Canon’s Francis McMahon Discusses Recent Developments at Canon and the Print World at Large

Francis A. McMahon, executive vice president at Canon Solutions America, Production Print Solutions discusses the most recent additions to Canon’s equipment portfolio, the company’s approach to R&D, the 2021 edition of the thINK Forum, as well as his views on focusing on the customer during economic turbulence like COVID.

WhatTheyThink: At a recent analyst briefing, you talked about the large number of equipment placements. The last number we heard was 145, but we’re sure it has increased. Some of those are webfed and sheetfed on the inkjet side. There were also a number of toner devices with a surprising number of continuous-feed toner presses. Are those legacy applications?

Francis McMahon: The toner presses are primarily legacy. Some are label presses and other generic applications from some of the large retail brands that buy VarioStream 4000s. I was looking at orders that have come in this month, and we earned a $1.2 million order from a large retail brand for VarioStreams. That’s continuous-feed toner. The cut-sheet side, primarily the varioPRINT 6000 TITANs, those orders are coming from book manufacturing—a lot of high volumes.

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