Canon U.S.A. Closes out 2015 with Industry Awards and Recognition Celebrating Continued Product Innovation
December 21 2015 - 3:06PM
Business Wire
Reflecting on a year of continued product innovation, Canon
U.S.A., Inc., a leader in digital imaging solutions, recognizes the
many awards from prominent industry organizations and publications
it received throughout 2015 – a hallmark year as the company hosted
its once-every-five-year Canon EXPO, which can still be explored
online until December 31.
In addition to its well-known camera, printer and business
solutions, Canon Inc. was ranked three in the U.S. in patents
received, with 4,055 patents granted in 2014 and 40 out of 100 on
Interbrand’s “Best Global Brands” in 2015, demonstrating the
Company’s sustained strong global brand performance. Additionally,
the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency awarded Canon with a
SmartWay® Excellence Award for the brand’s service as an industry
leader in freight supply chain environmental performance and energy
efficiency.
“We are proud of the innovative products we continued to deliver
to our loyal customers,” said Kotaro Fukushima, senior director and
general manager, Corporate Communications Division, Canon U.S.A.,
Inc. “We are honored that the industry and media recognized
our hard work and dedication to producing quality, best-in-class
products and look forward to continuing the momentum in 2016.”
Consumer Recognitions
Canon earned several distinguished awards for its consumer
products in 2015, such as the Canon imagePROGRAF PRO-1000
receiving “Printer of the Year” from ImagingResource.com, the
MAXIFY iB4020 and MAXIFY MB5320 were named “Editor’s
Choice” from ComputerShopper.com and DigitalTrends.com,
respectively.
Products from the camera and lens portfolio that received two or
more industry awards include:
- Canon C300 Mark II: “Best New
Camera NAB 2015” – NewsShooter.com; “Award of Excellence” &
“Best in Show NAB 2015” – ProductionHUB.com
- Canon EOS 5DS R: “Honoree,
Digital Imaging” – CES Innovation Awards; “Editors’ Choice” –
DigitalTrends.com; “Hot One Award – Best Full Frame” – Professional
Photographer Magazine; “Best Pro Camera”− Resource Magazine;
“Cameras of the Year- Best Professional Cameras” – Imaging
Resource
- Canon EOS 5D S: “Pop Award 2015”
─ Popular Photography; “Best Pro Camera” and “Editors’ Choice” ─
Reviewed.com; “Cameras of the Year- Best Professional Cameras” –
Imaging Resource
- Canon EOS Rebel T6s: “Editors’
Choice” – DigitalTrends.com; “Silver Award” – DPReview.com; “Camera
of Distinction, Intermediate DSLR” and “Dave’s Pick” –
ImagingResource.com; “Editors’ Choice” – PC Magazine
- Canon XC10: “Post Pick Award –
Coolest New Product NAB 2015” – Post Magazine; “Best in Show NAB
2015” – TVTechnology.com; “Honoree – Digital Imaging” – CES
Innovation Awards; “Editors Pick” ─ Resource Magazine.
- Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS II
USM: “Editors’ Choice” – PC Magazine; “Hot One Award – “Hot One
Award-Best Telephoto Zoom Lens” – Professional Photographer
Magazine
- Canon EF 11-24mm f4L USM: “Hot
One Award-Best Wide-Angle Lens” – Professional Photographer
Magazine; “Best Lens – Full-Frame” – DPReview.com; “Pop Award 2015”
– Popular Photography; “Lenses of the Year, Best Zoom Lens” –
Imaging Resource
- Canon EF-S 24mm f/2.8 STM:
“Editors’ Choice” – PC Magazine; “Hot One Award-Best Portrait Lens”
– Professional Photographer Magazine
- Canon PowerShot G3 X: “Editors’
Choice” – DigitalTrends.com; “Editors’ Choice” – Reviewed.com
- Canon EOS 7D Mark II: “Hot one
Award- Best APS-C” from Professional Photographer Magazine, “Lucie
Technical Award for Best Crop Sensor Camera” The Lucie Awards.
Also included in this year’s award line-up was recognition for
other products from Canon’s camera and lens portfolio, including:
the Canon EF400mm f/4 DO IS II USM received the “Hot One
Award – Best Action Lens” from Professional Photographer Magazine;
the Canon EOS Rebel T6i received “Dave’s Pick” from
ImagingResource.com; the Canon PowerShot SX60 HS received
the “Editors’ Choice” from PC Magazine and the Canon Speedlite
430 EX II received a “Pop Award 2015” from Popular
Photography.
Business Solutions
Recognitions
Overall, Canon’s business solutions were recognized by DPS
Magazine naming Canon as a “Top 30 Readers Choice,” and IDC named
Canon as a leader in IDC Marketspace on Smart MF peripheral
assessment report.
For the seventh consecutive year the Canon U.S.A. Technical
Support Center has earned the Center of Excellence certification by
BenchmarkPortal, one of the most prestigious awards in the customer
service and support industry. The award recognizes the Company’s
rank in the top 10 percent of all call centers surveyed.
The Canon imagePRESS C10000VP was listed as a “Pressroom:
Digital Press - Must See ‘Em” at Graph EXPO. The Canon
imageCLASS MF227dw was named an “Editors’ Choice” by PC
Magazine while BetterBuys named Canon’s imageRUNNER 1400
Series as the “Editors’ Choice, Black and White
Multifunction.”
The Océ VarioPrint i300 sheet-fed color inkjet press has
received the prestigious 2015 InterTech Technology Award from the
Printing Industries of America. The recognized Océ VarioPrint
i300 model is the first-of-its-kind digital high-speed,
sheetfed inkjet press designed to help accelerate the printing
industry's transition from offset to high-volume digital
output.
Buyers Lab LLC (BLI), a leading imaging industry analyst for
multifunction, copier, printer, scanner and software solutions,
recognized a wide range of Canon’s business printers in 2015:
- Canon imageCLASS MF229dw:
“Summer Pick – Outstanding Achievement in Energy Efficiency”
- Canon imageCLASS MF6180 dw and
imageCLASS MF6160 dw: “Outstanding Achievement in Energy
Efficiency”
- Canon imageFORMULA DR-F120:
“Summer Pick – Outstanding Achievement in Value”
- Canon imageFORMULA DR-M1060
Scanner: “Winter Pick – Outstanding Achievement Award for
Value”
- Canon imageRUNNER Advance 6255:
“Winter Pick – 51-60ppm A3 Monochrome MFP”
- Canon imageRUNNER ADVANCE
C350iF: “Summer Pick – Outstanding Color MFP for Mid-Size to
Large Workshops”
- Therefore: “Summer Pick –
Outstanding ECM Platform”
- uniFLOW v5.3 Solution:
“Outstanding Document Imaging Solution Suite”
About Canon U.S.A., Inc.
Canon U.S.A., Inc., is a leading provider of consumer,
business-to-business, and industrial digital imaging solutions.
With approximately $36 billion in global revenue, its parent
company, Canon Inc. (NYSE:CAJ), ranks third overall in U.S. patents
registered in 2013† and is one of Fortune Magazine's World’s Most
Admired Companies in 2014. In 2014, Canon U.S.A. has received the
PCMag.com Readers’ Choice Award for Service and Reliability in the
digital camera and printer categories for the 11th consecutive
year. Canon U.S.A. is committed to the highest level of customer
satisfaction and loyalty, providing 100 percent U.S.-based consumer
service and support for all of the products it distributes. Canon
U.S.A. is dedicated to its Kyosei philosophy of social and
environmental responsibility. In 2014, the Canon Americas
Headquarters secured LEED® Gold certification, a recognition
for the design, construction, operations and maintenance of
high-performance green buildings. To keep apprised of the
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