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Kyocera Ranks First in 10 Performance Categories as Most Reliable
Barbados – July 24, 2006 – R.L. Mark & Company Ltd, sole distributors for Kyocera (one of the world’s leading document imaging companies) today announced that Kyocera has been honoured by America’s Industry Analysts Inc. for the most reliable multifunctional products (MFP’s), based on Industry Analysts’ Annual Multifunctional Product Reliability Study. Kyocera has been the recipient of this prestigious industry award for three of the past four years. The award is the result of a US national dealer survey to determine the manufacturer with the most reliable MFP’s as rated by dealership service managers.

“No other brand has been so consistently strong in an on-going study of reliability as Kyocera Mita,” said Richard Mark, Managing Director of R.L. Mark & Co. Ltd. “Its certainly makes our job a lot easier when you represent a line with like Kyocera, their products are superior.”

Industry Analysts conducted in-depth telephone interviews with service managers in copier US dealerships nationwide, consisting of 43,766 total multifunctional units installed. Copier dealer service managers were questioned on the products they work closely with on a daily basis in a verity of categories including: Product Reliability, Frequency of Service Calls, Image Quality, Operability and Functionality and Maintenance/Total Cost of Ownership (TCO).

“Kyocera strives to provide high performance, high quality products that offer the lowest total cost of service,” said Shane Mark, Sales & Marketing Manager for R.L. Mark & Co. Ltd. “With our advanced technology and long-life consumables end-users can be confident Kyocera MFP’s are the most reliable and productive products available in today’s market.”

About Industry Analysts
The Office Products Analyst one of the longest running imaging-industry publications. Published by market research and consulting firm, Industry Analysts, Inc. (Rochester, NY), the OPA conducts thousands of end-user and office equipment dealer surveys each year. Industry Analysts, Inc. also operates a test facility in Fairfield, NJ. Test reports may be downloaded from their website: www.industryanalysts.com.

About Kyocera

Kyocera is the world’s leading developer and manufacturer of advanced ceramics and associated products, including tel