Just a reminder to those manage to find and visit my blog-site, “Reprographics 101″…… My blog does not seek to, nor does it attempt to, offer investment advice! If you were to follow “my” investment advice, you would go broke. “When EF Hutton speaks, others listen.” “When Joel buys, sell!” My blog is devoted to…

I received a long-winded comment from a young man who read my previous post. Below, you will find his comments and questions (highlighted in bold type) and my responses to his comments and questions. “I am an individual investor (student) that has also become interested in ARC stock. Your blog has been wonderful in helping…

On January 20, 2010, an article containing an extensive analytical analysis on ARC, and commentary about ARC, the reprographics industry, and the A/E/C Industry, was posted on the following web-site: http://pleaseactaccordingly.com/If you are reprographer and/or an investor who follows ARC, this article is definitely worth reading (as are the archived posts on that site about…

One of my blog-site visitors posted a comment today – his/her comment was submitted in response to the first post I did about the Baird Q4 2009 IRGA Survey results – and I would like to now share with you the article that my blog-site-visitor shared with me. if you visit, the AGC (Associated General…

Referencing the previous post …. ….. I now want to share with you the e-mail I sent, last night, to the gents at RW Baird. (Please note that I have eliminated, from the following, a few sentences that were in the e-mail I sent to them, as that information was simply “my personal background” information,…

Tonight, I spent a few minutes perusing my way through the above mentioned survey, which, I think, was just published today (or maybe it was a couple of days ago.) (It may be that the Survey is only for IRGA members, so I am not going to post the full text of the Survey, nor…

As most of you know, RICOH acquired IKON in 2009. That acquisition was not particularly good news for Canon, because IKON was, prior to its acquisition by RICOH, a significant distributor of Canon equipment (at least that was the case in the U.S. market). In my opinion, Canon’s move to acquire OCE was, in part,…

The other day, OCE released its results for Q4 2009 and for its fiscal year 2009. You can access the complete report by visiting this web-address: http://investor.oce.com/reports/reports/quarterly-report/default.aspx Drawn from OCE’s Q4 report: OCE REPORTS NET LOSS OF € 23 million in the fourth quarter. Action program on track Highlights fourth quarter: • Market development continued…

Most, if not all, of you who know me, know that I have long been a big proponent of FM’s (OnSite Services) for A/E firms. ARC’s public (SEC) filings, as I think I’ve mentioned before, indicate that ARC has more than 5,000 FM sites. Due to ARC’s size and geographic presence, ARC is particularly well…

Last year, I posted on my blog several articles that mentioned BIM. One of those articles mentioned ARC’s acquisition of RCMS Group, a BIM services provider. One of the articles I wrote about BIM was a very, very long article. Since that post, I’ve received inquiries, some from investor-types, about ARC’s BIM strategy. Since I…