Oce and Canon

Last press release I had was about Canon selling the Oce branches to a Canon dealer.

http://www.reddeeradvocate.com...tward_190129101.html

Oce is now fully intergrated into Canon.
Oce is now called Canon Solutions America.

Yeti, Here is the Canon Solutions America press release:

Canon U.S.A. Announces Canon Solutions America, a Wholly Owned Subsidiary Integrating Canon Business Solutions and Select Océ Companies

Company also Announces Launch of Canon Business Process Services, and Integration of other Océ Entities into Canon Americas Companies, Effective January 1, 2013

LAKE SUCCESS, N.Y., Dec 4, 2012 – Canon U.S.A., Inc., a leader in digital imaging solutions, today announced the launch of Canon Solutions America, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Canon U.S.A., effective January 1, 2013. Integrating the business operations of
Canon Business Solutions, Inc., Océ North America, Inc., and Océ Imagistics, Inc., this new name is reflective of the integration of Océ, first announced in 2010. Canon Solutions America will provide sales and support for Canon and Océ hardware, software and services targeting general office, production print and large format markets in the United States.

Joe Adachi, president and CEO of Canon U.S.A., will serve as chairman and CEO of Canon Solutions America. "I am very pleased that the integration of the Canon and Océ businesses is nearly complete," said Mr. Adachi. "We have worked very hard these past three years to make sure our goal of creating the overall leading presence in the imaging industry will be realized. Canon Solutions America and the other companies formed by the integration will be better positioned to meet the growing demands of customers locally, regionally and nationally by capitalizing on the strengths of each company and maintaining the superior service levels that customers require."

The headquarters for Canon Solutions America will be located on Long Island, N.Y., with
offices located throughout the United States, including existing key Océ wide format printing
systems and production printing systems locations in Chicago, Ill. and Boca Raton, Fla.
As part of the Company's overall integration efforts, Canon U.S.A. also announced that Océ
Business Services, Inc., a provider of digital document management technology, outsourcing
and business process consulting services, will change its name to Canon Business Process
Services, Inc. on January 1, 2013. Canon Business Process Services, Inc., headquartered in New York, will be headed by Joe Marciano, currently the president and CEO of Océ Business
Services. Canon Business Process Services' new name is a reflection of the changing nature
of the office technology market and the increasing importance being placed on effective design and management of critical business processes and related workflow.

Additionally, Océ Financial Services, Inc. will merge into Canon Financial Services, Inc. on
January 1, 2013, further expanding Canon's ability to support the leasing and financing needs of customers. Kris Tedo, senior vice president and chief financial officer of Canon U.S.A., will also serve as president of Canon Financial Services.

Also effective January 1, 2013, Océ Canada will become a subsidiary of Canon Canada, Océ
Mexico will become a subsidiary of Canon Mexicana and Océ Brazil will become a subsidiary
of Canon do Brasil.

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 $45.6 billion in global revenue, its parent
company, Canon Inc. (NYSE:CAJ), ranks third overall in U.S. patents registered in 2011† and
is one of Fortune Magazine's World’s Most Admired Companies in 2012. In 2012, 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 ninth consecutive year, and for camcorders for the past two years. 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. 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.

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† Based on weekly patent counts issued by United States Patent and Trademark Office.
All referenced product names, and other marks, are trademarks of their respective owners.

Old News

GR81,

Don't forget CBS (Canon Business Solutions) and OCE have merged to form CSA (Canon Solutions America). But in the immortal words of The Bard "A rose by any other name would smell as sweet".

Vince

Oce is now a business division of Canon. We purchased Oce at the end of 2012 for their production systems technology. We also just got Oce software added to our portfolio of products to sell.

Canon really bought OCE for 3 reasons:
1) The CopyPress technology in the Production print arena. There is nothing like it on the market. Along with the PrisaSync controller. There is also Prisma Prepare & Prisma Access. That is when Canon released the VarioPrint 110,120,135 line that uses the OCE engine and Canon peripherals. I have customer that ran close to 4 million impressions in 3.5 months with 2 service calls. There is NOTHING in the price range of $30K that can do that.

2) OCE is the leader in wideformat arena when it comes to a toner based system. Many large engineering depts use the PlotWaves. There is the entire line of b/w & color PlotWave products. Canon had nothing in its portfolio in this arena.

3) The very large base of global accounts and up and down the street accounts. All the legacy gear in the global accounts is being switched to Canon now.

With this acquisition Canon will have a solid hold at #1 in our industry for many years to come.

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3) The very large base of global accounts and up and down the street accounts. All the legacy gear in the global accounts is being switched to Canon now.

Yes, but there are still Oce sales people out there competing with Canon for office MFP deals.

I am surprised to hear that....OCE name is gone. It is now Canon Solutions of America. Maybe this is happening only in Canada...because the Canada operations does things differently than the US.

There is no Canon direct in the US but there is in Canada.

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Originally posted by montecore:
I am surprised to hear that....OCE name is gone. It is now Canon Solutions of America. Maybe this is happening only in Canada...because the Canada operations does things differently than the US.

There is no Canon direct in the US but there is in Canada.

You meant direct Oce right?

No I mean Canon direct in Canada. I was surprised to hear that myself but from what I hear from my Canadian counter parts it is true.

Yes, there is Canon Direct in Canada. I had no idea there was no Canon Direct in the US. Canon Direct competes with Canon dealers too. It's a competitive market!

Just found out today that a long time veteran contact I had in Canada is now gone. Canon direct cleaned house. Canada and the US are very different in in many aspects.