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With Moderate Success In India Epson Ropes in new President
Epson has appointed Toshiyuki Kasai to the newly created position of President at Epson India. Toshiyuki will be based out of Epson India’s Bangalore headquarters. Toshiyuki is an Industrial Engineer from Waseda University and brings with him extensive experience spanning 30 years spent in various capacities within the Seiko Epson group.
Epson India has been growing rapidly for the last few years and expects to close this year with a turnover of approx Rs. 590 crores. As per latest IDC data for the Inkjet Printer market (Q4 2011), Epson now commands a Value market share of 36.6%, placing it very close to the market leader. In Dot Matrix printers Epson has a commanding 54% market share and in Point of Sale printers 52% market share. In projectors Epson is in a close fought battle for the top position.
With India being a priority market, Epson India will no longer be reporting to the regional hub at Epson Singapore but will now be reporting directly to Seiko Epson Japan. This along with Toshiyuki’s appointment is indicative of the increased expectation from Epson India in the years to come.
Toshiyuki has a vast body of experience and has worked in various functions including production control, purchase, information systems, corporate planning, business planning, profit management and various project activities. This is Toshiyuki’s third posting out of Japan. He has spent 7 years at Epson Portland (USA) in the late 80’s/early 90’s and subsequently was the Senior Vice President of Business Infrastructure at Epson Europe from 2004 to 2007. Prior to joining Epson India, Toshiyuki was the Head of Business Management for the Imaging & Information Division at Seiko Epson Japan.
“I am honoured to be given the responsibility of taking the Epson brand further in this exciting market. We have a strong team, some amazing products and an extremely robust channel in place at Epson India. I am excited and looking forward to providing the vision and direction to ensure further robust growth for Epson India while ensuring fair returns to all its stakeholders” said Toshiyuki Kasai.
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Fuji Xerox to debut high-end color printer in Vietnam
The Japanese printer manufacturer Fuji Xerox will launch its publishing systems Color 1000/800 Presses in Vietnam within Q1/2012, according to its Vietnamese arm.“Color 1000 Press/Color 800 Press commercial printers are the first high-end ones to employ the Emulsion Aggregation-Eco Toner, or EA-Eco Toner, renowned for its advanced image quality.”
“Additionally, the newly developed Clear Toner, an option of the Color 1000 Press, adds specialty to application design such as glossy finish and watermark printing,” said Sue Threlfo, market manager of Fuji Xerox Asia-Pacific.
“Furthermore, together with a newly developed belt roll fuser, which is capable of maintaining stable fusing temperature even during high-speed printing, the range of printable colors has been expanded, adding extra expressiveness to printouts.”
The new systems have employed newly developed full-color tandem engine and large diameter seamless intermediate transfer belt to achieve high-speed full-color output of 100 pages per minute (Color 1000 Press) or 80 pages per minute (Color 800 Press) at paper of all weights ranging from 55 to 350 grams per square meter.
“They improve overall productivity without changing print speed by the weight of paper. With a broader range of paper handling, Color 1000 Press/Color 800 Press can handle applications that conventional digital printing could not deliver.”
“It has been 14 months since the new system hit the global market, and we think it is the right time to bring them to Vietnam,” she said.
“The new systems, worth some $320,000 with discount programs applied for special customers, provide advanced image quality and productivity, as well as stability and reliability,” said Yoshio Hanada, general director of Fuji Xerox Vietnam Co.
“By leveraging digital printing, it is possible to deliver added value to applications used in a variety of communications aiming at strengthening relationship – corporate marketing andIR activities targeting stakeholders, and municipalities’ communication with local residents,” he said.
“Variable printing can customize and increase added value of sales promotion tools as well as publications, including catalogs, direct promotional mails, flyers, labels, packages, and photo books.”
“Fuji Xerox Vietnam, established in May 2010, will continue to reinforce its product lineup as the pioneer of production printing to contribute to customers’ business expansion.”
The establishment of Fuji Xerox Vietnam Co Ltd not only reinforces the activities of the dealers, but also enables direct sales and maintenance services operations in Vietnam.
Regarding Fuji Xerox market share in Vietnam, Yoshio said he did not have the most updated data, but added that the company stood in the 3rd place worldwide.
“Vietnam’s digital printing market is so small, much smaller than a private-owned printing house in Guangdong, China with 30 such modern digital printing machines,” said Nguyen Van Dong, chairman of Vietnam Printing Association.
“Our digital printing industry is 3-4 years lagging behind that in regional countries.”
“Traditional printing solutions, like offset printing, have its own downsides, which digital printing solutions can be use as a supplement for offset printing business.”
“Like the printing of tickets for the Backstreet Boys show in Vietnam last year, while offset printers could not customize the seat number for thousands of different tickets at a time, digital printers can,” Yoshio Hanada said.
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