JKOA bags top industry awards
John Keells Office Automation (JKOA) surpassed all expectations this
year by sweeping the boards with wins in all four business units, in
awards conferred by both their foreign principles, Toshiba Corporation
and Riso Kagaku Corporation.
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MANAGEMENGT TEAM: Assistant. Vice President, JKOA Shivantha
Kahawela - Head of Sales Mass Merchant, JKOA, Malik Edwin -
Manager Sales, Greater Colombo, JKOA Mahendra Dias Subasinghe -
JKH Executive Vice President Sector Head IT Sector, Sujieewa
Devaraja - Chairman John Keells Holdings, Susantha Ratnayake,
President JKH Transportation and IT Group, Romesh David -
Technical Executive, JKOA, Sandun Lenora, Co-ordinator
Technical, JKOA, Harindra Karunasinghe- Senior Manager Sales
Direct, Kishan Wanduragala - Head of Sales Channels, Neville
Samaranayake - CEO JKOA Chandima Perera at the felicitation
ceremony. |
Two Golds, one Bronze and one Special award were added to JKOA’s
already formidable wins in many areas of sales and service.
Celebrating excellence in sales performance, Toshiba adjudged JKOA
winner of the coveted PC Gold Award in the Toshiba laptop category as
well as the Projector Gold award for exceptional growth in sales of the
Toshiba multimedia projector.
The company was also awarded the EID Bronze for the copier business,
where JKOA’s Toshiba photocopier sales performance was evaluated against
the entire Asian pacific and Middle Eastern region.
Riso Kagaku Corporation of Japan, the world’s largest manufacturer of
digital duplicator systems, also stepped into recognise JKOA with the
RISO Award for outstanding sales of Riso digital duplicators.
JKOA’s YoY (Year on Year) sales growth of Toshiba Notebooks leaped to
a phenomenal 257% increase this year, while YoY Toshiba projector sales
grew by a substantial 105%. Sales of the Riso digital duplicator soared
by164% over last year’s volume.
The copiers also grew in double digits.
“We are delighted that both our foreign business partners have
recognised and appreciated our exceptional performance,” JKOA Vice
President/Chief Executive Officer, Chandima Perera said.
“Service quality and product quality are the hallmarks of our
business and we will continue to raise the bar even higher in the
future.”
JKOA - a fully-owned subsidiary of John Keells Holdings PLC - is one
of the country’s largest office automation suppliers as well as an
industry leader in after sales service. |
