Press release from Business Wire India
Source: Nikon India
Wednesday, December 24, 2008 04:10 PM IST (10:40 AM GMT)
Editors: General: People; Business: Accounting & management consultancy services, Business services, Electronic appliances & components
Release no: 18812
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Nikon India Strengthens Top Management
With New Management and Fresh Strategies, Targeting 2 Fold Growth in 2009
New Delhi, Delhi, India, Wednesday, December 24, 2008 -- (Business Wire India) -- Nikon India, the 100% subsidiary of Nikon Corporation, today said that it was giving a facelift to the organizational structure as part of its aggressive growth strategy targeting two fold growth by 2009.
To substantiate the above statement, there have been some key new appointments within the company in the recent times. Mr. Hiroshi Takashina has joined as the Division General Manager (Imaging Division), Mr. Sajjan Kumar as General Manager, Sales & Marketing, Mr. Jitender Chugh as National Sales Manager and Mr. Khushraho Kapadia, Senior Marketing Manager. All 4 professionals with their combined expertise and experiences would be assisting Managing Director Mr. Hidehiko Tanaka. In addition, Nikon has also appointed Regional Sales Managers & several more executives. Creating focused vertical responsibilities to boost targeted growth strategies.
Announcing the organizational changes, Mr. Hidehiko Tanaka, Managing Director, Nikon India said, "These senior appointments reflect Nikon's commitment to the Indian market and our interest to promote the photography culture in the country. Their expertise will play a vital role in scaling our presence across India and driving growth for the company. We are confident that the new top management will take the brand to new heights."
"Nikon's focus for the year 2009 would be expansion of its offices thus strengthening Nikon's brand and organization's standing in the Indian market. Nikon further accentuates Channel Development, targeting 800 retail outlets for In store Branding & more than 200 In shop Promoters in order to facilitate sales for channel network", added Mr. Tanaka.
2008 saw Nikon India establish its branch office in Mumbai and an upcoming centre in Kolkata which would be followed by another office in a metropolitan in Southern India in 2009 Nikon has established 5 new Authorized Service Centres this year, taking the total to 10 while 3 more are in the pipeline. The company has its own service facility located in Gurgaon , Mumbai & Kolkata.
The Nikon service facility at Gurgaon has been developed with state of the art equipment on the lines of the facility in Japan.
Nikon also launched 18 incredible cameras for both casual and professional users. To promote these cameras amongst its consumer group, Nikon plugged itself with two key interest areas - 'sports' by sponsoring various cricket series and 'fashion' through an association with the Lakme Fashion Week (Spring Summer 09).
Nikon aims to be a solution provider and to provide photographers what they need in the most simple user friendly manner. The company also feels that it is critical to educate consumers and reach out to them in order to make the photography culture pervade in India. To drive this forward, Nikon conducted many photography workshops across India in 2008 educating photography enthusiasts on latest camera technologies and plans to continue doing so in 2009.
Another feature in its cap this year was the 11 awards at the prestigious Uniross Smart Photography Awards, Better Photography Awards and Asian Photography Awards for its products and technology.
About Hiroshi Takashina
Hiroshi Takashina joined Nikon, Tokyo in April 2007 in the company's marketing department.
Prior to Nikon, Takashina was working in one of Japan's leading Auto Manufacturer for 24 years in their Sales & Marketing division looking after Middle East, Africa and Europe. At Nikon India, as Division General Manager, Imaging Division, Takashina would lead the new and energetic team and take both the company and the brand, Nikon to newer heights!
About Sajjan Kumar:
Kumar has 14 years of rich experience in field of Sales, Marketing, Product Development, Channel Development & Operations Sajjan is a B.Tech (Electronics and Communication) and his rich blend of the two disciplines has made him reorganize many products, product & sales teams to a non-traditional sales and product team matrix, resulting in a healthier non metro/metro business mix.
About Jitender Chugh
Jitender comes with 12 years of rich experience of having worked with top most brands in India. He is a B.Tech & an MBA along with a Certification in advance Computer Programming. He has been awarded among top most influential people in photography by one of the leading photography magazines in Jan'08.
About Khushraho Kapadia:
Kapadia with an experience of over 10 years in the imaging industry brings to Nikon vast insight and a complete understanding of the trade, the product and the market dynamics.
He has been instrumental in establishing many brands and won accolades in the Marcom arena. He successfully launched one of the leading photography magazine and further positioned it as the number one selling photography magazine in the country.
About Nikon India
Nikon India distributes markets and services the complete range of Nikon imaging products, including its digital SLR, the Nikon D-SLR as well as its compact camera, the Nikon COOLPIX and a range of Nikkor lenses and service and repair of Industrial products. These include microscopes and technical measuring instruments.
With 91 years of expertise and excellence, and over 45 million users of Nikkor lenses, Nikon has been an undisputable leader of innovation in camera technology, pioneering camera technology for the ocean depth (the pioneering Nikons cameras) to outer space (Nikon cameras are used by NASA). Product innovation, impeccable quality coupled with its penchant to promote the 'culture of photography' through initiatives like the bi-annual Nikon Photo Contest International, Nikon Salon, Nikkor Club and many others lie at the core of Nikon's endeavour to live by its philosophy of 'Trustworthiness and creativity' and fulfill its brand statement 'At the heart of the image'.
Nikon's range of cameras is available for all Indian photography enthusiasts, including beginners, amateur and professionals, across all existing price points. In addition, Nikon India services industrial products, including all available cameras, lenses as well as microscopes and technical measuring instruments.
Nikon Corporation: Japan
Founded in 1917 as Nippon Kōgaku; the company was renamed in 1988 as Nikon Corporation. Nikon has truly evolved as an institution of creativity, conceptualizing the famous Nikon F mount, the Nikon Titanium Cameras and many others.
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