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Integrated Sheet/Web Post-Processing

Systems that perform operations like cutting, folding, binding, or applying liquids to sheets or webs, often integrated within larger production lines such as printing or image forming apparatuses.

6,167 US filings from 726 companies since 2023 · 2023: 1,581 · 2024: 1,968 · 2025: 1,814 · 2026 YTD: 804

Material Handling (Sheets, Webs)

Top companies

Ranked by filings in this theme since 2023. 2026 is partial.

#	Company	Since 2023	2023	2024	2025	2026 YTD	YoY
1	CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA	1,565	390	461	477	237	+3.5%
2	KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.	490	85	134	183	88	+36.6%
3	Ricoh Company, Ltd.	380	96	109	130	45	+19.3%
4	BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA	309	103	104	84	18	-19.2%
5	FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.	285	77	93	72	43	-22.6%
6	Seiko Epson Corporation	266	84	83	67	32	-19.3%
7	TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHA	239	81	93	48	17	-48.4%
8	Konica Minolta, Inc.	128	26	37	46	19	+24.3%
9	HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P.	83	37	27	13	6	-51.9%
10	KOENIG & BAUER AG	76	25	28	18	5	-35.7%
11	BOBST MEX SA	65	17	23	14	11	-39.1%
12	SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA	64	14	18	15	17	-16.7%
13	Canon Finetech Nisca Inc.	51	14	13	20	4	+53.8%
14	GLORY LTD.	30	9	11	7	3	-36.4%
15	Canon Production Printing Holding B.V.	25	7	7	8	3	+14.3%
16	SEMES CO., LTD.	24	5	7	9	3	+28.6%
17	The Procter & Gamble Company	24	11	7	3	3	-57.1%
18	ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC.	23	6	7	7	3	0.0%
19	Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG	22	4	3	12	3	+300.0%
20	Cricut, Inc.	19	4	6	6	3	0.0%
21	MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES MACHINERY SYSTEMS, LTD.	19	4	8	6	1	-25.0%
22	PFU LIMITED	19	2	7	6	4	-14.3%
23	Xerox Corporation	19	7	7	5	·	-28.6%
24	FUJITSU FRONTECH LIMITED	18	4	6	5	3	-16.7%
25	BOBST BIELEFELD GMBH	17	8	7	1	1	-85.7%