Toshizo Tanaka
Toshizo Tanaka
camera current division fairly low man merit position rank
He is a man of merit who boosted (Canon's) camera division to the current position from a fairly low rank in the industry.
achieve allowing basic beam cameras competition digital grew materials price prices printers sales strong strongly
While prices of basic materials surged and competition got challenging, sales of our digital cameras and laser beam printers grew strongly on the back of strong price competitiveness, allowing us to achieve a record-breaking performance.
fourth office pulled quarter
What pulled us back in the fourth quarter was office equipment.
color competition faced fourth market office price printers pulled quarter
What pulled us back in the fourth quarter was office equipment. The color copiers market faced more- than-expected competition and inkjet printers also had bigger- than-anticipated price competition.
based business camera credited digital leadership
Uchida is to be credited as the one who made our digital camera business into what we have now. The appointment is based on the leadership he's shown.
costs general growth hard helped limit pace pump rises worked
We also worked hard on costs and managed to limit rises in sales, general and administrative costs to the growth pace of sales, which helped pump up top-line (operating) profit.
bit compared downward expected lower pressure price prices third
We have had to lower the price of some of our products, but the downward pressure on prices has weakened a little bit in the third quarter, compared to what we had expected beforehand.