Canon launches nine projector models, visions 100 Crore revenue in India
Canon has announced the launch of nine projector models including five LV-series and four XEED series projectors in India. The latest series of projectors are best suited for simulation industry, large corporates, education, medical and government sectors.
With this launch, Canon India is aiming to capture 10% market share nationally by the year 2017.
Yasuhiko Hoshino, Senior General Manager, Canon Inc., “We are excited to bring our globally leading projectors equipped with world-class technology and user-friendly features to customers in India. The projectors offer quality and brightness along with lower operating costs enabling both businesses and end-users to deliver optimum results at a minimum cost.”
Kazutada Kobayashi, President and CEO, Canon India Pvt. Ltd, said, “Projection requirements of Indian customers have evolved over the years. Apart from being used for projecting data, customers are now using it to project movies, videos and games as well. The new Canon projectors are equipped with high quality optics to cater to such needs. We will be reaching out to potential customers across all the major metros and aim to capture 10% market share by 2017.”
The series launched are LV-WX300, LV-X300, LV-S300, LV-WX300ST and LV-X300ST and the XEED WUX450 and the XEED WX520, XEED WUX400ST and the XEED WX450ST. Features, company’s proprietary short-throw shiftable lens, Liquid Crystal on Silicon (LCOS) and eco-friendly technology.
Highlighted Features of LV series :
- Portable range of projectors
- Equipped to offer lower cost of ownership due to longer lamp life and air filter-free design
- versatile connectivity
- simple and easy installation
- Utilizes DLP BrilliantColor display technology
- 3000 lumens of brightness
- 2300:1 contrast ratio for pure black with depth and dimension and filter-free operation
- Eco mode- lowers the cost of ownership and helps reduce power consumption by approximately 20 percent while also lowering fan noise
- 3D-ready when combined with an optional DLP-Link System and other accessories
Highlighted Features of XEED series:
- Inbuilt Liquid Crystal on Silicon (LCOS) technology
- The XEED-ST series incorporate a short-throw shift able lens which is capable of projecting a wide vertical range of approx.75 % to 77 % in addition to a horizontal range of approximately 10 %
- possible effortless installation in a variety of medium-range usage environments, including classrooms and lecture halls.
Canon will also be focusing on providing product training to its employees and channel partners. This will help them to educate customers and spread awareness about the products. Canon has tied up with Ingram Micro as its National Distributor for volume products and will tie-up with AV integrated solution providers for high-end projectors. The firm will also have channel partner incentive program based on the demos.
The new series will deliver market-leading image quality to fulfil the diverse needs of customers like better projection of images of precise colors; lower operational costs, ease-of-use and energy efficiency.
The new series of projectors are ranging from INR 40,750 to INR 5,00,000.
