Canon Chosen by ASB to Receive Award

Canon’s copier and imaging technology has earned the company this year’s Louis Braille Corporate Award, to be presented by Associated Services for the Blind & Visually Impaired (ASB). Since 1959, ASB has honored outstanding individuals and organizations with the Louis Braille Award in recognition of significant contributions on behalf of those who are blind or visually impaired.

Canon U.S.A. will be honored during ASB’s 46th Annual Louis Braille Awards Ceremony taking place at the Hyatt Regency Philadelphia, Wednesday, November 9, 2005. ASB selected Canon U.S.A. to receive the Louis Braille Corporate Award based on the company’s accessibility technologies for almost its entire line of industry-leading business office products, including its imageRUNNER® devices, CLC® and NP® Copier products and its LASER CLASS® facsimile lineup.
 
“Canon has a long heritage of pioneering and extending quality business technology to users of all abilities, and we are honored to receive such high recognition from ASB,” said Tod Pike, senior vice president, Imaging Systems Group, Canon U.S.A. “Building on this legacy of quality means promoting access and approaching product development with a view to usability, barrier-free design and always thinking about what we can do for the customer.”
 
According to Patricia C. Johnson, CEO and president, Associated Services for the Blind & Visually Impaired, “The Louis Braille Corporate Award recognizes companies, organizations and individuals that demonstrate a strong commitment to access for all, and support people who are blind or visually impaired as fully participating members of today’s business environment. This year’s corporate honoree selection focused on ‘accessibility’ technologies, which led the ASB to honor Canon’s portfolio of office and imaging equipment.” 
 
Source: Canon