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NEW DELHI
APRIL 11, 2007
Canon India reorganized its sales and marketing structure into four new
divisions as a part of its strategy to double revenues in India over the next
two years.
Canon India sales and marketing division will now see an 18 percent increase
in headcount and taking the sales and marketing strength to 237.
The company has announced four divisions: Business Imaging Solutions - Direct
sales division, Business Imaging Solutions - Channel sales division, Consumer
Systems Products Division and Imaging Communication Products Division. Alok
Bharadwaj, VP, Canon India will head the common sales and marketing group.
"Under the leadership of our new President, Kensaku Konishi, we chalked
out a complete blueprint to double the revenues of Canon India from Rs. 400 cr
in 2006 to Rs. 800 cr by 2008. This re-organization is a critical part of
overall strategy and will help Canon streamline its business operations,'' said
Bharadwaj.
"As we aim at capturing a larger market share in the year of our 10th
Anniversary in India, we believe this will be a big step in this
direction," added Bharadwaj.
The Business Imaging Solutions - Direct sales division will be headed by K
Bhaskar, director, BIS-Direct sales. The division has set a target of building
283 key major accounts and achieve 300% growth in color high-end machines.
Som Gangopadhyay, Director, BIS- Channel sales will head the Business Imaging
Solutions - Channel sales division. The division has a target of staying as
number one in digital copier category and increase the focus on the government
and e-governance sector.
VP Sajeevan and Praveen Sahni will head the Consumer System Products and
Imaging Communication Products division respectively.
Canon plans to open company-owned showrooms in Delhi and in Mumbai while
Bangalore and Kolkata would have Level IV Master Service Centers. Page(s) 1
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