The Canon Australia Group – which consists of businesses in Australia and New Zealand – reported $442.5m in net revenue for the first half of 2004, up 8.6 per cent on the year-ago half. For the second quarter, the figure was $238.2m, up 6.5 per cent on the year-ago quarter.
Canon Australia’s net revenue for the first half of 2004 was $401m, up 8.8 per cent on the year-ago half. For the second quarter, the figure was $217m, up 7.5 per cent on the year-ago quarter.
Canon New Zealand’s net revenue for the first half of 2004 was NZ$55.1m, up 6.4 per cent on the year-ago half. For the second quarter, the figure was NZ$29.9m, up 8.2 per cent on the year ago quarter.
Shuichi Tsukahara, Canon Australia Group managing director, says, “Our leadership in colour imaging, strong business fundamentals and unswerving commitment to our customers have enabled us to sustain our rapid, profitable growth. Australia’s love affair with the colour image continues to blossom, whether we’re sharing a digital photo album with far-flung family at the click of a button or printing, collating and automatically binding a stunning business proposal without leaving our desk.”
Canon Australia’s impressive results parallel the overall results for Canon Inc. The Australian results were supported by the company’s two main product divisions: the Business Imaging Solutions Group (BISG), which provides hardware, software and solutions to enterprise and graphic arts customers; and the Consumer Imaging Products Group (CIPG), which serves the home, small business and photographic markets.
BISG recorded its best ever month in June 2004. Sales were 18 per cent higher than for the year-ago month, and more than 10 per cent higher than in any previous month.
David Gradwell, Canon Australia BISG national marketing manager, says, “Businesses have been replacing costly mixed printer fleets with multi-functional devices (MFDs), which are more powerful, more affordable and easier to manage. Meanwhile, the uptake of colour in the office has been so rapid that by June, a quarter of the business-class MFDs that we were selling were colour.”
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