People News Awards & Recognition Mark Steputis, president
Honors put Canon among world’s leading innovative companies
and CEO of Vision Graphics
Staying at the core of innovation continues to drive the Canon brand. One of the
Inc., has been named a finalist for “CEO of the Year” by ColoradoBiz magazine. The Mark Steputis
award recognizes leaders who
show
outstanding
professional achievement and community impact through their career-long body of work. Finalists were selected by a panel of representatives from the Colorado Association of Commerce & Industry. Under Steputis’ leadership, the Loveland, Colo., company has grown to become one of Colorado’s 250 fastest growing privately owned companies, and one of the country’s 400 largest printers in servicing both regional and national clients, including several Fortune 1000 brands. Timothy Keran, CEO and owner of Western Graphics, is the inaugural recipient of Printing Industries of America’s “Managing for Improvement Award.” The Timothy Keran
Leading the way
award is bestowed upon
a manager in the printing industry who
world leaders in digital imaging solutions, Canon recently received two distinctive honors that help solidify its commitment to innovation. For the 27th consecutive year, its parent company, Canon Inc., has ranked among the top five U.S. patent holders. In 2012, it produced 3,174 patents, a new high. According to the latest ranking of preliminary patent results issued by IFI CLAIMS Patent Services, Canon Inc. ranked first among Japanese companies and third overall in the United States for patents granted. In addition, Canon was named to the “2012 Top 100 Global Innovators” list, produced by Thomson Reuters. The list recognizes 100 corporations and institutions around the world “that are at the heart of innovation.” Selection is based on four principal criteria: overall patent volume; patent grant success rate, global reach of the portfolio, and patent influence as evidenced by citations. “For more than 20 years, we’ve been a top five corporate recipient of patents,” says Francis A. McMahon, VP, PPS marketing for Canon Solutions America. “Our corporate philosophy, Kyosei, encourages innovation. Kyosei means aspiring to a society in which all people, regardless of race, religion or culture, harmoniously live and work together for the common good. Innovation is key for a few reasons. It helps us gain competitive advantages and reduce competition. It drives economic growth by raising margins and profitability, creating new jobs and protecting market share. It helps make life easier for our customers and helps improve their businesses. And it helps attract alliance partners. We are pleased to be recognized as a Global Innovator.”
Top of the list Ricoh lauded for ethical practices for fifth straight year
has demonstrated the ability to create
When it comes to ethics, it’s about more than just making statements. Just ask
real and lasting improvement for his or
Ricoh, which was named to The World’s Most Ethical (WME) Companies’ list for
her company. Over the past five years,
the fifth consecutive year. A record 145 companies made this year’s list, including
Keran has helped the St. Paul, Minn.,
International Paper and Xerox.
company complete more than 2,000
The designation, bestowed by the Ethisphere Institute, not only honors compa-
employee-initiated projects and drive
nies that promote ethical business standards and practices internally, but also that
striking improvements in rework, lost-
exceeds legal compliance minimums and shapes future industry standards by intro-
time accidents and sales per employee.
ducing best practices.
He also instituted a profit sharing plan
Ethisphere is a leading international organization dedicated to the creation,
that rewards employees for improving
advancement and sharing of best practices in business ethics, governance, anti-
efficiency and customer satisfaction.
corruption and sustainability. This is the seventh year it has published its rankings, which were culled from a record number of nominations and applications.
Around the Industry Zoo Printing Inc. has added a new location in West Deptford, N.J. The new facility, which will help shorten shipping times to the East Coast, complements its other locations in Southern California and Kentucky. Zoo now can deliver to almost anywhere in the United States within one to two days using standard ground shipping. Brown Printing Company has acquired Nellymoser, a Boston-based mobile marketing and technology company. Nellymoser offers both a mobile companion application platform with self-service tools and packaged print-to-digital solutions, which are then deployed by their customers as cross media campaigns. Nellymoser will operate as a division of Brown, a Gruner + Jahr Co. The company will maintain its operations in the Boston area.
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