SANTA CLARA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug 12, 2026--
PFU America, Inc., the U.S.-based subsidiary of PFU Limited and the leader in document scanning solutions, today announced a new partnership with Kronozio, a trading card inventory management software company, to launch the “ Trading Cards2Cash Professional ” bundle. This new bundle combines Kronozio’s trading card inventory management and selling software with the award-winning RICOH fi-8170 high-performance document scanner, and is designed to help trading card sellers streamline their workflow, enabling sellers to scan high volumes of cards, automatically capture card details, and generate online listings faster.
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The global trading card market has surged in recent years, fueled by online marketplaces and growing collector demand. The “Trading Cards2Cash Professional” bundle was designed to meet this demand and features:
“Our goal is to make it dramatically easier for collectors and resellers to manage and sell their collections,” said Jonathan Bernier, Co-Founder, Kronozio. “By pairing our software with PFU America, Inc.’s industry-leading document scanner technology, sellers can move from physical cards to online listings in minutes.”
“At PFU America, Inc., we are always looking for ways to expand how scanning technology can support new workflows and industries,” said Satoshi Kubo, President and CEO, PFU America, Inc. “We’re honored that Kronozio has selected the RICOH fi 8170 scanner as part of their game-changing trading card solution. Combining Kronozio’s specialized software with Ricoh’s proven image capture technology creates a powerful experience for collectors and professional sellers looking to digitize inventory at scale.”
The “Trading Cards2Cash Professional” bundle is available now at Walmart, eBay, and Amazon, as well as through hobby store resellers. For more information on the bundle, PFU America, Inc. and the RICOH fi-8170 document scanner, visit https://www.pfu-us.ricoh.com/partners/partner-listing/technology-partners/kronozio and https://www.pfu-us.ricoh.com/scanners/fi/fi-8170. For more information on Kronozio and its leading trading card inventory management software, visit https://home.kronozio.com/.
About Kronozio
Kronozio provides software solutions designed to help trading card collectors, dealers, and resellers catalogue, manage, and sell trading cards more efficiently through automated scanning, data capture, and marketplace integration. For more information, please visit https://home.kronozio.com/.
About PFU
PFU Limited was founded in Japan in 1960. Based on the skills acquired through computer development, we develop and supply document imaging related products and services, such as image scanners. We also provide support services for building and operating IT infrastructures that contribute to the safety and security of our customers. We at PFU will continue to evolve our edge devices to contribute to our customers’ business process reforms and Digital Transformation, provide the services that support them, and contribute to the development of a sustainable world. For more information, please visit https://www.pfu.ricoh.com/global/
PFU America, Inc. is the U.S.-based subsidiary of PFU Limited and the leader in document scanning solutions.
About Ricoh
Ricoh is a global integrator in workplace transformation, operating in approximately 200 countries and regions and headquartered in Tokyo. Supporting customers’ value creation, Ricoh offers workplace services and solutions that empower organizations to work smarter through advanced technologies—including AI— together with long-standing expertise rooted in printing. Ricoh also operates commercial and industrial printing businesses and delivers new solutions leveraging inkjet technology. In the financial year ended March 2026, Ricoh Group had worldwide sales of 2,608 billion yen (approx. 16.4 billion USD). For 90 years since our founding, Ricoh has upheld its mission and vision of empowering individuals to find Fulfillment through Work—and that commitment continues today. By understanding and transforming how people work, we unleash their potential and creativity to realize a sustainable future. For further information, please visit www.ricoh.com.
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PFU America, Inc. and Kronozio Introduce Document Scanner-Powered Bundle to Turn Trading Card Collections into Cash
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian anti-ship missiles and drones blitzed a major Russian naval base on the Black Sea coast in a “unique” nighttime operation, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Wednesday.
Cutting-edge drones developed by Kyiv since Moscow's full-scale invasion over four years ago have repeatedly targeted Russian ships in the Black Sea, including warships and oil tankers.
Ukraine's air and sea drones have succeeded in limiting the movements of Russia’s once-dominant Black Sea navy, Kyiv officials say, in one of the country’s biggest accomplishments of the war.
But Ukrainian officials believe Russian President Vladimir Putin is bent on pressing ahead with the war, despite his bigger army’s slow and costly progress on the battlefield and U.S. diplomatic efforts to find a settlement.
Putin is planning “an additional rapid mobilization of several hundred thousand Russians by the end of the year,” Zelenskyy said Tuesday night on social media, citing Ukrainian intelligence reports.
Those reports have said recently that Russia is expanding production of ballistic missiles and jet-powered drones, both of which are hard for Ukrainian air defenses to counter.
Ukraine also is trying to scale up its weapons manufacturing through agreements with partner countries.
Neither Putin nor other senior Russian officials have hinted at a possible major call-up of forces to fight in Ukraine. Some officials have accused Kyiv of trying to rattle the Russian public with talk of a mobilization.
Russian lawmaker Andrei Gurulyov brushed off reports of a possible autumn mobilization. “It is the enemy deliberately spreading rumors about mobilization in order to destabilize the situation inside Russia,” he was quoted as saying by pro-Kremlin online outlet Tsargrad in comments published Monday.
After the widely unpopular partial mobilization of some 300,000 men four years ago, Russia has relied on volunteers attracted by relatively high pay. However, the decree declaring the partial mobilization that Putin signed in September 2022 is open-ended, allowing authorities to resume it if needed.
The Ukrainian military “carried out a unique operation targeting the naval base in Novorossiysk — the last major stronghold of the Russian fleet in the Black Sea,” Zelenskyy said in a social media post Wednesday. The attack struck air defenses, piers and other port infrastructure, he added.
Russia relocated most of its ships to Novorossiysk after Ukrainian strikes on the base at Sevastopol on the Crimean Peninsula earlier in the war.
Hundreds of Ukrainian drones attacked Novorossiysk, Anapa and Gelendzhik and the Temryuk district of the region overnight, said Krasnodar Gov. Veniamin Kondratyev.
Russia's Defense Ministry said its air defenses downed more than 500 Ukrainian drones.
In Novorossiysk, an 8-year-old child was killed in the attack, and a person who was injured in the Temryuk region later died in the hospital, Kondratyev said. He added that 12 other people in the region were wounded.
Debris from downed drones fell on the grounds of four industrial plants and 21 residential buildings, Kondratyev said.
Novorossiysk also is home to the Grushovaya oil terminal, one of largest international hubs in southern Russia for petroleum products.
In February, the U.S. State Department expressed its displeasure about Ukraine’s attacks on Novorossiysk, saying they affected U.S. oil interests in Kazakhstan.
The Caspian Pipeline Consortium operates a pipeline from the Caspian coast in northwestern Kazakhstan to Novorossiysk. The pipeline handles much of the crude exports from three major Kazakh fields in which major U.S. energy companies, Chevron and ExxonMobil, have stakes.
On the Crimean Peninsula, which was illegally annexed by Moscow in 2014, air defenses downed 115 Ukrainian drones over Sevastopol overnight, said Mikhail Razvozhayev, the city’s Russian-installed head. He added that 10 apartment buildings and 25 private houses were damaged.
Ukraine’s air force said Russia fired 138 long-range drones as well as an unspecified number of missiles during the night, with damage recorded at 16 locations.
In the Kherson region of southern Ukraine, a large-scale Russian drone attack overnight killed two people and wounded two others, said regional head Oleksandr Prokudin.
The attacks also destroyed a shopping mall in the southern city of Zaporizhzhia, according to authorities.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a meeting with navy officers on board of the Varyag missile cruiser of the Pacific Fleet during a military exercise near Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, on Sakhalin Island, Russia, Wednesday, Aug. 12, 2026. (Gavriil Grigorov, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)
Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, and Russian Pacific Fleet Commander-in-Chief Admiral Viktor Liina attends a meeting with navy officers on board of the Varyag missile cruiser of the Pacific Fleet during a military exercise near Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, on Sakhalin Island, Russia, Wednesday, Aug. 12, 2026. (Gavriil Grigorov, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)
In this photo provided by Ukraine's 93rd Kholodnyi Yar Separate Mechanized Brigade press service and taken Monday, Aug. 10, 2026, Ukrainian soldiers walk along the street in the frontline town of Druzhkivka, Donetsk region, Ukraine. (Iryna Rybakova/Ukraine's 93rd Mechanized Brigade via AP))
