities and injustices through inclusive, participatory and representative decision making at all levels of our business

Epson Launches New High-Speed Inkjet Copiers For Busy Work Environments

Epson announced the launch of its new line head Multi-Function inkjet copier series, the environmentally-friendly WorkForce Enterprise WF-C21000, WF-C20750 and WF-C20600 copiers that help companies improve printing productivity while reducing their negative impact to the environment. The new line-up caters for a range of business sizes, from medium to large offices as well as enterprises.

The new WorkForce Enterprise copiers bring improved functionality and usability from previous models, with an improved ADF. It also comes with a new stapler and booklet finisher that brings new features including saddle-stitching, hole-punching, stapling and stacking capabilities, all suited to deliver faster throughput speed.