With more than a decade of sales experience and product, account and project management expertise, Richardson will play an integral role in executing upon Kyocera Mita America’s IT reseller channel initiatives. He joins the organization at an exciting time, as he will have the opportunity to build upon the momentum created from the EcoPro Plus program. Richardson will focus his attention on expanding Kyocera’s core reseller relationships; and provide each reseller with more cost-effective and reliable document imaging solutions for their customers.

"Peter comes to Kyocera with a wealth of industry knowledge and market insight that will specifically support our growing channel-focused initiatives," said Steve Petix, director of strategic channels, Kyocera Mita America. "His expertise in all areas of the industry - from sales and distribution to product management and marketing, will enable us to competitively engage in new reseller relationships and allow us to effectively raise the profile of our organization among a targeted group of new resellers."

Richardson most recently served as a national distribution account manager, printing solutions division, at Ricoh Corporation, where he managed the relationships with leading broad line IT distributors and focused on recruiting value-added resellers (VARs) and system integrators (SI) to sell printers, scanners, multifunctional products (MFPs) and software. With this deep understanding of the market, and a great deal of expertise in the development, launch and support of printer/MFP product lines and marketing initiatives, Richardson is a strong addition to the Kyocera Mita America team.

Richardson stated, "This is an important time for Kyocera Mita America as it looks to rapidly grow market share within the IT reseller community. By joining Kyocera, I am afforded an opportunity to leverage current channel relationships and capitalize on my core competencies to strongly complement an already powerful Kyocera team."

ABOUT KYOCERA MITA AMERICA
Kyocera Mita America, Inc. (www.kyoceramita.com/us), headquartered in Fairfield, N.J., is a leading provider of computer-connectable document imaging and document management systems, including network-ready digital MFPs/printers, laser printers, color MFPs/printers, digital laser facsimiles, and multifunctional and wide format imaging solutions. Kyocera Mita America is a group company of Kyocera Mita Corporation. Kyocera Mita Corporation is a core company of Kyocera Corporation, the world's leading developer and manufacturer of advanced ceramics and associated products, including telecommunications equipment, semiconductor packages and electronic components. Kyocera Mita America, the first document solutions company with third-party certified sales data, has earned numerous honors for its products’ high performance, reliability and cost efficiency. Kyocera Corporation's consolidated net revenues exceeded $10 billion for the year ending on March 31, 2007.