Canon India has catapulted to the No. 1 position registering the World‚s highest growth in scanners for the parent company, Canon Inc. Canon India accomplished worldwide highest growth in its scanner business in India in 2007 as compared to 2006. Impressed by this stupendous achievement, Canon Inc. has awarded Canon India the World Highest Growth in Scanners award. The award was handed over by Mr. Tomio Komine from Canon Inc. who is in charge of Scanner Management at Canon Inc. since 1997.
Speaking on the occasion, Mr. Tomio Komine said, „On behalf of Mr. Shimuzu- Global Head of Scanner business, Canon Inc. Tokyo, I am pleased to present the award to Canon India for achieving the World‚s Highest growth in scanners.‰ The award was received by Mr. Kensaku Konishi, President & CEO, Canon India, Mr. Alok Bharadwaj, Senior Vice-President, Canon India and Mr. V P Sajeevan, Assistant Director, Consumer Systems Products, Canon India. Worldwide Canon leads the scanner market with 37% market share. In 2007, the Asian region registered an overall growth of 20% in the scanner business over 2006 with Canon India largely contributing to this growth by registering a 84% jump in business over 2006.
In India, scanning as a trend is growing and becoming popular not only in the SOHO and SMB market segments but also in the home segment due to transformation in technology and work culture. The growth in scanner segment is primarily from All-in-Ones (where scanning is a feature) and from film scanners. Overall, the segment has evolved from 300 dpi and is moving towards 1200 dpi. Most Canon scanners today provide USB 2.0 interface and some of them have USB 2.0 high speed. They are fast becoming a more consumer-friendly product with easy-to-use features within affordable price-points ranging from Rs. 3,000 to Rs 16,000. For Canon, flatbed scanners continue to dominate the market due to their versatility.
