Ricoh, a major precision equipment company, announced on April 4 that the group's financial results for the entire group from April to December last year were the final profit and loss due to the drop in sales of digital multifunction devices for offices due to the impact of the new coronavirus. Became a deficit of 22.4 billion yen.
According to the group's nine-month financial results announced by Ricoh until December last year, sales were 1,193 billion yen, 20% less than the same period of the previous year, and the final profit and loss turned from a surplus of 41.4 billion yen. The deficit was 22.4 billion yen.
This is due to the spread of telework among companies due to the spread of the new coronavirus infection, and the significant decrease in sales of digital multifunction devices for offices, which is our main product.
In the one-year earnings forecast up to next month, the final profit and loss is expected to be a deficit of 36.4 billion yen.