Canon U.S.A. has announced that it has led the 301k to 999k colour duty cycle segment in the U.S. market for six consecutive quarters – from Q4 2014 to Q1 2016, according to InfoTrends’ Quarterly Tracker. In the first quarter of 2016, Canon accounted for 64.5% of the U.S. market share, with the next closest competitor making up 17.8%. This figure represents a 7.3% increase in share from Q4 2015, where Canon made up 57.2% of the segment’s U.S. market share. When totaling results from the beginning of Q4 2014 through to the end of Q1 2016, Canon accounted for more than half of the U.S. market share for the colour 301k to 999k duty cycle segment, with 53.7%.
“Canon’s success in this market can be mostly attributed to the imagePress C800 and imagePress C700 colour digital production presses,” said Toyo Kuwamura, Executive VP and GM, Business Imaging Solutions Group, Canon U.S.A. “Since their introduction in the last quarter of 2014, the high quality, reliability and versatility of these digital presses are an outstanding fit for almost every print operation and deliver powerful opportunities in a small footprint, as proven by their excellent market acceptance.”
“The presence of the imagePress C800/C700 has strengthened Canon’s position in the mid-volume production market and expanded its family of digital colour offerings, providing the versatility and efficiency needed in a variety of print environments, both in-house and commercial,” said Jim Hamilton of InfoTrends.
