Canon India

TECHNOLOGY

Canon India Announces Ambitious 2013

Roadmap for its

Office Imaging Solutions Division

Mumbai 17 April 2013 – Canon India Pvt Ltd, India’s No. 1 Complete Digital Imaging Company, outlined today its roadmap for their Office Imaging Solution Division (OIS) for 2013. Canon’s OIS division focuses on offering unparalleled document management solutions to the large enterprise, SME and government sectors. The division witnessed a year-on-year growth of 22% in 2012. Canon’s managed document services (MDS) represent approximately 25% of the OIS division’s business returns. Managed print services’ contracts are expected to represent 40% of revenues by end of 2014, illustrating this critical business need.

As part of its strategy, Canon’s OIS division aims to increaseits market share to almost 29% in 2013 from 25%. The division will focus more on the SME, Pharmaceutical, BFSI, Automobile, Logistics sectorsas they are poised to increasingly embrace MDS to help their growing business. Canon’s OIS division will identify these organizations’ document management needs and provide customized,holistic solutions to optimize efficiency and cost-reduction.The OIS division offers its customers state-of-the-art green technology complying with the latest international environmental guidelines to help organizations comply with green best practices.

Speaking at the announcement of the OIS roadmap,Mr. K. Bhaskhar, Senior DirectorOffice Imaging Solutions Division, Canon said “With organizationsacross all sectorsenhancing their focus on total cost of ownership (TCO)reduction and greener practices, they are increasingly aware of the need for optimizing their printing infrastructure. Canon sees this as a substantial business opportunity and wants to help these organizations through its world-class technology, guaranteeingcost-efficiency and security to its customers. Canon MDS is currently managing end-to-end printing infrastructure of 75 large customers in India”.

He further added, “For 2013, Canon’s OIS division is planning to further extend its reach to Tier II and Tier III market.”

Further elaborating on Canon’s growth ambitions in 2013, Mr Bhaskar Joshi, Senior Marketing Manager, Office Imaging Solution, Canon India,stated “Companies today areincreasinglyaware that buying a Multi-Function Printer is a cost and investment and they look for high ROI.With MDS they can transition from a CAPEX to an OPEX approach, which is currently a key concern amongst CIOs and CFOs across all sectors. MDS directly reduces their costs and increases their productivity, as they canlease MFPs from Canon and streamline their printing infrastructure. We offer 360-degree technological solutions to our customers to enable them to solely concentrate on their core business leaving their printing worries to Canon”. 

Moreover, he said, “With the support of our channel partners and our  exceptional 24x7 after-sales service call-logging process, we ensure that customer queries are met at the earliest. “

Responding to document production being one of today’s organizations’ biggest expenditures with a cost of 15-20% of their revenue, Canon’s managed document services outsources documents and associated processes resulting in savings of up to 30%.  Canon recently won BLI’s first ‘Line of the Year’ award for energy efficiency with its A3 range of MFPs.

About Canon Inc.

Canon Inc. (NYSE: CAJ), headquartered in Tokyo, Japan, is a leader in the fields of professional and consumer imaging equipment and information systems. Canon’s extensive range of products includes copying machines, inkjet and laser printers, cameras, video equipment, medical equipment and semiconductor-manufacturing equipment. Originally established in 1937 as Precision Optical Industry, Co., Ltd., a camera manufacturer, Canon has successfully diversified and globalized to become a worldwide industry leader in professional and consumer imaging systems and solutions. With over 200,000 employees worldwide, Canon has manufacturing and marketing subsidiaries in Japan, the Americas, Europe, Asia and Oceania; and a global R&D network with companies based in the United States, Europe, Asia and Australia. Canon’s consolidated net sales for fiscal 2011 (ended December 31, 2011) totalled $45.6 billion (at an exchange rate of 78=US$1). Visit the Canon Inc. website at:

www.canon.com

Canon in India

Canon India achieved a growth of Rs. 1850 crore in 2012 which is 21% growth over last year. Canon focuses on multiple market segments of consumer, SME, B2B, Government & Commercial. Canon’s product portfolio extends over a vast variety such as copier MFDs, fax-machines, printers, scanners, All-in-ones, digital cameras, DSLR, Cinematic imaging products,  camcorders, cable ID printers and card printers.

Canon India Pvt. Ltd. is a 100% subsidiary of Canon Singapore Pvt. Ltd., a world leader in imaging technologies. Set up in 1997, Canon India markets over 140 comprehensive range of sophisticated contemporary digital imaging. The company today has offices in 10 cities, warehouses in 13 cities across India and employs over 1100 people. Canon has approximately 400 primary channel partners, 14 National Retail Chain partners, and over 6000 secondary retail points. Canon has over 100 own retail stores called the Canon Image Square across 48 cities in the country.  Canon’s service reach extends to over 2800 towns with over 200 service engineers, 7 Canon owned service centers and 37 Canon Care Centers.