NEW DELHI, INDIA: Canon India today launched 24 new products in IT peripheral
segment, which included an IP surveillance camera marking its entry into Indian
surveillance and security space.
"There is immense need that we have
felt for modern product in surveillance and security space," said Alok
Bharadwaj, vice-president, Canon India.
"The IP camera that we have
launched today are enabled with hi-tech features like night vision, intelligent
image capturing. We are confident of leading Indian surveillance and security market which is estimated to
be Rs 100 crore," he said.
Apart from this, the range unveiled today
includes four single format inkjet printers, 10 all-in-one printers, 3 laser
printers, 5 projectors and one scanner.
Canon has added Digital Imaging
and Communication in Medicine (DICOM) feature in one of its projectors, which
has a resolution of 1400x1050 pixels. This projector can display direct image
from PictBridge-Compatible digital cameras.
Canon claims that high
resolution projectors that it has launched today would cater to the needs of
studies in healthcare industry.
"The new addition in the existing range
of IT peripherals and products are based on future technology. The resolution of
our projectors have high resolution and will help specialists in health industry
to conduct various studies," said Bharadwaj.
He said Canon has provided
enhanced version of projectors to give clear picture and help experts to go
through minute details that are required for their study.
Canon also
said one multi-purpose inkjet printer in this new range of products is wi-fi
enabled.
Canon expressed hope that these new additions would add 30 per
cent additional growth to the company's revenue.
"This year till
September end we registered growth of 58 per cent in printer division, where as
the overall industry showed a decline of 14 per cent," said VP Sajeevan,
assistant director, Consumer System Product Division, Canon India.
He
said the newly launched products are aimed to increase Canon's presence in home
print, office print and scan, project print, entertainment, education and
government.
"Simultaneously we are entering into three new segments -
namely project security, industrial security and health care. I am optimistic
that this launch altogether will make easy for us to achieve 40 per cent company
growth target in 2010," he added.
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