Epson appoints new Philippine country manager

May 29, 2019

Epson has appointed a new country manager for the Philippines as it focuses on core technologies this year.

Epson announced the appointment of Ando Munenori as the new managing director of Epson Singapore overseeing Southeast Asia region, and concurrently country manager for Epson Thailand.

He is also executive officer at Seiko Epson Corp. (SEC) Epson’s global headquarters in Japan.

Munenori is taking over from Tanaka Toshimitsu, who will be returning to a senior role in Sales Planning & Marcom Department in SEC.

Ando was head of SEC’s Sales & Marketing Division, where he was responsible for developing the sales infrastructure and strategy for all of Epson’s products globally.

From 2003 to 2008, Ando was assigned to the Southeast Asia regional headquarters in Singapore, where he was in charge of market development for Epson’s printers and other information-related products.

Last year, Epson Philippines posted an overall positive growth of 23 percent from 14 percent growth in 2017.

In terms of product category, inkjet printers and scanners were the highest contributors at 70 percent, followed by point of sale (POS) and dot matrix printers at 14 percent, visual instruments at 11 percent and commercial & industrial products at five percent. DMS