BWI: CORRECTING and REPLACING: Canon India Expands and Moves to New Corporate Office in Gurgaon

Press release from Business Wire India
Source: Canon
Wednesday, December 21, 2011 01:10 PM IST (07:40 AM GMT)
Editors: General: Consumer interest; Business: Business services, Information technology, Media & entertainment, Publishing & printing; Technology
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CORRECTING and REPLACING: Canon India Expands and Moves to New Corporate Office in Gurgaon
Move to new corporate headquarters marks the successful completion of yet another milestone on a multi-year journey of growth, expansion, collaboration and commitment to the India market

Gurgaon, Haryana, India, Wednesday, December 21, 2011 -- (Business Wire India) -- Canon India Pvt. Limited, India's No 1. Complete Digital Imaging Company has moved into a new corporate headquarters. The new office premise was inaugurated by Mr. Kensaku Konishi, President & CEO, Canon India. The premise is a 100,000 square feet office housed in Cyber Terraces in Gurgaon. The office is designed around the core principles of Kyosei, which symbolizes 'all people, regardless of race, religion or culture, harmoniously living and working together into the future'. Canon's new headquarters is a model workplace for employee collaboration, environmental sustainability and a growing, dynamic company in the 21st century.

Canon's new corporate office has capacity to accommodate workforce of over 811 people in its new elegantly done office. The company's software division, earlier located in Noida has also shifted to this new location now, amalgamating its workforce further. The merger between various work divisions is done with a view to enhance the working experience for all employees and to pave way to form greater synergies between a newly integrated team.

The new headquarters seats around 400 employees. Some of the highlights of this office include a magnificent reception with almost 100% additional seating capacity. The office offers breakout zones for employee rejuvenation. The office has 46 meeting rooms with some difference and interesting names like Magic, Harmony, Inspiration, Synergy etc. The cutting-edge spaces include no hard-walled offices and employees are sharing open collaboration areas. The premises also feature a boardroom with a capacity to seat 36 people together, with an in-built audio system and training rooms 24 seats and 18 seats convertible to 42 seats. The office also features a cafeteria with a seating capacity of 165 people.

Speaking about the office, Dr. Alok Bharadwaj, Senior Vice President, Canon India said, "The new office of Canon is a symbol of our continued growth and expansion. We are celebrating our 15th year Birthday in India in 2012. Our new headquarters is a perfect symbol of Canon, a global market-leader that all of our employees have collectively envisioned. Leveraging the latest advancements in employee collaboration and design, this new building reinforces many of the core values of our company -- innovation, collaboration, integration of workforces and working for the common good. Our new office will certainly supplement our goal of becoming a $ 1 billion company by 2015 and this office will witness that milestone for sure."

As part of Canon's corporate commitment to minimize its impact on the environment, the new workspace is designed keeping in mind the latest green technology with extra focus on maximum use of natural light. The new corporate office of 100,000 sq. ft. seats 400 staff and yet spaces to house many more. Canon started operations in India with a 2500 sq. ft. workspace moving on to 10,000 sq. ft., 25,000 sq. ft. and eventually now four times bigger space of 100,000 sq. ft.

The new office also boasts of environment friendly features, such as energy efficiency with suspended lighting with T5 electronic ballasts, motion sensor controlled lighting and air conditioner control in meeting rooms; infrared sensor in washroom taps for water saving, CRI green label certified carpets, to ensure low VOC emission.

About Canon Inc.

Canon Inc. is a global leader with total revenue of about US$ 37 billion in 2010, in photographic and digital imaging solutions. Its global network now includes 240 companies, employing approximately 170,000 people. Five Technology 'imaging' engines of Optical, Electro photography, Bubble Jet, Semiconductor and Display drive Canon's cutting-edge technology products. Canon is the world leader in office automation and digital imaging technologies. The company is dedicated to the advancement in technology and innovation and commits 10% of its total revenue each year to R&D. Canon is ranked 33rd on the Best Global Brands for the second consecutive year in Business Week's 100 Best Global Brands and amongst top 200 on the Fortune Global 500 in year 2009. Canon has consistently remained as one of the top 3 global companies to have earned the most number of patents over the last decade. Guided by its kyosei philosophy, which focuses on "living and working together for the common good", Canon delivers high performance and user-friendly products and solutions to improve efficiency both in the office and home environment. More information is available on the www.canon.co.in website.

Canon in India

Canon India experienced 50% growth and has achieved revenue of Rs. 1,260 Crores during calendar year 2010. Revenues in 2009 were Rs. 840 Crores, a 26% growth over 2008. Canon focuses on multiple market segments of consumer, B2B, Government & Commercial. Canon's product portfolio extends over a vast variety of copier MFDs, fax-machines, printers, scanners, All-in-ones, digital cameras, camcorders and multimedia projectors, cable ID printers, semiconductors and card printers.

Canon India Pvt. Ltd. is a 100% subsidiary of Canon Singapore Pte. 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 7 cities, warehouses in 13 cities across India and employs over 930 people. Canon has approximately 380 primary channel partners 13 National Retail Chain partners, and over 4000 secondary retail points. Oce distributors in India will now be a part of Canon partner network. Canon's service reach extends to over 200 towns with over 200 service Engineers, 4 Master service centres and 34 Canon Care Centers. Canon and Océ products are available with complete service support network.

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Mr. Kensaku Konishi, President & CEO, Canon India inaugurating the new Canon office with Dr. Alok Bharadwaj, Senior Vice president Canon India
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