OREANDA-NEWS. December 19, 2011. Four new products from Ricoh Company, Ltd. (President and CEO: Shiro Kondo) — the Ricoh Unified Communication System P3000, and the compact digital cameras GR DIGITAL IV, CX6, and RICOH PX — came out as winners of the “iF Product Design Award” at the “iF Design Award 2012.” This prestigious annual international design award ceremony is held by iF International Forum Design GmbH at Hanover in Germany.

 The iF Design Award is a leading design award that has been presented by iF International Forum Design GmbH since 1953 to industrial products from all over the world that display superior design. Each year there are many applicants for this award. The winning products are selected from four categories: “product,” “communication,” “material” and “packaging.” Award winners are highly esteemed as products with a superior design that is recognized internationally. One of these awards, the “iF Product Design Award” evaluates not only superior originality and innovation in design, but also considers the functional aspects of the product, including ease of use, quality and environmental friendliness. This year, there were a total of 4,322 applicants from 48 countries from all over the world. Out of these, 1,218 products received awards after a rigorous examination.