June 6, 2011

Canon Middle East, a leader in imaging solutions, has announced that partners in the region recently attended a Partner Communications Meeting held in the UAE, where the company announced a positive growth outlook for the remainder of 2011.

Building on Canon’s “closer to customers” strategy, Regional Partner Communications Meetings were also held in Jordan for partners in the Levant and Egypt, and in Morocco for partners in Maghreb countries. The meetings examined the impact of Canon’s regional strategy to enhance closer and stronger relations with partners, while discussing the company’s solid performance in the key growth areas of office and consumer products.
 
“In line with our ‘closer to customers’ strategy we continue to strengthen our relations and communication channels with our partner network by regularly organising such strategic meetings. The underlining aim of these meetings is to identify the challenges faced by our partners in their respective markets and to assure them that informed decisions and the right measures will be taken to ensure the growth and progress of our mutual business operations,” said Anurag Agrawal, Managing Director, Canon Middle East.

Canon organised the Partner Communications Meetings as part of its efforts to sustain the momentum of a highly successful year in 2010, wherein Canon Group grew its global sales by 15.5 per cent and achieved a net income of ¥247 billion (USD 3.044 billion). Canon further revealed that it was awarded the number one position in Japan’s Nikkei NICES ranking based on five management indices (investors, customers, employees, CSR and growth potential).

The robust growth performance in the Middle East is crucial as the company enters Phase IV of the Canon Excellent Global Corporation Plan, which ultimately aims to establish Canon as a top 100 global company. To achieve its ambitious growth objectives, Canon further revealed that it will focus on six strategic pillars: number one products; three regional headquarter management system; world-leading production; global sales capability; environmentally advanced; and excellent global company culture.

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The Qatar 2022 Bid today launched its new website (www.qatar2022bid.com), which incorporates an innovative and colourful new brand design.

At a press conference in Doha, Nasser Al Khater, Qatar 2022 Communications Director, announced the launch of the website and also explained the new brand and the story behind it.

“Today is an important milestone for our historic Bid. The website is one of the cornerstones of our communications campaign to bring the flagship tournament of the world’s favourite game to the Middle East for the very first time.”

Al Khater continued: “The site contains all the latest information about the Bid – news, facts and figures about the Bid and about Qatar, as well as messages of support. It also has a dedicated section for the media, with factsheets, photos, videos, all our press releases – as well as contact details for media enquiries.”

“Today, we also launch the new brand for the Bid. We have developed a brand identity that we believe reflects our ambitions and vision for the future, while also incorporating our Arabian traditions and our warm, welcoming and hospitable nature.”

He continued: “It has been a rewarding development process and the result is a fascinating fusion between our heritage and modernity, between Middle Eastern culture and football passion, which our brand identity has achieved and will now reflect to the world.”

Like Qatar itself, the brand is a fusion of the traditional with the new, blending tradition and heritage with the forward-looking vision of a modern state. The undulating movement of the brand reflects the dynamism and passion of football, a game which Qataris have loved to play for many generations. The brand includes celebratory confetti forming a giant footballer against a background of Arabesque patterns delineating the geographic context of the brand. The background originates from the pentagon shapes found on a football and the brand’s luminescent colours portray the new vibrant image of Qatar.

Al Khater revealed that the Qatar 2022 brand would continue to evolve over the coming months ahead of FIFA’s Host Nation decision in December next year – and he said that he hoped supporters across the region would be inspired by the colourful design which plays with Qatar’s modern spirit and ancient past.

“The legacy of hosting the World Cup will extend far beyond Qatar and reach the very heart of the FIFA ideals, stimulating a new and exciting football market that is epitomised by the vibrant and fresh colours of our logo and website design. We’d like to appeal to everyone in Qatar – as well as everyone across the Middle East – to join the numerous voices of support you will see on our website. Our supporters will be our twelfth player in 2022,” Al Khater said.

In addition to its use in the Qatar 2022 website, the brand will be deployed in a wide variety of different ways: from the building wraps dotted across Doha’s rapidly expanding skyline, to posters, flags, advertisements and a whole range of merchandise that will symbolise the region’s pride in Qatar’s Bid.

“We hope this brand will take on a life of its own and portray Qatar’s adventurous, futuristic and historic ambitions to bring the World Cup to the Middle East,” Al Khater said.

The CEO of the Qatar 2022 Bid, Hassan al Thawadi, said he was thrilled with the new brand design and overall feel, saying that it would help the Bid move further towards its historic goals.

“It’s time to bring the world’s favourite game to the Middle East for the first time. This historic choice would ensure that every continent and region of the world has experienced the passion and excitement of hosting the World Cup,” Al Thawadi said. “A Qatar World Cup in 2022 can offer people a new perspective on the Middle East, showing the values of a modern, progressive and open Arab state at the forefront of change in the region, while still confidently rooted in its ancient culture and traditions. Hosting the World Cup in Qatar would inspire a new sporting future for millions of Arab men, women and children, developing the game of football in a region that has enormous potential to become a key market for FIFA.”

Work began recently to wrap two landmark buildings in Doha – the Qatar Olympic Committee tower (approximately 3,900 square metres) and the Ramada Hotel (approximately 500 square metres). More buildings will be wrapped in the coming months to complement the 900 street banners and more than 400 other advertisements and bridge banners dotting the streets of Doha already.

-ENDS –

For more information, please contact:

Phaedra Al-Majid

Qatar 2022 Bid Committee

Media Specialist

Tel:    +974 494 3238

Mob:  +974 642 2022

media@qatar2022bid.com