BWI: Canon Successfully Executes 7th Season of ‘Wings of Glory’

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Source: Canon
Monday, May 18, 2009 03:51 PM IST (10:21 AM GMT)
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Canon Successfully Executes 7th Season of 'Wings of Glory'
A Unique Channel Engagement Program to Reward the Top Performers Through a Four Day Offsite at Hong Kong and Macau

New Delhi, Delhi, India, Monday, May 18, 2009 -- (Business Wire India) -- Canon India Pvt. Limited, India's No 1. Complete Digital Imaging Company successfully executed the 7th annual 'Wings of Glory' program for the year 2008 to reward its top-performing channel partners. Under this channel partner engagement program, partners were taken for a four day tour to Hong Kong and Macau along with a trip to Disney Land as a reward for their performance in the past financial year. 'Wings of Glory' was rewarded to acknowledge those partners who did more than Rs 1 crore business with Canon in the previous year and grew by over 30%.

Under this motivational program Canon rewarded its top 61 partners across its Channels from all product divisions. The goal of this unique programme is to build deep involvement , high motivation and bonding of Canon & its partners with a special relationship of collaborating in a unique "out of office" environment to help do "business with pleasure". This year Canon invited spouses to join to make "thanksgiving" to the family in contributing for high growth in 2008.Canon India's President & CEO, Senior Vice President, all Directors and National Sales Head across all the businesses aompanied the winners.

Commenting on the purpose behind organizing this event, Mr. Alok Bharadwaj, Senior Vice President-Canon India said, "As the name suggests Wings of Glory is to glorify the top performing partners with Canon and engage with them to motivate them to outperform themselves. It is one of Canon's Annual Property that focuses on the growth and business benefits of their esteemed partners. The performance for the last financial year is acknowledged through this platform. This initiative has been running for the past 7 years. The concept has been well accepted by the partners and the experience is being rated as the best in the industry." During the Awards night , the spouses were invited to receive the special plaque. We feel that instead of us , the spouse of the partners will be pushing them and encourage them to achieve the next year target. " , he further added.

Canon's 'Wings of Glory' is one of the most aspired channel relationship management programs in the industry. It has motivated partners to continuously better their performance and raise the bar for a better quality performance. The thrilling rewards also strengthens Canon's bond with them and helps recognize their efforts.

The three divisional heads namely , Mr. V P Sajeevan of Consumer System Products, Mr. Shunichi Senda of Image Communication Products and Mr. Rajeev Tewari of Business Imaging Solutions had individual sessions with respective channel partners during one of the days.

Canon in India

Canon's product portfolio extends over a vast variety of photocopiers, multi-functional peripherals, fax-machines, inkjet and laser printers, scanners, All-in-ones, digital cameras, camcorders , dye sub photo printers and multi media projectors, cable ID printers, semi conductors 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 11 cities across India and employs over 700 people. Canon has over 300 primary channel partners 14 National Retail Chain partners, over 3000 secondary retail points including 270 National Retail Chain store partners & 33 Canon Care Centers. The sales staff saw a 30% % increase over 2008. Canon products are available in over 300 towns in India. Overall Canon's presence is expected to increase to 4000 outlets by December 2009.

Canon India closed 2008 with revenues of Rs. 665 crores, which marked 31% growth over 2007. Overall, Canon expects to touch revenue of 840 crores in 2009. Canon India has a Software Development Centre located in Noida as well as a design center at Bangalore. Canon India received the CII-EXIM Business Excellence Award for Strong commitment to excel.

About Canon Inc

Canon Inc. is a global leader with total revenue of about US$ 45 billion in 2008, in photographic and digital imaging solutions. Its global network now includes 239 companies, employing some more than 131,352 people. Five Technology 'imaging' engines of Optical, Electrophotography, 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 36th on the Best Global Brands for the second consecutive year in Business Week's 100 Best Global Brands 2008 and 189th on the Fortune Global 500 in year 2008. 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 www.canon.co.in.


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