FUJIFILM Business Innovation Hong Kong Launches Next-Generation A3 Color MFPs That Continue to Evolve Through Cloud and AI

The Apeos C7072 Series Supports the Use of Organizational Know-how and Contributes to Reducing Environmental Impact 

HONG KONG, Nov. 12, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- FUJIFILM Business Innovation Hong Kong announces the launch of the Apeos C7072 Series, a new generation of A3 color multifunction printers (MFPs). Through cloud capabilities and AI technologies, the series helps organizations make better use of their know-how while reducing environmental impact through energy savings, resource circulation and more efficient maintenance services.

The Apeos C7072 Series is the first MFP from FUJIFILM Business Innovation to incorporate the company's AI technologies. Using technologies developed under its AI technology brand, REiLI Business, the series captures a wide range of information within organizations, including paper documents, electronic files and faxes, and organizes and structures it in the cloud.  This process transforms accumulated information into assets that can be used by AI applications and other solutions. The series will continue to expand its functions and services through the cloud, delivering new value after installation as it evolves into an information-utilization platform.

In addition, AI-enabled power savings and more efficient maintenance, together with an environmentally conscious design^*1 that incorporates recycled materials, help reduce environmental impact throughout the product lifecycle and across maintenance services.

Organizational Know-how Strengthens Competitiveness in the AI Era

As the use of AI expands, organizations are accumulating information through daily operations, in documents such as contracts, quotations, invoices and purchase orders. This information includes customer interaction records, operational expertise, and decision-making records that can support business growth. We refer to this accumulated information as "organizational know-how."

However, much of this information remains stored in a variety of formats, including paper documents, electronic files or emails, and is not readily available for use in AI applications or business systems. To use AI effectively, organizations need to organize and structure their accumulated information so that it can be applied to both AI and business operations.

FUJIFILM Business Innovation believes that preparing information accumulated within organizations for use by AI and in business operations will become a new role for MFPs in the AI era. The Apeos C7072 Series encourages customers to adopt AI by organizing and structuring dispersed information and transforming it into data that can be more easily used in AI applications and business processes.

A New Generation of MFPs with Solutions That Support the Use of Organizational Know-how

Built-in Cloud Capabilities Enable Organizations to Use Documents Immediately

The Apeos C7072 Series digitizes paper documents and provides an environment in which they can be shared and used across the organization. All models feature a newly developed duplex automatic document feeder and support high-speed scanning of up to 300 pages per minute for two-sided originals^*2, among the highest speeds in the industry^*3. The devices can scan small originals such as business cards and receipts, together with mixed-size originals, helping users digitize a wide variety of paper documents more efficiently. The Apeos Cloud Extension cloud service^*4 enables seamless hybrid work by automatically storing scanned documents and fax data in the cloud, eliminating the need for complex system integration. OCR functions recognize text in documents and can automatically assign file names. The document organization function enables users to start digitizing, sharing and utilizing documents immediately after installation.

Multi-Crop scans multiple receipts or business cards together, then separates and saves them as individual files. Dropout Color digitizes documents while excluding a specified color such as red annotations on drawings. These functions convert paper documents into easier-to-manage electronic data and can streamline everyday tasks such as expense processing and document management.

Structuring Document Information for Use in Business Operations

The optional functions of Apeos Cloud Extension^*5 enable customers to centrally manage digitized documents in the cloud. The Shared Mailbox allows documents to be shared and used across multiple locations and MFPs. Generative AI-powered OCR^*6 extracts line-item information from documents such as invoices and quotations and converts it into structured data that can be used in business operations.

This helps organizations transform paper documents and other unstructured information into structured data that authorized users can search, share, analyze and use in their business processes, rather than simply storing it as an electronic file.

Security Settings That Support Cloud Use

Appropriate security measures are important when organizations use cloud services and AI. The Apeos C7072 Series provides device-level enterprise security functions, including authentication, access control and log management. The new easy security setting feature simplifies the application of recommended settings for each operating environment. Secure Office Mode strengthens security while maintaining functionality, while Protect Mode is designed for environments used by an unspecified number of people, such as public facilities and schools. These modes can reduce the burden of configuring security settings.

These features help organizations apply appropriate device-security settings for each operating environment and support consistent security operations across the organization.

Improved Environmental Performance Through AI and Environmentally Conscious Design

Combining Convenience and Energy Efficiency Through AI and New Technologies

ELFEAT toner, which delivers low-temperature fusing performance, and a fuser designed for low-temperature fusing reduce power consumption during fusing and achieve industry-leading low power consumption^*6. In addition, the industry-first^*7 AI-controlled energy-saving feature analyzes device usage patterns and factors affecting user convenience and automatically optimizes the time before the device enters low-power or sleep mode. This can reduce standby power consumption while maintaining a smooth user experience.

Smart WelcomEyes uses new sensing technology^*8 to activate the control panel automatically when a user approaches. It reduces the activation time from approximately three seconds on the previous Apeos C7071 Series to approximately one second, enabling energy-efficient operation without compromising convenience.

Reducing Environmental Impact Through More Efficient Maintenance Services and Resource Circulation

AI automatically detects abnormal operating sounds and sends diagnostics data to a remote monitoring system. In addition, remote monitoring of status information, such as paper jams and image-quality issues, can help service personnel identify the likely cause of an issue and the required parts before visiting the customer. This contributes to faster maintenance response times, reduced device downtime, and fewer repeat service visits, thereby helping to reduce the environmental impact of maintenance-related travel.

Recycled plastic is used in components such as exterior covers and trays, accounting for 50% of the device's^*9 total plastic content by weight. Recycled steel is also used, with recycled materials accounting for 5% by weight of all steel sheets used in the device^*9. The product also adopts a design that takes reuse and recycling into account, supporting the promotion of resource circulation.

The Apeos C7072 Series Continues to Evolve as a Platform for Leveraging Organizational Know-how

The Apeos C7072 Series expands the role of the MFP into information utilization. It continues to evolve as an information-utilization platform that helps organizations make better use of their organizational know-how.

Going forward, APIs^*10 and MCP^*11 are expected to expand opportunities for integration with AI agents and a variety of SaaS applications. In addition to preparing information accumulated within organizations for use by AI, the company aims to expand integration with external business services. This will support the entire process from information utilization to task execution, enabling more advanced decision-making and the creation of new values.

Other Key Product Features

1. New Control Panel for Improved Visibility and Usability

• An IPS^*12 panel provides accurate color reproduction and a wide viewing angle.
• The new user interface features a white-based light theme and can be switched to the conventional dark theme according to the operating environment or user preference.
• Frequently used settings can be pinned to the home screen, making everyday operations clearer and smoother.

2. Versatile Media Support Expands In-House Production of Promotional Materials

• In addition to printing envelopes^*13 and postcards from the standard tray, the devices support paper weights from 52 to 300 g/m2 and long paper up to 320 x 1,200 mm. Customers can produce a variety of printed materials in-house as needed, including direct-mail postcards, envelopes, point-of-purchase materials and posters.

3. Compact Finisher Supporting Staple-Free Binding

• The new space-saving Finisher A4 can be installed within the main unit. It supports one-position and two-position staple-free binding and can bind up to 10 sheets without metal staples.
• In addition to the two standard output destinations, an optional side tray provides a third destination, allowing copies, print jobs and received faxes to be separated.

4. Supporting a Quieter and Comfortable Office Environment

• Enhanced low-noise design for both the main unit and finisher creates a quieter, more conducive working environment.
• The product meets stringent indoor air quality standards^*14 for chemical emissions released from the device.

Product Lineup and Key Specifications

Model Name	Speed	Features/Configuration
Apeos C3072 (Model-CPS)	Color 30ppm Monochrome 30ppm	Copy, Print, Scan function 1 pass Automatic Duplex Scanning 300ppm 520 sheets x 4-tray + Bypass Tray 100 sheets
Apeos C3572 (Model-CPS)	Color 35ppm Monochrome 35ppm
Apeos C4572 (Model-CPS)	Color 45ppm Monochrome 45ppm	Copy, Print, Scan function 1 pass Automatic Duplex Scanning 300ppm 520 sheets x 2-tray + 840 sheets tray + 1,230 sheets tray + Bypass Tray 100 sheets
Apeos C5572 (Model-CPS)	Color 55ppm Monochrome 55ppm
Apeos C6572 (Model-CPS)	Color 65ppm Monochrome 65ppm	Copy, Print, Scan function 1 pass Automatic Duplex Scanning 300ppm 520 sheets x 2-tray + 840 sheets tray + 1,230 sheets tray + Bypass Tray 100 sheets
Apeos C7072 (Model-CPS)	Color 70ppm Monochrome 70ppm

Model Name

Speed

Features/Configuration

Apeos C3072
(Model-CPS)

Color 30ppm
Monochrome 30ppm

Copy, Print, Scan function
1 pass Automatic Duplex Scanning 300ppm
520 sheets x 4-tray + Bypass Tray 100 sheets

Apeos C3572
(Model-CPS)

Color 35ppm
Monochrome 35ppm

Apeos C4572
(Model-CPS)

Color 45ppm
Monochrome 45ppm

Copy, Print, Scan function
1 pass Automatic Duplex Scanning 300ppm
520 sheets x 2-tray + 840 sheets tray + 1,230 sheets tray
+ Bypass Tray 100 sheets

Apeos C5572
(Model-CPS)

Color 55ppm
Monochrome 55ppm

Apeos C6572
(Model-CPS)

Color 65ppm
Monochrome 65ppm

Copy, Print, Scan function
1 pass Automatic Duplex Scanning 300ppm
520 sheets x 2-tray + 840 sheets tray + 1,230 sheets tray +
Bypass Tray 100 sheets

Apeos C7072
(Model-CPS)

Color 70ppm
Monochrome 70ppm

About REiLI Business, FUJIFILM Business Innovation's AI Technology Brand

REiLI Business represents FUJIFILM Business Innovation's approach to accelerating value creation and innovation through AI-enabled products and solutions.

It brings together AI capabilities with the knowledge, expertise and know-how accumulated within organizations to help customers address real-world business challenges, enhance the way they work and create new value.

Built on the Fujifilm Group's long-standing core technologies, including image processing and natural language processing, it offers a suite of AI agents that structure and leverage information, knowledge, and know-how within organizations. These AI agents support business growth, improve the efficiency of commercial printing workflows, and drive innovation in image and texture expression.

REiLI Business aims to create a society where organizations of all sizes and across industries can use AI to create value in ways that reflect their unique strengths and business needs.

About REiLI Business >

 

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* The services and product names mentioned in this press release are registered trademarks or trademarks of FUJIFILM Corporation and FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.

 

*1 FUJIFILM Business Innovation's product-development framework, under which environmental quality targets for energy conservation, resource conservation and resource circulation are set and evaluated from the design stage, taking the entire product lifecycle into account.

*2 When scanning both sides in a single pass, using a standard A4 landscape original at 200/300/400 dpi and saving to a mailbox.

*3 Based on FUJIFILM Business Innovation internal research of A3 color MFPs

*4 Apeos Cloud Extension requires registration.

*5 A separate agreement is required.

*6 Based on FUJIFILM Business Innovation internal research, using the measurement method specified by the International ENERGY STAR Program.

*7 Based on FUJIFILM Business Innovation internal research.

*8 Compared with the Apeos C7071 Series.

*9 With four-tray configuration. Design values by weight.

*10 API stands for Application Programming Interface, an interface based on a set of rules for calling programs from outside a web system and enabling integration with other services.

*11 MCP stands for Model Context Protocol, a common protocol for connecting AI with external tools and databases.

*12 In-Plane Switching

*13 When using the envelope attachment.

*14 Certified under UL GREENGUARD Gold, an internationally recognized third-party certification program for chemical emissions operated by UL Solutions. (Link: World's First Multifunction Printer to Receive "UL GREENGUARD Gold Certification" | FUJIFILM Business Innovation)

^*1 FUJIFILM Business Innovation's product-development framework, under which environmental quality targets for energy conservation, resource conservation and resource circulation are set and evaluated from the design stage, taking the entire product lifecycle into account.

^*2 When scanning both sides in a single pass, using a standard A4 landscape original at 200/300/400 dpi and saving to a mailbox.

^*3 Based on FUJIFILM Business Innovation internal research of A3 color MFPs

^*4 Apeos Cloud Extension requires registration.

^*5 A separate agreement is required.

^*6 Based on FUJIFILM Business Innovation internal research, using the measurement method specified by the International ENERGY STAR Program.

^*7 Based on FUJIFILM Business Innovation internal research.

^*8 Compared with the Apeos C7071 Series.

^*9 With four-tray configuration. Design values by weight.

^*10 API stands for Application Programming Interface, an interface based on a set of rules for calling programs from outside a web system and enabling integration with other services.

^*11 MCP stands for Model Context Protocol, a common protocol for connecting AI with external tools and databases.

^*12 In-Plane Switching

^*13 When using the envelope attachment.

*14 Certified under UL GREENGUARD Gold, an internationally recognized third-party certification program for chemical emissions operated by UL Solutions. (Link: World's First Multifunction Printer to Receive "UL GREENGUARD Gold Certification" | FUJIFILM Business Innovation)

 

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FUJIFILM Business Innovation Hong Kong Launches Next-Generation A3 Color MFPs That Continue to Evolve Through Cloud and AI

FUJIFILM Business Innovation Hong Kong Launches Next-Generation A3 Color MFPs That Continue to Evolve Through Cloud and AI

FUJIFILM Business Innovation Hong Kong Launches Next-Generation A3 Color MFPs That Continue to Evolve Through Cloud and AI

HONG KONG, Nov. 12, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- "AI delivers breadth and efficiency; humans provide depth and decision-making." On November 2, at the Hong Kong FinTech Week 2026 × StartmeupHK panel, Jieyong Lyu, Founding Partner and Chief Executive Officer of Alpha2Fund, described how the firm puts human-machine collaboration to work in quantitative research.

Founded in 2015, Alpha2Fund focuses on quantitative investment strategies and manages approximately RMB 60 billion in assets. It has offices in Beijing, Shanghai and Hong Kong, and in 2025 obtained Type 4 (advising on securities) and Type 9 (asset management) regulated activity licences from the Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) of Hong Kong.

Lyu's central view is that large language models (LLMs) have sharply improved the efficiency of quantitative research without changing how alpha is generated. The more widely available the tools become, the more crowded similar strategies become. What is genuinely scarce is the distinctive capabilities honed through accumulated data, live-trading validation and risk-management discipline.

This Wave of AI Is Different

Lyu divides the development of AI into several phases. The earliest stage was that of rule-based expert systems, epitomized by Deep Blue's 1997 victory over world chess champion Garry Kasparov. Around 2016–2017, AlphaGo set off another wave of enthusiasm, and quantitative investment became one of the fields where AI was put to work. With ChatGPT's launch in late 2022 and the LLM wave of 2023, "AI" in the narrow sense now mostly means LLMs.

"AI is nothing new to quantitative investing; we have been using machine learning for years," Lyu said. "But this wave really is different."

What makes it different? In his view, LLMs have for the first time made technical capabilities available on demand. Whether a piece of research could move forward used to depend heavily on how many engineers and how much computing power a team had. Compute requirements have not changed, but the skill requirements for engineers have shifted. The focus of competition among institutions has shifted from "whether we can build it" to "what we build, and how we judge it."

Democratized Tools Do Not Mean Democratized Alpha

For Lyu, the democratization enabled by LLMs takes two forms.

First, the democratization of tools. Running an experiment used to be hard, especially a coding-heavy one: setting up the environment and writing code both required substantial expertise. With AI coding tools, the barriers to writing code and processing data have fallen sharply.

Second, the democratization of knowledge. No professor or scientist can match an LLM, whose stock of knowledge is a superset of any individual's. Even someone in a remote mountain village, as long as they can connect to AI, can access the world's most advanced knowledge.

In quantitative investing, however, that democratization does not hold.

"Quantitative investing is a deeply research-driven pursuit, much like scientific exploration in universities and research institutes," Lyu said. "AI has brought enormous change, but much of what is essential, above all the insight and understanding that only humans have, cannot be replaced by machines."

He summed up Alpha2Fund's approach in one phrase: human-machine collaboration, each offsetting the other's weaknesses.

In practice, Alpha2Fund uses AI to widen research coverage and iterate faster. The critical decisions, whether a signal is effective and whether it should enter the portfolio, remain in human hands. AI does not make risk-management decisions, and agents do not execute trades on their own.

Lyu argues that however advanced the tools become, the only way to earn excess returns is to build something others have not built; if a firm only builds what others have already built, profits are usually hard to come by. If AI makes every institution smarter, alpha does become scarcer and strategies do become more crowded, but the crowding is concentrated in similar strategies. Genuinely differentiated capability, by contrast, becomes harder to replicate.

2010–2026: A Market-Tested Path for Quantitative Investing in mainland China

Looking back at how quantitative investing developed in mainland China, Lyu traces the starting point to April 2010, when CSI 300 index futures were listed. The arrival of derivatives and hedging tools led the industry to call that year "Year One" of quantitative investing.

Before that, investment in mainland China was dominated by discretionary strategies. With few investment tools to draw on, portfolios largely rose and fell with the market. Quantitative investing brought the first real change: it made tracking a broad-based index while seeking excess returns a repeatable process, and with hedging added on top, it became possible to earn returns less correlated with market moves.

Over sixteen years, a nascent strategy has grown into a large-scale industry. Lyu attributes that growth to four conditions:

First, a clear direction. Quantitative investing was a model imported from overseas, and it was also a model mainland investors genuinely needed. It gave them more choices: those seeking excess returns had a way to track an index; those seeking lower volatility had a hedged approach with lower correlation to the market. A model brought back from mature overseas markets happened to match long-unmet demand in mainland China. The direction was right from the start.

Second, a solid engineering foundation. Quantitative investing places heavy demands on engineering: data, backtesting and trading systems each rest on engineering capability. Mainland China's education system has produced a large supply of STEM talent, and years of growth in the internet industry have developed a pool of experienced engineers. Moving into quantitative finance, they could apply their engineering experience almost seamlessly, and the industry's foundations grew steadily stronger.

Third, a virtuous cycle between the market and talent. When investors earn positive returns, the wealth effect draws talent. More and more top professionals who built their careers at leading global institutions have chosen to return to mainland China, bringing back methods, engineering expertise and perspectives, and the industry's intellectual base has deepened. As industry standards rise, investors get better service. Once this loop starts turning, the industry's growth reinforces itself.

Fourth, accommodating yet prudent regulation. Compared with mature overseas markets, quantitative investing is still new in mainland China, and regulators have developed a clear understanding of it and monitored it closely: they have gradually adapted the rules to the industry's development while leaving room for innovation. An emerging industry that develops within clear rules can achieve more sustained and stable growth.

Looking ahead, the industry still faces multiple uncertainties. "Views on mainland China's economic environment differ, but I personally remain very optimistic," Lyu said. "In a relatively favorable environment, this positive cycle can continue."

Hong Kong: A Launchpad for Global Expansion

On Hong Kong's role, Lyu was direct: with its strong links to mainland China, Hong Kong is a gateway for mainland quantitative firms expanding internationally. In his view, Hong Kong's value comes down to three things:

First, capital channels. Hong Kong has a mature and open environment for cross-border capital flows, providing access to institutional capital from Europe, the US and elsewhere. It is the first stop for entering international markets.

Second, talent. Hong Kong has a clear edge in its concentration of financial and international talent. In international competition, talent comes first, and Hong Kong offers substantial opportunities for collaboration on that front.

Third, policy and compliance. Alpha2Fund obtained its SFC Type 4 (advising on securities) and Type 9 (asset management) licences in 2025, the basis for conducting asset management business in Hong Kong. A clear compliance framework and legal system are essential to a firm's long-term global expansion.

"We hope to use Hong Kong as our international platform for long-term growth," Lyu said. Drawing on Hong Kong's cross-border capital access, talent pool and compliance regime, Alpha2Fund will turn the quantitative research capability it has built up in mainland China over the years into a lasting competitive advantage, through differentiated positioning and adaptation to local markets. Rooted in Hong Kong, the firm will compete in the global asset management market.

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Alpha2Fund's Jieyong Lyu: AI Democratizes Tools, Yet the Source of Alpha Remains Unchanged