By David Reed, UT EditorMilan, Italy-Cannon Eurasia is the name of a new Cannon company representing all the group's activities in Russia and the other former Soviet republics. The new unit is a Russian company that will be able to sell original Cannon equipment and spare parts in roubles, already cleared through customs procedures. It has a staff of 10 specialists providing technical and marketing assistance for the whole range of Cannon technologies, including polyurethanes, composites, thermoforming, and moulds, as well as its aluminium, energy, ecology, electronics activities. The move "puts Cannon even more in the front line of a market that is responding extremely well to our offer of innovative, reliable technologies," said Andrea Castellan, the project leader of the operation and recently appointed general manager of the new unit, in a 15 Nov statement. "We've been here for very many years," he emphasised, adding that "our representative office [Cannon Moscow] and our equipment are well known and accepted by the Russian and CSI markets."With a more structured and organised presence we will be able to cope with the growth in business that we have experienced in the past few years, and we can attack more efficiently a market which is showing a tremendous potential for our technologies," Castellan said.In addition, "the strategic situation of several republics dealing with a lot of energy resources, for instance, opens new opportunities - and not only for our plastic processing solutions: the range of packages provided by Cannon Bono in the energy and ecology fields, for instance, have a potential market which is surely superior to that of plastics!" he concluded.The Cannon Group generates a turnover close to €200 million ($235 million). It has factories in Italy, UK, USA, and Germany, as well as a network of direct offices and agents in more than 40 countries. More details are provided at the dedicated website for the new unit: www.cannon.ru"
