LAKE SUCCESS, N.Y., April 20, 2011 – Canon U.S.A., Inc., a leader in digital imaging, today announced that the Company is now offering select Canon Specialty Media products with certification from the Sustainable Forestry Initiative® (SFI) including Canon Tabs and Coated Two-Sided Media. To achieve SFI® certification, each media type must contain fibers that come from a responsibly managed forest.
"Canon is pleased to offer media certified under the Sustainable Forestry Initiative standard,” said Sam Yoshida, vice president and general manager, Imaging Systems Group, Canon U.S.A. "Providing customers with SFI certified media affirms our dedication to sourcing fiber in a responsible way.”
SFI Certified Canon Media
80 lb. Coated Two-Sided Dull Text: Straight Collated Tabs
80 lb. Coated Two-Sided Dull Cover: 3HP 1/5 Single Reverse Tabs
80 lb. Coated Two-Sided Gloss Text: Plain 1/5 Single Reverse Tabs
80 lb. Coated Two-Sided Gloss Cover: 3HP Laminated 1/5 Single Reverse Tabs
100lb. Coated Two-Sided Dull Text: Laminated 1/5 Single Reverse Tabs
100lb. Coated Two-Sided Gloss Text: Plain 1/8 Single Reverse Tabs
100lb. Coated Two-Sided Gloss Cover
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. Its parent company, Canon Inc. (NYSE:CAJ), a top patent holder of technology, ranked fourth overall in the U.S. in 2010†, with global revenues of more than US $45 billion and is listed as number five in the computer industry on Fortune Magazine's World’s Most Admired Companies 2011 list. Canon U.S.A. is committed to the highest levels of customer satisfaction and loyalty, providing 100 percent U.S.-based consumer service and support for all of the products it distributes. At Canon, we care because caring is essential to living together in harmony. Founded upon a corporate philosophy of Kyosei – "all people, regardless of race, religion or culture, harmoniously living and working together into the future" – Canon U.S.A. supports a number of social, youth, educational and other programs, including environmental and recycling initiatives. Additional information about these programs can be found at www.usa.canon.com/kyosei.To keep apprised of the latest news from Canon U.S.A., sign up for the Company's RSS news feed by visiting www.usa.canon.com/rss.
About SFI Inc.
SFI Inc. is an independent 501(c)(3) non-profit charitable organization, and is solely responsible for maintaining, overseeing and improving the internationally recognized Sustainable Forestry Initiativeprogram. Across North America, more than 180 million acres are certified to the SFI forest management standard, making it the largest single forest standard in the world. This certification signifies how much of the fiber in a product is from certified forests, certified sourcing and/or post-consumer recycled content.
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