Ricoh Sustainable Development Award Presented to Outstanding High School Students...

Ricoh Sustainable Development Award Presented to Outstanding High School
Students at Intel ISEF 2008 Special Awards Ceremony

ATLANTA, May 20 /PRNewswire/ -- Ricoh Americas Corporation presented two
projects by three high school students with the Ricoh Sustainable Development
Award at the 2008 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair (Intel
ISEF), the world's largest pre-college science competition, during a special
awards ceremony in Atlanta on Thursday, May 15. Each project will receive a
$25,000 scholarship from Ricoh Americas Corporation for their impressive
environmental achievements.
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The three students who received top honors at the ceremony were Erica
Elizabeth David of Pinedale High School in Pinedale, Wyoming for her
seven-year study of innovative snow fence designs to maximize snow capture for
water conservation and reclamation in industrial settings and Michael
Kaergaard Madsen and Jesper Lykke Rasmussen of Vejle Technical High School in
Denmark, for the development of a prototype exhaust system for two-stroke
engines to significantly reduce air pollution.
"Protecting the environment is critical to us at Ricoh, and we are proud
to support the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair as it brings
together the top young minds on an international level," said Robert
Whitehouse, director, Environmental Management and Product Compliance, Ricoh
Americas Corporation. "Bright and talented students such as Erica, Michael and
Jesper are not only making a positive impact on the environment, but on our
world overall."
The Intel ISEF, presented by Agilent Technologies, provides a forum each
May for more than 1,500 high school students (grades 9-12) from more than 50
countries to showcase their independent research. Each year, millions of
students worldwide compete in local and school-sponsored science fairs. The
winners of these events go on to participate in Intel ISEF-affiliated regional
and state fairs from which the best win the opportunity to attend the Intel
ISEF. A team of five judges selected the winners of the Ricoh Sustainable
Development Award.
This year's event was held at the Georgia World Conference Center, from
May 11 - May 16. A stimulating week filled with discourse on issues of
science, technology and social responsibility was culminated with a special
award's ceremony where the most outstanding projects in the show were honored.
About Ricoh Americas Corporation
Ricoh Americas Corporation, headquartered in West Caldwell, N.J., is a
subsidiary of Ricoh Company Ltd., the 72-year-old leading supplier of office
automation equipment and electronics, with fiscal year 2007 sales in excess of
$19.4 billion, a 7.3 percent increase over the previous year.
Ricoh Americas Corporation is a leading provider of document solutions.
Ricoh's fully integrated hardware and software products help businesses share
information efficiently and effectively by enabling customers to control the
input, management and output of documents.
Ricoh Americas Corporation directly or through its network of authorized
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Editor's Note:
What is Sustainable Development?
Sustainable Development refers to development that meets the needs of the
present without compromising the ability of future generation to meet their
own needs. It focuses on economic development that goes hand-in-hand with
ecological and social integrity. Sustainable Development is less of a program
and more of a multifaceted approach to managing our environmental, economic,
and social resources for the long term. In simplest terms, it means adding
some new considerations to our everyday decisions. In business, it means
triple bottom line reporting, melding the financial health of a company with
its social and environmental responsibilities.

CONTACT: Russell Marchetta Laura Bower
Ricoh Americas Corporation Peppercom
(973) 882-2075 (212) 931-6127
russell.marchetta@ricoh-usa.com lbower@peppercom.com

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russell.marchetta@ricoh-usa.com, or Laura Bower, Peppercom, +1-212-931-6127,
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