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http://www.marketwatch.com/story/fedex-office-canon-usa-and-hp-collaborate-to-redefine-retail-printing-2010-04-13?reflink=MW_news_stmp
FEDEX’s NEW ALLIANCE WITH CANON U.S.A
& HP
FedEx
Office, Canon U.S.A. and HP Collaborate to Redefine Retail Printing,New
relationship will transform the world’s largest retail printing network
DALLAS, Apr 2010 — FedEx Office, an operating company of
FedEx Corp. has formed an alliance with Canon U.S.A., Inc., a subsidiary
of Canon Inc.to create an unmatched network of printing and imaging
capabilities, giving customers access to leading-edge technologies and a
state-of-the-art machine fleet. These new solutions enable FedEx Office
to offer individuals and business customers a better, faster, more
flexible and environmentally smarter way of creating, customizing,
printing and distributing their materials–transforming the retail
printing experience.Beginning next month, FedEx Office (formerly
FedEx Kinko’s) will utilize Canon and HP as sole-source providers in
their respective printing categories, and will deploy more than 12,000
new Canon and HP printing devices across more than 1,800 locations in
the U.S. and Canada. The majority of the next-generation document
imaging equipment will be installed over the next 12 months, laying the
foundation for a range of new products and services that will help
harness the explosion of printable content now accessible to consumers.“Customers’
expectations of printing have changed dramatically, and we are
transforming our business to stay ahead of those trends and improve on
our leadership position,” said Brian Philips, President and CEO of FedEx
Office. “In Canon and HP, we are choosing two companies that understand
our business and whose incomparable reputations, brands and histories
of innovation align with our vision to bring customer ideas to life
through the world’s best print-on-demand network.”“Canon U.S.A.,
is pleased to join in this alliance with FedEx Office and HP to bring
our advanced document imaging solutions to retail print consumers and
redefine how people access, share and manage information — digitally
and on paper,” said Joe Adachi, President and Chief Executive Officer,
Canon U.S.A. “This relationship builds upon the mutual technical
understanding that continues to develop among our companies. Together we
can provide an extraordinary customer experience to millions of FedEx
Office customers.”“The HP and Canon alliance is delivering the
most robust offering of products and solutions to FedEx Office, allowing
the company to transform their stores into more expansive publishing
centers and making it easier for customers to print what they want, when
they want and how they want,” said Lynn Pendergrass, Senior Vice
President, Imaging and Printing Group — Americas, HP. “FedEx Office’s
selection of HP and Canon clearly recognizes that our joint offering
delivers superior reliability, performance and quality for FedEx Office
employees and customers.”
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