{"id":36162,"date":"2019-09-26T08:33:58","date_gmt":"2019-09-26T15:33:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/?p=36162"},"modified":"2019-09-26T14:23:06","modified_gmt":"2019-09-26T21:23:06","slug":"kyocera-selected-as-2019-channel-champion-at-business-technology-association-grand-slam-event-in-nyc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/news\/2019\/09\/kyocera-selected-as-2019-channel-champion-at-business-technology-association-grand-slam-event-in-nyc\/","title":{"rendered":"Kyocera Selected as 2019 Channel Champion at Business Technology Association Grand Slam Event in NYC"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Fairfield, NJ (Sept. 19, 2019)<\/em> \u2014 Kyocera Document Solutions America, Inc., one of the world\u2019s leading document solutions companies, today announced it was awarded the 2019 Channel Champion award by the Business Technology Association (BTA), at a BTA event in NYC. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Channel Champion award recognizes a vendor that brought BTA the most new dealer members during a campaign period of Feb. 1 \u2013 July 31, 2019. Reaffirming Kyocera\u2019s commitment to fostering a prosperous and strong future for the independent dealer channel, Kyocera introduced more dealers than any other vendor during this campaign period. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The award was presented at the associaton\u2019s recent Grand Slam event to Kyocera President and CEO Oscar Sanchez by 2018-19 BTA National President John Eckstrom. Eckstrom is president of a valued dealer partner of Kyocera\u2019s in the Southeast through his successful dealership Carolina Business Equipment. Grand Slam was held Sept. 1213 at the Sheraton New York Times Square. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThis award serves to recognize Kyocera for its focus and success in encouraging dealers to join the Business Technology Association in order to help them remain the premier source of distribution in their local markets,\u201d said Brent Hoskins, executive director for BTA. \u201cThis recognition has distinguished Kyocera among its peers for its commitment to help strengthen the BTA Channel through membership in the association.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

BTA\u2019s networking and educational events, which are scheduled around the country throughout the year, are designed for independent office technology dealers. The events provide dealers with opportunities to meet and discuss new ideas, and participate in educational sessions presented by industry leaders. This year\u2019s Grand Slam event, hosted by the association\u2019s BTA East district, featured a keynote address by Chris Messina, the inventor of the hashtag, a dealer panel discussion on how dealers are growing net-new business and educational sessions centered around the document imaging industry. There were also 49 exhibiting companies. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt is a tremendous honor and privilege to be recognized by BTA and the dealer community,\u201d said Danielle Wolowitz, vice president of corporate marketing. \u201cAs a dealer-centric organization, Kyocera Document Solutions America is committed to sharing our expertise and insight to help support and drive growth for the independent dealer network. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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About Business Technology Association (BTA) <\/strong>
Founded in 1926, the Business Technology Association<\/a> serves office technology dealerships, resellers, manufacturers, distributors and<\/g> service companies. Its core members \u2014 office technology dealerships \u2014 consult, sell and service hardware, software and<\/g> supplies with the goal of helping businesses maximize their investment in devices and technology. Through the association\u2019s various educational programs, information, research, legal services, publications and guidance, BTA member dealerships are positioned to be the premier source of the office technology used by businesses throughout the United States every day. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

About KYOCERA Document Solutions America Inc. <\/strong>
Kyocera Document Solutions America Inc.<\/a> is a group company of Kyocera Document Solutions Inc., a global leading provider of total document solutions based in Osaka, Japan. The company\u2019s portfolio includes reliable and eco-friendly MFPs and printers, as well as business applications and consultative services which enable customers to optimize and manage their document workflow, reaching new heights of efficiency. With professional expertise and a customer-first culture, the objective of the company is to help organizations put knowledge to work to drive change. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kyocera Document Solutions Inc. is a core company of Kyocera Corporation, a leading supplier of semiconductor packages, industrial and automotive components, electronic devices, solar power generating systems and mobile phones. During the year ended March 31, 2019, Kyocera Corporation\u2019s consolidated sales revenue totaled $14.6 billion. Kyocera appears on the \u201cDerwent Top 100 Global Innovators 2018-19\u201d list by Clarivate Analytics and is ranked #655 on Forbes magazine\u2019s 2019 \u201cGlobal 2000\u201d list of the world\u2019s largest publicly traded companies. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Fairfield, NJ (Sept. 19, 2019) \u2014 Kyocera Document Solutions America, Inc., one of the world\u2019s leading document solutions companies, today announced it was awarded the 2019 Channel Champion award by the Business Technology Association (BTA), at a BTA event in NYC. The Channel Champion award recognizes a vendor that brought BTA the most new dealer members during a campaign period of Feb. 1 \u2013 July 31, 2019. Reaffirming Kyocera\u2019s commitment to fostering a prosperous and strong future for the independent dealer channel, Kyocera introduced more dealers than any other vendor during this campaign period. The award was presented at the associaton\u2019s recent Grand Slam event to Kyocera President and CEO Oscar Sanchez by 2018-19 BTA National President John Eckstrom. Eckstrom is president of a valued dealer partner of Kyocera\u2019s in the Southeast through his successful dealership Carolina Business Equipment. Grand Slam was held Sept. 1213 at the Sheraton New York Times Square. \u201cThis award serves to recognize Kyocera for its focus and success in encouraging dealers to join the Business Technology Association in order to help them remain the premier source of distribution in their local markets,\u201d said Brent Hoskins, executive director for BTA. \u201cThis recognition has distinguished Kyocera among its peers for its commitment to help strengthen the BTA Channel through membership in the association.\u201d BTA\u2019s networking and educational events, which are scheduled around the country throughout the year, are designed for independent office technology dealers. The events provide dealers with opportunities to meet and discuss new ideas, and participate in educational sessions presented by industry leaders. This year\u2019s Grand Slam event, hosted by the association\u2019s BTA East district, featured a keynote address by Chris Messina, the inventor of the hashtag, a dealer panel discussion on how dealers are growing net-new business and educational sessions centered around the document imaging industry. There were also 49 exhibiting companies. \u201cIt is a tremendous honor and privilege to be recognized by BTA and the dealer community,\u201d said Danielle Wolowitz, vice president of corporate marketing. \u201cAs a dealer-centric organization, Kyocera Document Solutions America is committed to sharing our expertise and insight to help support and drive growth for the independent dealer network. ### About Business Technology Association (BTA) Founded in 1926, the Business Technology Association serves office technology dealerships, resellers, manufacturers, distributors and service companies. Its core members \u2014 office technology dealerships \u2014 consult, sell and service hardware, software and supplies with the goal of helping businesses maximize their investment in devices and technology. Through the association\u2019s various educational programs, information, research, legal services, publications and guidance, BTA member dealerships are positioned to be the premier source of the office technology used by businesses throughout the United States every day. About KYOCERA Document Solutions America Inc. Kyocera Document Solutions America Inc. is a group company of Kyocera Document Solutions Inc., a global leading provider of total document solutions based in Osaka, Japan. The company\u2019s portfolio includes reliable and eco-friendly MFPs and printers, as well as business applications and consultative services which enable customers to optimize and manage their document workflow, reaching new heights of efficiency. With professional expertise and a customer-first culture, the objective of the company is to help organizations put knowledge to work to drive change. Kyocera Document Solutions Inc. is a core company of Kyocera Corporation, a leading supplier of semiconductor packages, industrial and automotive components, electronic devices, solar power generating systems and mobile phones. During the year ended March 31, 2019, Kyocera Corporation\u2019s consolidated sales revenue totaled $14.6 billion. Kyocera appears on the \u201cDerwent Top 100 Global Innovators 2018-19\u201d list by Clarivate Analytics and is ranked #655 on Forbes magazine\u2019s 2019 \u201cGlobal 2000\u201d list of the world\u2019s largest publicly traded companies.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":66,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[86],"tags":[127,664],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36162"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/66"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=36162"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36162\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":36209,"href":"http:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36162\/revisions\/36209"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36162"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=36162"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=36162"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}