HCL wins Toshiba’s Gold award for Best Marketing partner in AP region

HCL Infosystems Ltd announced that its Office Automation (OA) Division has
won the prestigious Gold award for the year 2000 from the Electronic Imaging
Department of Toshiba Singapore Pte Ltd, a subsidiary of $ 46 billion Toshiba
Corporation. HCL Insys has been adjudged the best partner out of the 23
countries in the AP region.

Akira Inai, President, Toshiba TEC Corporation, presented the award to V
Rajendren, GM, OA Division, HCL Infosystems at a function held in Bangkok
recently.

The OA Division had earlier won the ‘Excellent Support Company’ award in
the year 1999 from Toshiba. HCL has been the exclusive marketer and service
provider of Toshiba’s color, analog and digital copiers in India for more than
22 years.

This award instituted in the year 1998, aims to recognize and honor the
partner that contribute most significantly to Toshiba copier growth in the AP
region. It evaluates partners performance on various parameters including the
commitment to business, market penetration, market share achieved by partners.
It also evaluate the market share achieved in the partner country with
innovative marketing programs initiated by the partner and last but not the
least customer support provided.

Isao Sugehara, DGM, Toshiba Singapore Pte Ltd, said, “The award is a
recognition of the excellent results achieved by HCL in developing the Indian
copier market for Toshiba. India is strategically one of the most important
country in the AP region and HCL has proved its mettle by establishing a strong
brand equity for Toshiba.”

JV Ramamurthy, CE, Office Automation Division, said, “I would like to take
this opportunity to congratulate the entire marketing team for their efforts. I
am sure this will insinuate a new spirit into the efforts and we aim to retain
this top slot in future also. With Toshiba’s global dominance in innovative
digital solutions and HCL’s expertise in IT, we are in a unique position to
exploit the emerging market for digital multi-function products.”

The world of document management is currently undergoing a digital revolution
with sophisticated multifunction products that integrate the Internet, local
area networking, digital processing, desktop software applications, copying and
facsimile communications, paper handling and imaging technology into one small
machine.

The world of document management is currently undergoing a digital revolution
with sophisticated multifunction products that integrate the Internet, LAN,
digital processing, desktop software applications, copying and facsimile
communications, paper handling and imaging technology into one small machine.

HCL is a major player in the Indian copier market and has a wide range of
offerings for all segments from Toshiba. In the analog segment, Toshiba offers
10 models ranging from the personal copier for small and home offices to the
heavy-duty workhorses for large departments and multinationals. In the digital
segment, it has a range of multifunction systems that combine copying, printing,
scanning and faxing capabilities, offering users a compact sized solution for
multi-tasking. For the printers segment, Toshiba also has two-color copier based
on the advanced four-drum technology, which offers superior color reproduction.