Continuing its growth in Latin America, Ricoh LATAM announces the acquisition, in Brazil, of Go2neXt to enhance the technology experience in workspaces and expand its managed services offering

São Paulo, Brazil, May 8, 2025- Ricoh LATAM announced today the acquisition of Go2neXt, a Brazilian company recognized for its expertise in managed technology services and the creation of intelligent and collaborative spaces. Go2neXt will continue to operate under its current name as a Ricoh group company.

Founded in 2011, Go2neXt operates throughout Brazil and is responsible for projects in other Latin American countries. Based on a consultative vision of its clients' business challenges, Go2neXt's team of experts designs, implements and manages digital innovation projects. The goal is to offer the most advanced user experience to the company's customers and employees, making the concept of “Workplace Experience” a reality.

Behind this result is a sophisticated range of services and technology organized in layers that are completely transparent to the customer; this includes advanced audio solutions, digital signage and lighting systems. In addition, the technology layers are based on collaboration platforms, cybersecurity solutions and a comprehensive network, computing and communications infrastructure that can be located on-premises or distributed across multiple clouds.

This acquisition ratifies Ricoh LATAM's goal to be the leading provider of digital workplace services in Latin America, expands its coverage in Brazil and adds to the team consultants who have hundreds of certifications in the main disciplines of the market, in addition to mastering critical technologies for the development and management of applications tailored to the growth objectives of organizations.

“This acquisition is part of Ricoh LATAM's strategic investment for our growth as a digital services company and allows us to strengthen and expand our capabilities to accelerate our customers' digital adoption. As we have done with past acquisitions, we continue to invest in key investments that consolidate our position as a digital enabler in the region. Go2neXt is a company with a great reputation and experience in digital innovation in Brazil, and we are very pleased to welcome them to Ricoh,” said Diego Imperio, President & CEO of Ricoh LATAM.

This acquisition will enable Ricoh to expand its technology offering for workspaces, with:

• Digital Transformation Consulting: Strategic support in the adoption of technologies that boost productivity and business competitiveness.
• Communications and complete business collaboration solutions (audio, video and automation), including immersive experiences.
• Cybersecurity and Data Protection: Managed security services, incident response, identity management and business continuity.
• Infrastructure Automation and Modernization: Consulting, implementation and support of agile and resilient infrastructure environments.
• Infrastructure (networks and telecommunications) with security from the design phase.
• Hybrid Cloud Services: Migration, management, optimization and monitoring of multicloud environments.

“We know that low productivity is a reality in Latin America; Brazil, for example, has one of the lowest rates in the region in 2024. Which, has a direct impact on the GDP and competitiveness of our organizations,” commented Paulo Pichini, CEO of Go2neXt. ”We share values, experience and talent with Ricoh. This synergy will accelerate the delivery of a 360° workspace experience offering to the market. Our goal is to put innovation at the service of people and business. We are proud of everything we have built and very motivated by what we will achieve in this new phase.”

This milestone reaffirms Ricoh LATAM's commitment to customers in the region through the ongoing evolution of its portfolio and talent, seeking to generate exceptional technological experiences in the workplace and automating processes that increase business productivity.