Toshiba Accepts Highest Honor From Business Technology Association At Annual Conference and Exposition

Business Wire, August 8, 2001

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LAS VEGAS, Nev.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 8, 2001

Office Imaging Industry Chooses Toshiba For

Top Quality Achievement Award For Sixth Year

Before an audience of office equipment dealers representing major manufacturers in the office technology industry, Toshiba America Business Solutions, Electronic Imaging Division (TABS EID) received the top award today from the Business Technology Association (BTA) during its annual Conference and Exposition held at the Las Vegas Convention Center.

Maintaining its title as the most favored manufacturer serving the BTA channel, this is the sixth time Toshiba has won the Channel Choice Award for Overall Performance. Toshiba was presented with four awards during the Opening Session of the 76th annual BTA show. For the first time in the history of the Channel's Choice Awards, all independent dealers in the office imaging industry, not just BTA members, were invited to participate in the annual survey used to determine the winners. Manufacturers were evaluated based on product line, distribution policies, sales and marketing programs and overall quality. Toshiba received Channel's Choice awards for 1) Overall Performance, 2) Digital Connected Products, 3) Product Line and 4) Corporate Support.

"To be recognized by the office products industry in this fashion is indeed a great honor," said Rick Taylor, Senior Vice President, Sales, Marketing and Business Operations, TABS. "Over the past year, Toshiba has made astonishing progress, launching its newest line of multifunction office equipment, unveiling sophisticated new document management software solutions and enhancing dealer training through the latest e-learning initiatives. These awards reinforce our commitment to maintaining Toshiba's reputation as a premier office equipment manufacturer."

"To receive the Channel Choice Award for Digital Connected Products is especially important to us," said Taylor. "With the launch of our new e-STUDIO line of multifunctional, digital copier products, Toshiba has maintained its commitment to providing technologically advanced products. Offering superior image quality with network printing capabilities, there are a total of eight different e-STUDIO models, ranging from 16 pages per minute to 80 pages per minute. Fax capabilities, overall image quality and innovative optional features like scan to e-mail are some of the line's strongest qualities.

In addition to the BTA Awards, Toshiba has received industry honors this year from Buyers Laboratory, Better Buys for Business, Marketing Research Consultants and was named to Information Week's Innovation100 List for building successful customer relationships using web technology.

About Toshiba America Business Solutions

A division of Toshiba America Business Solutions, Inc. (TABS), Toshiba EID manages product planning, marketing, sales, service support and distribution of copiers, facsimile and networked multifunction printing products throughout the United States, Latin America and the Caribbean. The Business Technology Association named Toshiba EID the most favored manufacturer in six of the past seven years, presenting them with a Channel's Choice award for "Overall Performance" in 1995, 96, 97, 99, 2000 and 2001. Remarkably, in 2000, Toshiba EID became the first manufacturer ever to sweep all five BTA Channel's Choice Awards, winning the award for Overall Performance, Digital Product Line, Product Line, Corporate Support and Marketing Distribution Policy. Among the many other awards garnered in recent years, EID won "Copier Manufacturer of the Year" awards from Marketing Research Consultants in 1997 and 1998 and CIO Web Business awards for its leading edge intranet sites in 1998, 1999 and 2000.

Headquartered in Irvine, California, TABS comprises four divisions which manufacture and market business and information-oriented products in the United States, Latin America and the Caribbean: the Electronic Imaging Division, Toner Products Division, Document Solutions Engineering Division and TOPAC, a subsidiary which operates a network of copier/fax dealers. Products include network printing products, copiers, facsimile products, toner products and network controllers.

TABS is an independent operating company of Toshiba Corp., the fifth largest electronics/electrical equipment company, and the world's 38th largest company in terms of sales. Toshiba Corporation is a world leader in high technology products with over 300 major subsidiaries and affiliates worldwide. Fiscal year revenue in 2000 was $54 billion.

For more information on Toshiba copier and facsimile products, or for a local dealer, call 1-800-GO-TOSHIBA or visit the EID Internet Web site at either (http://copier.toshiba.com) or (http://fax.toshiba.com).