Winners of 2005 Readers' Choice Awards Honored
Recharger Magazine’s annual Readers’ Choice Awards Celebration honoring excellence and leadership in the imagining supplies remanufacturing industry took place prior to World Expo 2005 on August 23 at the Mandalay Bay’s Shark Reef in Las Vegas.
When we asked the readers of Recharger Magazine who best represents
the industry, these were their choices. The nominee in red
is the one that received the most votes in the category; however, each person
and company listed here is a winner by virtue of having been chosen by their
peers as an outstanding representative of the aftermarket imaging supplies industry.
Photos of the ceremony will appear online, and in the October issue of Recharger.
Best New Product or Service
Recognizes innovative and useful products or services introduced to the
remanufacturing industry in the last year.
- Amatix — Packaging
- Parts Now! — Online Printer Repair Info.
- PRI — LT-777 MK III Turbo
- Static Control Components — Universal Chips
Industry Innovator
Recognizes the companies that are first and best to market with components
or finished products.
- Future Graphics
- Micro Solutions Enterprises (MSE)
- OCP GmbH
- Static Control Components
Quality Leader: Supplies
Recognizes the components suppliers with the highest levels of customer
satisfaction for the quality of their products.
- Densigraphix
- Static Control Components
- Summit Technologies
- TonerPlus
Quality Leader: Inkjet
Recognizes the suppliers of finished inkjet cartridges with the highest
levels of customer satisfaction for the quality of their products.
- Cartridges Are Us
- IJR
- Legacy Manufacturing
- Planet Green
Quality Leader: Toner
Recognizes the suppliers of finished toner cartridges with the highest
levels of customer satisfaction for the quality of their products.
- Generation Imaging
- Micro Solutions Enterprises (MSE)
- Printer Essentials
- PTi
- Teckn-O-Laser
Best Customer Support
Recognizes the companies whose customers have the highest level of satisfaction
with their technical support, delivery, packaging, warranty and marketing support.
- Cartridges Are Us
- Future Graphics
- Micro Solutions Enterprises (MSE)
- Static Control Components
- Supplies Network
Best Technology and Service Article
Most useful article contributed to Recharger Magazine in the last year.
- Ben Lyles — “Inkjet Outsourcing: When It Makes Sense,” April
2005
- Bill Voelker — “Cleaning Hewlett-Packard’s Digital Copy
Accessory,” August 2004
- Ira Seaver — “Samsung Cartridges: Notches, Fuses and Chips,”
March 2005
- Mike Josiah — Monthly remanufacturing article
Best Sales and Management Article
Most useful article contributed to Recharger Magazine in the last year.
- Bill Patterson — “Interaction Issues Between Sales and Production,”
March 2005
- Brad Roderick — “Conventional Wisdom: Why It’s Bad for You,”
Jan. 2005
- Joy James — “Finding Black Gold” series, Jan.-March 2005
- Martin Stein — “The Coming Onslaught: Cost-Per-Page Selling Methods
in the Printer Supply Industry,” Sept. 2004
- Rob Cowman — “Managing Rapid Growth,”
March 2005
Most Memorable Marketing/Advertising Campaign
Best advertisement or series of advertisements in Recharger Magazine.
- Compu-Imaging
- Laser Imaging International
- M.B. Sales
- OCP
- Print-Rite
Best Web Site
Recognizes Web sites that are informative, useful, eye-catching and easy
to navigate.
- Environmental Reclamation Services (ERS)
- Future Graphics
- Oasis Imaging Products
- Printer Works
- R-Jet Tek
Industry Leader
Recognizes and honors the individuals whose activities, whether as part
of or independent of their companies, facilitate and foster advancement of the
industry.
- Ed Swartz
- Hal Gislason
- John Wyhof
- Lester Cornelius
- Yvon Léveillé
This article originally appeared in the September 2005 issue of Recharger.