For the first time, we will not pre-announce any award winners prior to our dinner. All winners, as determined by votes cast via our annual dealer survey, will be announced live on October 6th at The Cannata Report 31st Annual Awards & Charities Dinner. This year’s categories and nominee are as follows:
Best Manufacturer: Canon U.S.A., Inc. (Canon); Konica Minolta Business Solutions, U.S.A., Inc. (Konica Minolta); Ricoh Americas Corporation (Ricoh); Sharp Imaging and Information Company of America, Inc. (Sharp).
Best A4 Manufacturer: HP Inc.; KYOCERA America Document Solutions, Inc.; Lexmark International, Inc.; Muratec Americas, Inc.
Best-in-Class Manufacturer: Konica Minolta; Muratec; Sharp; Toshiba America Business Solutions, Inc. (Toshiba).
Best Female Executive: (As previously published in last month’s Women Influencers Issue and on TheCannataReport.com); Laura Blackmer, Sharp; Kay Du Fernandez, Konica Minolta; Nancy Langdale, Canon; Sue Wilson, Toshiba.
Best Male Executive: Doug Albregts, Sharp; Jim Coriddi, Ricoh; Scott Maccabe, Toshiba; Rick Taylor, Konica Minolta.
Best Software and Services Provider: ACDI; Square 9 Softworks, Inc.; LMI Solutions, Inc.
Best Leasing Company (New): De Lage Landon; Everbank; GreatAmerica Financial Services; U.S. Bank.
Best Marketing Strategy: Canon; Konica Minolta; Ricoh; Sharp.
Charity Is Always the Biggest Winner
While we began our awards ceremony in 1985, we added a charitable component 19 years ago. Since initiating the charity aspect, we have raised over $1.7 million for various worthwhile causes, including the creation of 10 cancer research grants through the V Foundation for Cancer Research and the Hackensack University Medical Center. In addition, we have created endowments for numerous scholarships. We have also raised funds for charities that serve battered women and children and “Windows on The World,” which provided financial aid for families who had lost parents and spouses who worked in the restaurant at the top of The World Trade Center in New York City following September 11, 2001. Our scholarship endowments have benefited Caltech (in honor of Chester Carlson), Saint Mary’s College, Seton Hall University, and Saint Ignatius Prep in Chicago. On two separate occasions, we honored the Glide Foundation to aid the homeless in the San Francisco area.
This year, for a third time, we return to Hackensack University Medical Center where we have established The Jackie Ritschel Memorial Endowment for Cancer Research & Treatment. Jackie was the wife of Andy Ritschel and together they owned Electronic Office Systems in Fairfield, New Jersey. To learn more about the motivation behind this particular endowment, please read “The Cannata Report Announces 2016 Awards & Charities Dinner Beneficiary,” published in our May 2016 issue and in “This Week” on TheCannataReport.com or visit thecannatareport.com/dinner31.
We want to thank all of those who have been so generous to the various aforementioned charities and beyond. Together, our contributions represent a substantial and sincere commitment to the importance of giving back on behalf of our industry.
““ Frank G. Cannata
