Canon U.S.A. forms office products division through merger of home office and professional office products divisions.

LAKE SUCCESS, NY--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 26, 1996--

James J. Rosetta Named Director and General Manager

Canon U.S.A., Inc., in a move to improve organizational efficiency and customer relations, announced today that it has merged the company's Home Office Products and Professional Office Products Divisions to form the new Office Products Division.

"Since the product lines and distribution channels of the Home Office Products Division and Professional Office Products Division are similar, it made sense from a marketing standpoint to merge the two. In doing so, we have created a new organization which will improve service and increase efficiency for Canon's customers," said Robert J. Bryson executive vice president and general manager of the Canon Imaging Systems Group.

The Office Products Division markets Canon U.S.A.'s full line of products for consumer and small business use, including black and white and color copiers, facsimile machines, multifunction equipment, word processors, typewriters, and calculators.

James J. Rosetta Appointed as Director and General Manager

to Office Products Division

James J. Rosetta has been appointed to director and general manager of the Office Products Division. Mr. Rosetta most recently served as director and assistant general manager of the Professional Office Products Division.

Beginning his career with Canon in 1983, Mr. Rosetta joined the company as a district sales manager for the Copier Division, and was later promoted in 1987 to assistant regional sales manager of the Division. By 1989, Mr. Rosetta was assigned to the Graphic Systems Division, serving as regional sales manager until he was promoted in 1990 to assistant national sales manager. In early 1991, Mr. Rosetta was appointed to the position of national sales manager in the Graphic Systems Division. In 1993, Mr. Rosetta was assigned to the Dealer Sales Division in the Office Equipment Group, where he was named Eastern Region sales director. Mr. Rosetta was then promoted in 1995 to director and assistant general manager of the Professional Office Products Division where he remained until he was named director and general manager of the new Office Products Division on August 1, 1996.

Mr. Rosetta holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in Psychology, Sociology and Anthropology from Quinnipiac College located in Hamden, CT.

Canon U.S.A., Inc., headquartered in Lake Success, New York, is an industry leader in professional and consumer imaging equipment and information systems. Canon's extensive product line enables businesses and consumers worldwide to capture, store and distribute visual information. Canon products include black and white as well as full-color copiers; word processors; typewriters and calculators; cameras and lenses, camcorders, and loudspeakers; micrographics and optical disk filing systems; facsimile machines; semiconductor, broadcast and optical equipment, and other specialized industrial products. Canon U.S.A., Inc. employs more than 9,000 people at more than 30 facilities throughout North, Central and South America.

As a concerned corporate citizen, Canon instituted the Clean Earth Campaign in 1990, which supports various environmental and recycling initiatives. The Campaign has collected more than ten million Canon toner cartridges for recycling and reuse as part of its "recycling in the workplace" effort. The Clean Earth Campaign has also supported leading environmental organizations and initiatives to help achieve its other goals of supporting programs that help preserve and protect the environment, enable people to enjoy the environment, and educate people as to its importance. Among organizations supported by Canon U.S.A. through its Clean Earth Campaign are The Nature Conservancy, the National Park Foundation and the National Wildlife Federation.

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