| "Through this new alliance with HP, we look forward to | | | | customer demand increasing in respect of ease of |
| bringing the advantages of Canon's high-versatility, | | | | use and quality. Whilst the environmental impacts from |
| high-performance multifunction products to an | | | | a photocopier are constantly being reviewed, with the |
| expanded user base," said Masaki Nakaoka, managing | | | | recent introduction of bio-plastics and constant efforts |
| director and chief executive of office imaging products | | | | to improve toners. Plus the economical impacts of a |
| at Canon. "We expect this will maximise benefits for | | | | world-wide recession certainly don't help when trying |
| both companies' customers while also paving the way | | | | to sell latest innovation technology like a copier. |
| to increased growth for both Canon and HP." | | | | Canon's new partnership portfolio and the use of its |
| Canon and HP will also benefit from access to each | | | | own innovative technologies make the future look very |
| other's management and third-party development | | | | exciting indeed. Canon recently released the latest in a |
| software, including Canon imageWARE Enterprise | | | | series of photocopiers designed for the office, the |
| Management Console and Canon MEAP as well as | | | | Canon imageRUNNER advance. This new range |
| HP Web Jetadmin and the HP Open Extensibility | | | | provides the slickest results yet from an office copier. |
| Platform. | | | | With an organic design and use of new materials |
| The almost certain takeover of OCE by Canon, worth | | | | these new copiers are state of the art document |
| a staggering 730 ($1.09 Billion US) Million Euros, will | | | | centres, capable of scanning, faxing, printing copying |
| increase Canon's market share by including OCE's | | | | and connecting with many other systems. |
| expertise in wide format. As a combined force, HP | | | | Hewlett Packard have also been a leader in the print |
| and Canon (including OCE's customer base) will be set | | | | solution market, inventing one of the first network |
| to top the world of photocopiers, multifunctional | | | | printer devices with the HP JetDirect printer server, |
| devices and copiers with an extensive and | | | | allowing local printers to be shared as network printers |
| comprehensive portfolio. | | | | centralising print. Hewlett Packard has a strong |
| Canon have been at the top of the photocopier | | | | portfolio of office multifunctional devices ranging from |
| industry since Xerox lost the xerography patent and | | | | desktop laser printers to free-standing office devices. |
| the recent collaboration with Hewlett Packard and the | | | | The collaboration between HP and Canon is sure to |
| almost certain Canon takeover of OCE will provide | | | | raise the bar in the copier industry with both Canon |
| Canon with a huge boost. Canon is set to gain market | | | | and HP benefiting from such an arrangement. |
| share across the photocopier industry with solutions in | | | | Canon made the bid for OCE on the 16th November |
| the consumer, business, graphics arts and light | | | | 2009. With the bid still being considered and 80% of |
| production printing solutions sectors. | | | | shareholders needing to vote "yes" for the bid to be |
| The industry has been changing as a result of several | | | | accepted, we are yet to see if OCE will become part |
| different pressures over the last decade, with | | | | of Canon or not. |
