While prices of basic materials surged and competition got challenging, sales of our digital cameras and laser beam printers grew strongly on the back of strong price competitiveness, allowing us to achieve a record-breaking performance.
Uchida is to be credited as the one who made our digital camera business into what we have now. The appointment is based on the leadership he's shown.
He is a man of merit who boosted (Canon's) camera division to the current position from a fairly low rank in the industry.