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ISO 14001:2004 and ISO
9001:2000 awarded to WeP Peripherals recognising their commitment to the
environment and their customers
Bangalore, February 25th, 2008: WeP
Peripherals, India’s leading IT Peripherals, Solutions and Services Company
announced this week that their Himachal Pradesh plant has been certified by
Bureau Veritas Certification for the ISO 14001: 2004 environmental standard.
The certification recognizes the environmental safeguards, procedures and
management systems in place at the company’s Jharmajri-Baddi factory based in
Solan District of Himachal Pradesh.
Speaking on the ISO 14001:2004 certification,
Mr. Ram Agarwal, MD & CEO, WeP Peripherals Ltd. said, “We have been working
diligently on the certification process, which represents an internationally
recognized standard for environmental performance and systems. This is a great
team effort which records a significant milestone of delivering on our
commitments to our communities, and the environment.”
“Our brand has a promise to deliver “your
tech fantasy”. We deliver tech fantasy into the customer’s mind, to make our
business robust, sustainable and socially responsible”. Sustainability is one
of our prime brand delivery, which is possible only through adopting best
business ethics and next decades corporate practices. This means that we need
to have equal emphasis on economic, environment and social factors. This is our
business imperative. Our journey towards best business ethics and corporate
practices started through many social and environment developmental projects.
The company has always supported the green cause by lending support to e-waste
management and water conservation campaigns. From the time of inception, its
processes have always ensured that they help prevent, reduce or eliminate the
environmental impact of its activities, products and services”, added Mr.
Agarwal.
WeP is among the first Indian exporters to
get RoHS certification for its products which ensures reduced levels of
hazardous substances in electronic equipments. WeP’s Green product range is all
about reuse of consumables. The ISO 14001:2004 certification is a tangible
demonstration of WeP Peripherals’ pledge to further improve environmental
performance.
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“WeP Goes GREEN”
WeP launches an Environment friendly “first of
its kinds” business initiative with Reva for providing mobile services to its
customers in India.
Bangalore, 6th February 2008: Announcing
its new customer initiative, WeP Peripherals, India’s leading IT Peripherals
company today flagged-off a large bunch of Reva cars from the Press Club,
Cubbon Park, Bangalore for a rally around the city.
These striking WeP branded Reva cars will now
be used as mobile service centres that will cater to its existing customers and
will also provide information to the common man wanting to buy WeP’s products.
It is a strategic tie-up that was formed due to the eco-friendliness of the
Reva electric car and was the first choice while looking at enhancing WeP’s
services to its customers.
Speaking at the occasion, the CEO & MD,
WeP Peripherals Ltd., Mr. Ram N Agarwal said, “Right from the word go, “Green”
is the word that is key to all of WeP Peripheral’s initiatives, be it bringing
out Green Consumable products, conforming to RoHS (Restrict the use of
Hazardous Substance) or our CSR activities around e-waste
management and hence the tie-up with Reva was apparent as another step towards
the Green Cause from WeP”.
Mr. Sandeep Maini, Chairman of the Maini
Group speaking on behalf of RECC said, “We are proud to partner with WeP on
this initiative for the environment, both REVA & WeP are companies who are
very environment conscious and take initiatives to ensure that we protect our
environment. We hope through the Environment initiative we will be able to
influence more people to join us and work towards making our world cleaner
& greener.
As an Electronic manufacturer, WeP is highly
environment conscious, and is aware of its responsibilities towards managing
the increasing amount of Electronic waste in India. Earlier, WeP formulated a
GREEN strategy to enter into remanufacturing of IT Hardware products and has
commenced this activity through its Long Life IBU where IT consumables like
print head, toner cartridges etc. are being remanufacturing to reduce IT waste
in the environment. In addition to this, they have entered into an agreement to
give their waste to the only Pollution Control Board authorized e-waste
recycler in India.
WeP has also an advantage of taking a lead in
e-waste management and hence can distinguish itself as a responsible player in
the market. Apart from internal initiatives ensuring safe e-waste management
practices, WeP launched Bangalore wide citizens programme in April last year.
An awareness campaign was started henceforth targeting citizens, corporate’s
and schools. It is committed towards an eco-friendly, financially viable and
socially acceptable E-waste management system for Bangalore.
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“Mirambika School for the New
Age” bags the Champion’s trophy at the
WeP Peripherals hosted
‘Green Dreamz 2008’
Bangalore, 31st January 2008: “Mirambika
School for the New Age” won the Champion’s trophy at the one-day Inter-school
competitive event on E-waste management – ‘GREEN DREAMZ 2008’, organised by WeP
Peripherals, India’s leading IT Peripherals Company along with Saahas, a
voluntary organisation working with issues related to solid waste.
With about 10 members from each school
enrolled for it, there were around 150 school children along with teachers from
leading schools in Bangalore who participated in the event.
The Green Dreamz 2008 on the theme of “E-waste
Management” started with a Recycling Art competition wherein
students were given a chance to create recycled art pieces from e-waste like
CDs, batteries and floppies. Then they had the Thematic Treasure Hunt followed
by Theme presentations where the teams were given 10 minutes each to
present in any form, on “E-waste Management”. The teams had complete freedom to
select the mode of presentation and this varied from a skit to a collage of
various pictures to a song, play etc.
The winners for the above-mentioned
competition were:
1. Mirambika School for the New Age, for
Theme Presentation
2. St. Joseph Boys High School for Treasure
Hunt
3. Baldwin’s Girls High School for Recycling
Art Competition
WeP Peripherals has always supported the
cause for e-waste management and was among the first Indian exporters to get
RoHS certification that insists on environment friendliness in electronic
equipment. WeP’s Green product range is all about reuse of consumables.
Mr. Ram N Agarwal, CEO & MD, WeP
Peripherals Ltd, who was present at the occasion said, “We as a company are
committed towards an eco-friendly, cost effective and satisfactory E-waste
management system for Bangalore. Our green range of products are the first of
its kind recycled electronic products. The overwhelming response from the
students is one step towards the realization of our goal. It’s been WeP’s
endeavor to raise awareness about safe disposal of e-waste and e - recycling
and to make children eco consultants.”
In addition to such initiatives, WeP has been
collecting e-waste by placing e- bins at key locations in Bangalore. E-waste
collected is sent to the authorised recycler for safe disposal. We have around
150 collection centers in schools, colleges, offices, apartments and commercial
establishments in Bangalore.
A recent study reveals that near 3.3 lakh tons
of e-waste is generated annually in India, while an additional 0.5 lakh ton is
illegally imported into the country. However, only 0.19 lakh tons of this is
recycled in the country due to poor awareness and insufficient recycling
infrastructure. Currently e-waste recycling remains concentrated in the
informal sector, which due to poor processing technologies and very small
capacities, contributes significantly to pollution and environmental
degradation. It is estimated that e-waste generated in India will touch 4.7
lakh metric tons by 2011.
Mr. Henning, Consultant, e-Parisara, Mr.
Andreas, Consultant, EMPA, Rohit Jayakaran & Rajesh, Radio Jockey, Fever
104 and Mr. Jayant Gundewar, CSO, WeP Peripherlas were the judges for the
event. For both recycled art competition and theme presentations, the
parameters considered were concept behind the design, creativity and the
presentation.
About Green Dreamz 2008:
Green Dreamz started a week ago with a
day’s visit for the students to India’s first authorized E-waste Recycling
facility in Karnataka. Based on the visit, the students were then quizzed and
contests were held on safe e-waste disposal in the schools for the entire week.
For this the materials and prizes were sponsored by the organizers and were
given away to the winners in each of the schools.
WeP Peripherals is organising this event in
partnership with Saahas, a voluntary organisation working with issues related
to solid waste. The WeP – Saahas partnership has been working towards creating
awareness and setting up practical measures towards safe disposal of e-waste
generated in households and offices.
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WeP launches Thermal Receipt
Printer TH400
The fastest & smartest printing
solutions in its category for the retail industry
Bangalore, December 13, 2007: WeP
Peripherals, India’s leading IT peripherals products, IT peripherals solutions,
supplies and printing services company, today announced the launch of its
fastest and smartest thermal receipt printer TH400.
This multitalented fast, light &
efficient thermal receipt printer can print at an unrivalled printing speed of
220 mm/sec. TH400 is a high performer in its category. With some unique
features like, character enlargement, black mark sensor, bar code printing,
flash memory of 256kb, higher reliability and long cutter life its priced at
MRP – 13800/-. These entire qualities make TH400 a feature packed model.
TH400 has built in Parallel interfaces, which
can be changed to Serial & USB OR Ethernet interface options depending on
user’s requirements. With the MTBF of 360,000 Power on Hours, the TH400 is
rugged and delivers non-stop performance. TH400 is targeted at all retail
formats for printing cash receipts, in restaurants for printing kitchen orders,
in banks for printing tokens, in toll gates for printing gate receipts and tax
receipts, in movie theaters to print movie tickets, it can print water tax
receipts, electricity receipts and transport tickets. Usage is manifold.
Mr. Ramdinsanga Saiwi, Marketing Manager, WeP
Peripherals said “Our TH 400 is perfect for the growing requirements of
the Indian Retail segment. The billing decks are the most critical parts of any
store/billing section. Fast prints to clear long queues are a necessity today.
With prints at 220mm/sec and a long life Autocutter -TH 400 is definitely a
printer to reckon with.”
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WeP’s ‘Tech Fantasy Zone’
2007
To showcase its latest range of tech
fantasy products
Bangalore, December 19th, 2007: WeP
Peripherals, India's leading provider of IT peripheral products,
solutions and printing services, today announced the launch of ‘Tech Fantasy
Zone 2007’ a one day event that showcases the new range of tech fantasy
products that include retail printer, laser’s, high speed impact and line
matrix printers. Some of the products on display are: BP-40, DR 400, TH400, TOP
UPS, 500VA Special, Bounti Rainbow printers, DSI 810, LQDSI 5235, HQ1600 and
P7-1000 for its partners and customers.
Bangalore, December 19th, 2007: WeP
Peripherals,The key highlight of the daylong event will be an opportunity to
meet different partners, corporate customers and National System Integrators.
The motive being to understand the expectation of Indore market and help create
a platform to share trends and solutions evolving in the marketplace.
Activities during the daylong programme will be to conduct speed challenge
programme for LQDSI & Bounti Rainbow. Channel Partner’s can take mileage of
“Spot booking offers” and at the same time be aware of ongoing schemes. TH400 –
The fast, smart and light thermal receipt printer will also be showcased for
the first time.
Speaking on the occasion, Mr. Ramdinsanga
Saiwi, Marketing Manager, WeP Peripherals said, “At WeP, we understand
customers’ needs for developing products quickly to meet the demands of
emerging markets. In order to jump-start this market, WeP believes in working
closely with its partners. Also, we owe our success to our channel partners who
have worked for us with great zeal. The idea of setting up the Tech Fantasy
Zone is to allow customers to experience our products in an ambience, which is
comfortable and allow them to interact with the product more closely.”
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WeP bags ‘Most Trusted Brand
– 2007’ award from VAR India Magazine
Jayant Gundewar receiving the award along with Debranjan in Delhi
Bangalore, November 20th, 2007: WeP
Peripherals, India's leading provider of IT peripherals products,
solutions and printing services, today announced that it has been awarded "Most
Trusted Brand” by VARIndia at its annual Star Nite Awards, held in Delhi
recently.
The VARIndia Star Nite awards recognizes
outstanding vendors in more than 50 product and service categories, including
server and network hardware, database software, storage management, and
security. Award nominees for the various categories were determined by feedback
from customers and channel partners and studies made through VARIndia's print
and online media in metropolitan areas and B- and C-class cities. The criteria
used to determine the award winners included: market penetration, product
performance, commitment to channel partners, and operational effectiveness,
incorporating logistics, service support and responsiveness to customers.
Speaking on the occasion Mr. Jayant Gundewar,
Chief Strategy Officer (CSO), WeP Peripherals said "We are very pleased
and honored to have won this coveted award. This is both a vindication of WeP's
integrated approach to market, as well as an acknowledgement by our customers
and channel partners of the effectiveness of WeP's support and focus towards
the market."
The VARIndia Star Nite Awards, which is now
into its sixth year, was attended by over 600 people, comprising Indian
government officials, foreign, Executives from major Value-Added Resellers
(VARs), System Integrators (SIs), and channel partners.
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Tandberg Data Asia appoints SELECT
TECHNOLOGIES as master distributor for RDX QUIKSTOR in INDIA
Bangalore, August 20, 2007: India’s
leading network solutions provider, Select Technologies, signed a Memorandum of
Understanding (MOU) on the master distributorship for RDX™ QuikStor in India
with Tandberg Data (Asia) Pte Ltd, a leading global supplier and manufacturer
of backup and archiving solutions. Tandberg Data’s RDX QuikStor is an
award-winning cartridge-based removable storage system that offers rugged,
reliable and convenient storage for backup, archive, data interchange and
disaster discovery.
With the new appointment, Select
Technologies, a division of WeP Peripherals, a leading player in Information
Protection & Information Management Solutions and Services, will market Tandberg
Data’s RDX QuikStor to the Small and Medium Business (SME) and Small
Office Home Office (SOHO) markets in India through Channel Partners.
“Tandberg Data is an emergent brand in India
and the agreement with Tandberg Data Asia adds further value to our current
portfolio,” said Mr. Ram N Agarwal, Managing Director & Chief Executive
Officer, WeP Peripherals Ltd. “Customers are now seeking a single vendor
to provide one-stop storage solutions. With this strategic tie-up, I am
confident that we are able to reiterate our commitment to our customers by
bringing them superior storage products and solutions, and also bring the sale
of RDX QuikStor to greater heights in India.”
Mr Raymond Kang, Managing Director, Tandberg
Data (Asia) Pte Ltd said, “We believe Select Technologies is the ideal
master distributor for our RDX QuikStor as they have a reputable image in the
IT distribution industry in India. RDX QuikStor is the only backup technology
that offers the best of tape and hard disk at a small price. We are seeing a
significant demand and sales growth of RDX QuikStor in India now and this MOU
with Select Technologies came in timely to better address the demand as well as
capturing more sales leads across the Indian cities.”
To further emphasize the effectiveness of
this partnership, Mr. Sunil Pillai, Business Head, Select Technologies added,
"Entry-level drives comprising of the DAT, DDS & DLT technologies, cater to
45% of today’s Tape Drive solution market. Our enterprise customers are looking
for a single intelligently managed data storage solution and we anticipate that
RDX QuikStor, with the simplicity of a tape based backup and the speed and
flexibility of hard disk storage, will soon replace competing tape solutions in
the market.”
Tandberg RDX QuikStor cartridge capacity
ranges in 40, 80, 120, and 160GB and future generations will follow the roadmap
of 2.5 inch mobile hard disk drives. Select Technologies and Tandberg Data Asia
will be working closely to kick start a series of launches and promotions for
RDX QuikStor. Both companies are positive that the synergies of this
partnership will yield beneficial results for each other.
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WeP Peripherals Rolls out New Tech Fantasy
Product WeP 810
Mysore, July 31st, 2007: WeP Peripherals,
India’s leading Peripherals Company, today rolled out its new 24Pin 80Col Tech
fantasy Printer WeP 810 for business users from its Mysore facility.
This product is the fastest throughput Printer in its category, with Triple
Share printing feature to share among 3 users and MTBF at 10000 POH makes WeP
810 best suited for expanding Indian Rural and industrial segment.
Mr. M S Sundara Rajan , Chairman &
Managing Director, Indian Bank has unveiled the first 810 printer at
Mysore. Speaking on the occasion Mr. Sundara Rajan said, “Banking industry is
moving from Class Banking to Mass Banking. This can be achieved only by
Technology and innovation. Triple share feature is very impressive on WEP 810
which will make the product shared among the users and reduce the waiting time
in the branch.” Mr. Sundara Rajan also shared his vision on Indian
Hardware industry to meet the ever growing banking solutions and advised young
Engineers to come out with more and more innovative products with Out of Box
thinking.
Mr. S Nagarjuna, Senior General Manager
Operations & Exports, WeP Peripherals Limited handed over the first
product to Mr. Sundara Rajan on this occasion.
Speaking on the occasion Ramdin, Marketing
Manager WeP Peripherals said, “We believe in constant research to understand the
changing needs of our customers and expand our product portfolio to offer
customized printing solutions to the consumers. With higher through put,
increased reliability and affordable pricing and capability of performing at
low voltage intake, WeP 810 will establish its supremacy in the rural
industrial market of India. This product will also increase the productivity
and efficiency of the customer with Triple Share Feature.”
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WeP launches Bizberry Print & Save
Services in Bhopal, Kochi, Coimbatore, Lucknow, Jaipur, and Chandigarh
Bhopal, July 16th, 2007: WeP Peripherals
launches Bizberry Print & Save services in the above-mentioned
cities. WeP Bizberry Print & Save Services is an innovation from WeP
Peripherals Ltd that offers users the facility of paying for printouts rather
than investing in printers. WeP Bizberry Print & Save Services offers two
convenient forms - On-site Services, where the facility is available at
the user's premises and Off-site Services, where the facility is
available at a WeP Print & Save Centre. This unique solution provides a
scope for all businesses to outsource business-printing requirements.
WeP Bizberry Print & Save has over 7000
printers deployed in about 670 locations and handling over 800 accounts.
Realizing the growth potential of these cities, WeP has decided to aggressively
roll out its services here. WeP Bizberry Print & Save solution will be of
great benefit for any organization that prints more than 2500 pages per month.
The offerings range from lower-speed printers & high-speed printers to A4
& A3 multi-function printers and can thereby address a large range of
customer needs.
Mr. Sanjeev Arora, Business Head, Bizberry
Print and Save, WeP Peripherals said,“WeP Bizberry Print & Save
Services enables customers to outsource their printing and pay for the pages
printed. All business segments will benefit from WeP Bizberry Print & Save
Centre's service either from the comfort of their office by using the Remote
Printing facility, or by personally coming over to the Centre.”
The essence of the WeP Bizberry Print &
Save Services is that users have the facility of paying for printouts rather
than investing in printers. Started in 2001, this service caters to the
convenience and emergency printing needs of customers at their office premise,
and also provides remote printing, confidential printing, variety printing and
document management facilities. For the emergency and convenience printing WeP
installs a suitable printer at the customer premise. Customers can log into
www.wepprint.com for remote printing, confidential printing, variety printing
and document management.
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WeP invents 'Double
Conversion Isolated Hi Frequency Boost' (DCB)
UPS technology
Bangalore, June 7th, 2007: WeP Peripherals,
India’s leading Tech fantasy IT Peripherals Company, has invented and patented 'Double
Conversion Isolated Hi Frequency Boost' (DCB) technology that will
revolutionize the power conditioning arena. Unlike the prevailing single-PC
Line Interactive UPS that supports a single PC and provides a back up time of
about 15 minutes, or, the prohibitively expensive Online UPS, the DCB UPS
will provide the benefits of the much costlier Online technology UPS at a price
which is close to the more common Line Interactive UPS.
WeP Peripherals has always come up with
innovative solutions to cater to the changing needs of its consumers and this
new invention will usher in a paradigm shift in the UPS market. The DCB UPS is
capable of supporting a PC and a small personal DeskJet or Impact printer, can
provide upto 8 hours of back-up, Online technology-like up very little space.
Not only this, the back-up time is scalable and the consumer decides what
back-up would be suitable for him.
DCB will address the pressing power needs of
large & medium enterprises with a branch network spanning semi-urban &
rural areas. Banks, PSUs, Govt, Education, manufacturing & trading houses
as well as SOHOs and small businesses can benefit from this new technology. The
power situation in India demands UPSs with not just power conditioning but also
long hours of backup time for business continuity.
Jayant Gundewar, Chief Strategy Officer, WeP
Peripherals says, “A combination of an internationally unique technology
that provides a scalable and extra long back-up time along with an affordable
price makes for an excellent UPS solution. This UPS will create ripples in the
world of power back-up solutions”
With increasing shortage in the supply of
power, the need for better power back up systems is on the rise. The
forthcoming DCB technology is all set to change the way in which to deal with
Power cuts and the UPSs running on this technology will bring in a number of
advantages as compared to the prevalent UPS technologies.
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WeP Peripherals rolls out High Speed Impact
Printer from its Mysore Facility
Mysore May 22, 2007: WeP Peripherals ,WeP
Peripherals, India’s leading Peripherals Company, today rolled out High Speed
Impact Printer for business users from its Mysore facility. Capable of printing
1000 characters per second, WeP HQ 2100 is best suited for
multi-user networked application necessities printing more pages at lesser
time. The unique feature of this product has been its performance with highest
uptime in its segment.
Speaking on the occasion, Mr. S Nagarjuna,
Senior General Manager Operations & Exports, WeP Peripherals Limited
said, “We believe in constant expansion of our existing product portfolio, by
offering customized printing solutions to the consumers. WeP HQ 2100
is fast, powerful, rugged yet affordable. With serial and parallel
interface with auto-share, 1+8 multipart capability, WeP HQ 2100 will establish
its supremacy in the High Speed Impact market.”
“We are expecting fastest growth in this
lineup i.e. High Speed Impact business at WeP. With this launch, WeP has
strengthened its product portfolio, and we are confident that consumers will
appreciate this range which is a subtle combination of quality, technology and
cost efficiency”, added Nagarjuna.
The global market of High Speed Impact
Printer is fast expanding with an estimated figure of around 40,000 printers
per annum. Indian market size is currently 10% of the total figure at around
4000 printers per annum, which alone is expected to go up to 5000. Considering
the given Global & Indian requirement the exports scenario looks bright.
“With huge IT investments in sectors like
Banking, Insurance, Manufacturing, Transportation and Government in India, we
expect to leverage on this growth with HQ 2100” says Ramdinsanga Saiawi,
Marketing Manager, WeP Peripherals.
Some of the component used in WeP HQ 2100
is presently being imported; moving forward WeP aspires to manufacture them
very soon in Mysore itself.
Human health and environmental risk has
always been major concern through out the world over use of certain hazardous
substances which form a larger chunk of electronics products. This has led
European Union to enact the directive on use of RoHS. RoHS is an acronym for
Restrict the use of Hazardous Substance, like Lead, Mercury, Cadmium,
Hexavalent, Chromium, Polytrominated Biphenyls and Polybrominated Diphenyl
Esters. This directive is in force from July 2006, similar legislation is
expected to come in practice in China, Japan and various other states in United
States. WeP’s aim is to comply with RoHS directive requirement over our global
product lines.
Highlights of WeP HQ 2100
WeP HQ 2100 is a High Speed Dot Matrix Printer that prints 710 pages per hour,
which is the fastest in its class. It has serial and parallel interface with
auto-share, 1+8 multipart capability, 64 kb input buffer, 10 LQ fonts and one
year warranty including print-head. It also matches the BIS quality criteria
for throughputs at 24 x 12 character matrix. HQ 2100 is equipped with a zoom
function which quickly and easily enlarges (up to 1600%) and reduces (down to
66%) the size of the printed characters. All major types of bar codes can be
output with speed and clarity. Most importantly its technical excellence is
balanced by superb operating ease. Its innovative 2-level menu system makes
operation refreshingly simple. HQ 2100 even stores 3 complete configurations
for instant recall and provides detailed error message.
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WeP Launches Bizberry Print & Save
Centre at the Bangalore High Court
Bangalore, March 21, 2007: WeP Peripherals,
India's leading provider of IT peripherals products, solutions, supplies and
printing services, today announced launch of its ‘Bizberry Print & Save
Centre’ at the High Court of Karnataka on the request of
Advocates of Bangalore. The print centre, located within the High Court
premises, aims to offer a host of services to the lawyers and law students.
In addition to onsite printing services to
large corporate and SME segment, this is an initiative from WeP to take the
offering closer to the customer. The Bizberry Print & Save Centre at the
high court provides printing and imaging solutions like scanning, digitisation,
photocopying and internet surfing through the 6 PCs installed at the centre.
WeP has also Wi-Fi enabled the print centre premises.
Inaugurating the centre, Justice Cyriac
Joseph, Hon’ble Chief Justice, High Court of Karnataka, appreciated
this initiative by WeP and said “legal procedures will now be facilitated by the
use of modern technologies enabling speeding up proceedings.”
Speaking on the occasion, Mr. Ram N Agarwal,
MD & CEO, WeP Peripherals said “As Bangalore metamorphoses into an
advanced metropolis, we realised the need for the High Court to be armed with
such modern amenities. The services offered by our Bizberry Print & Save
Centre here would benefit the Advocate community and law students”. He
also thanked Hon’ble Justice S.R Bannurmath, the Bangalore Advocate Academy
& Group of Advocates for their support in setting up the centre.
“Print and Save centre” at high court
premises is one more classic examples of WeP’s promise of “delivering
consumer’s tech fantasy”.
WeP recently launched a range of Tech Fantasy
Range of products across India. WeP showcased a whole new range of Products
from next generation printers for retail applications, O WeP, Bounti BP40
a standalone retail billing solution which enables the customer to take a bill
print without having a PC, O WeP, Bounti Rainbow, an 80 Column impact
printer, to multifunctional TOP.UPS and finally O WeP, Pen drives
with unique benefits like metallic body, battery-less display and biometrics
security. These next generation products have been conceptualised and developed
based on consumer research thus fulfilling the consumer proactiveness as
promised by WeP.
This is the second Print & Save Centre
that WeP Peripherals has launched in Bangalore after the one on Lavelle Road.
WeP is a pioneer in offering onsite & offsite Business Printing outsourcing
(BPO) service in India.
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WeP Peripherals Launches new range of Tech
Fantasy Products
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O WeP, Bounti BP-40, a compact retail billing solution which works
without a PC
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O WeP, Bounti Rainbow, an 80 column impact printer in vibrant body
colour
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O WeP,TOP.UPS
the only multifunctional UPS in the world that becomes the PC user’s table-top
assistant
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O WeP, Pen Drives with metallic body, battery-less display and biometric
security
Bangalore 28th December: WeP
Peripherals India’s leading Peripherals Company today launched a range of tech
fantasy products for consumers and business users in Kolkota. In accordance
with its promise of delivering the consumers’ Tech Fantasy, WeP showcased a
whole new range of Products from next generation printers for retail
applications, O WeP, Bounti BP40 a standalone retail billing solution
which enables the customer to take a bill print without having a PC, O WeP,
Bounti Rainbow, an 80 Column impact printer, to multifunctional TOP.UPS
and finally O WeP, Pen drives with unique benefits like metallic body,
battery-less display and biometrics security. These next generation products
have been conceptualised and developed based on consumer research thus
fulfilling the consumer proactiveness as promised by WeP.
Talking on the occasion, Mr. Ram N Agarwal, MD
& CEO, WeP Peripherals said, “The new products re-emphasise WeP’s
focus on delivering consumer’s tech fantasy.” “With the launch of next
generation products we will further consolidate our position in the market
place. We are aiming to grow at 5-10% ahead of the industry growth in each of
the product categories. Furthermore this product launch is supported with a
nation wide 58 city campaign to create visibility and pull for products by
using print and below the line activities like Van Shows / Road Shows. We have
already rolled out the campaign in Kochi, Coimbatore, Madurai, Bangalore,
Hyderabad, Chennai, Delhi, Ludhiana, Ahmedabad and Pune.”
Mr. Agarwal further added; “With the
commencement of this campaign we expect to move towards our ambitious vision to
be India’s most valuable tech fantasy products, solution and services
enterprise. The new products ushers the move to unify the look and feel
across existing WeP products in an effort to better communicate important
characteristics and values to consumer.”
Highlights of Products Launched
(1) WeP Bounti BP-40
O WeP, Bounti BP-40 is a compact
billing solution, which enables a user to take a bill print without having a
computer. It prints item wise details in the bill and can store upto 2000 items
in its database. The product is VAT ready and can include multiple tax slabs in
the bill. At the end of the day, one can take a day sale and item sold report.
The product is designed for shops that do not have an automated billing
solution and are looking for an affordable yet efficient billing solution.
(2) WeP Bounti Rainbow
O WeP, Bounti Rainbow, is an 80 Col impact
printer has stunning looks with vibrant body colors and translucent
finish that adds life to retail store interiors, it also comes with direct
drive technology that gives smooth carriage movement, carries higher print load
giving superior reliability even in extreme dusty conditions.
(3) WeP TOP UPS
O WeP, TOP.UPS is the only
multifunctional UPS in the world that becomes PC user’s table-top assistant. It
has a digital clock to show the time, space to store CDs & DVDs,
a universal mobile phone charger that can be used to charge all major
mobile phone brands, and an emergency lamp that can be used even when
there is no main power available. WeP TOP.UPS also has the lowest footprint and
comes in a sleek & futuristic, ergonomically pleasing ‘bio-design’.
(4) WeP Pen Drive
Also unveiled were three innovative models of
pen drives. O WeP, Pen Drive comes in a metal body that makes this
device unbreakable. O WeP, Pen Drive Wonder Display comes with an
battery-less display that shows the amount of free disk space. O WeP, Pen Drive
Fingerprint Lock comes with a biometrics security mechanism. In
addition all O WeP, Pen Drive products come with a USB extender cable
that make the access to USB ports (when they are at the back of the computer)
easy & hassle free. All the three models come in capacities of 512MB, 1GB
& 2GB.
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GEAR Innovative International School Wins
WeP Peripherals "Eco Champion's Trophy"
ECO UNION meet conducted by WeP
Peripherals witnesses’ participation of over 120 students from 12 schools in
Bangalore
Bangalore, January 19, 2007: ‘ECO UNION’,an
Inter-school meet on Water conservation & E-waste management was organized
by WeP Peripherals at Bal Bhawan, Cubbon Park. Over 120 students
participated from 12 schools. GEAR Innovative International School walked
away with the Eco Champion’s Trophy. This team also won the interactive quiz
program on water conservation and e-waste management. The award was
given to them for proactively promoting environmental conservation among their
school children.
WeP Peripherals is based in Bangalore and
significantly promotes water conservation through traditional methods, and
e-waste management, which are extremely relevant issues for the state today.
Apart from currently running citizens & Corporate programmes on
environmental conservation, WeP is taking a gigantic step towards raising
awareness among school going children, followed by carrying forward the
programme to colleges in the coming days.
Divya from Innisfree House School
won the designer E-waste bin-making contest. Sneha, Neha and Suprita
from Bishop Cotton Girls School won the poster competition on
water conservation. Mr. Maclean S Raphael, Vice President – HR & Management
Support, WeP Peripherals gave away eco-friendly carved wooden trophies line
with theme of the programme.
Speaking at the occasion Mr. Maclean S
Raphael, Vice President – HR & Management Support, WeP Peripherals said, “
Response from students were very encouraging and it is heartening to know that
there is high a level of awareness amongst students on water conservation and
e-waste management. WeP Peripherals is committed towards an eco-friendly,
financially viable and socially acceptable E-waste management system for
Bangalore. It’s been WeP’s endeavor to raise awareness about water conservation
and e-waste management and to make children eco warriors”
Mr. Maclean S Raphael, Vice President – HR
& Management Support, WeP Peripherals, Ms Chaya J from Development
Alternatives and Ms Wilma R from Saahas were the judges for the event. Judges
had a tough task at hand selecting the best poster from over 50 that were
submitted. Creativity and message were the criteria for selection for the
poster competition. For the designer E-waste Bin competition the parameters for
selection were concept behind the design, creativity and utility of the bin in
a residence.
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WeP rolls out RoHS compliant Products to
European Market
Adheres to European directive on the
restriction of hazardous substances
Bangalore, 21st July 2006: WeP
Peripherals a leading IT Peripherals products and solution company has started
manufacturing RoHS complaint printers, the first shipment was recently
dispatched to Europe. WeP has been exporting its Printers to European market
since 2001 and has been in the forefront of conformance with Environmental
Legislations adopted by the EU. Alarmed by the increasing risk to human health
and environment by use of hazardous substances in Electronic items, the EU
enacted the directive on RoHS.
RoHS is an acronym for Restrict
the use of Hazardous S
ubstance. The hazardous substances are Lead, Mercury, Cadmium, Hexavalent,
Chromium, Polytrominated Biphenyls and Polybrominated Diphenyl Esters. This
directive is in force from July 2006 and similar legislation is expected in
countries like USA, Japan and China. WeP is targeting compliance with RoHS
directive requirement over its product lines.
There is no similar mandatory provision in
Indian laws even though the dangers are prevalent here also. WeP's challenges
are largely on raising awareness and compliance amongst suppliers/vendors and
finding recognized laboratories to certifying the components. WeP sells
Printers and Printer heads in China and has obtained the CCC Certification
relevant for China. WeP also sells its Printers in various countries of Asia,
Middle East and Africa.
According to Mr. Ram N Agarwal, CEO & MD,
WeP Peripherals, "In addition to complying with the RoHS standards, WeP is
working to bring awareness on e-waste. Recently, WeP sponsored a major
incentive and set up e-waste collection centers in prime locations, where
Bangaloreans can dispose used batteries, CDs & Floppies in specially
designed e-waste bins."
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WeP announces "Never Again Offer" on Laser
Scheme launched on laser 1600+ for Channel
Partners for May & June!
Bangalore, 8th May 2006: WeP
Peripherals,the leading IT Peripherals Products, Solutions and Services
enterprise has announced a "Never Again Offer" on laser 1600+. Under the scheme
the laser will be available for a never before price of Rs. 5,999*/- as against
Rs.9, 999*/-.
The scheme comes with many more added
benefits like, a channel partner buying one Laser will get an Optical Mouse
free, if he buys three lasers he will get a pen drive free and purchase of six
lasers will entitle him to get a Cordless Phone Free. Initially launched in
cities like Bangalore, Hyderabad, Coimbatore, Kochi, Ahmedbad, Pune, Mumbai,
Hubli & Nagpur, WeP welcomes channel partner from other cities who want to
pursue this scheme in their cities.
According to Mr. Jayant Gundewar, National
Sales Head- Consumer Business Unit - WeP Peripherals "WeP lasers deliver the
best value for money for you and your customers. Experience the difference"
WeP laser 1600+ comes with the following
features:
- 16PPM
- Autoshare Facility (Able to Connect to PC's at a time)
- Interface USB & Parallel port
- 8MB Memory
- Compatible with both Windows & Linux OS
- Manual Duplex facility
- Easy to use through status display utility
- Superior print quality (1200x1200 DPI)
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WeP and Saahas battle on to create awareness
on e-waste
E-waste bins ramped up for World Environment
Day! - Contest with Holiday Package for citizens turning up with maximum
kilograms of e-waste
WeP Peripherals a leading IT Peripherals
Products and solutions company, along with Saahas a Bangalore based voluntary
organisation working on problems related to solid waste management, had
initiated a collection system for e-waste products like dry cell batteries, CDs
and floppies on April 22nd Earth Day. Celebrating the success of the programme,
the campaign is being ramped up to celebrate World Environment Day.
Around 80 kgs (5,000 dry cell batteries, 600
floppies and 900 CDs) of material has been collected from different collection
centers around the city. This quantity is less than 1% of the actual amount
that Bangalore throws out every month - a 2004 estimate puts it at 4,00,000
batteries per month.
Says Deepak Chari, GM - Finance &
Business Development-WeP Peripherals, "WeP is committed to promoting proactive
and innovative measures towards e-waste management. Although systemizing safe
disposal methods for e-waste is essential, we should look at measures, which
restrict the content of this hazardous material at the manufacturing stage
itself. Measures like RoHS (an European Union standard for electronic products
- Restriction on Hazardous Substance) are the way forward for the industry."
Europe and USA have made it a top priority to
collect and recycle e-waste in a safe manner and recycle more than 50% of it,
in contrast India is only opening its account with Bangalore becoming the first
Indian city to set up a collection system for these products.
Says Wilma Rodrigues, Saahas "Residents need
to start storing and then disposing their dry cell batteries, floppies and CDs
in a collection center. It frightens to think of lakhs of dry cells that are
thrown away along with regular municipal solid waste. A single battery contains
heavy metals. When burnt or thrown into a dumpsite -the contents of these
batteries vaporize or leach into the ground. This is a real threat to our
families and future generations."
Success Stories:
The initial collection has been modest but
the fact remains that this collection system is an answer for many concerned
residents. Says Mrs Tiwari, "My husband and I were most happy to see the
collection box in G.K Vale. We shall definitely use this facility and also
inform our friends and families of this initiative."
"We have already purchased 2 special
collection bins and placed them prominently on our campus. Our employees are
now happy that they have an opportunity to participate and support a safe
recycling of these products." Sylvia Subbaiah, Leader, Texas India Foundation.
"The challenge is that we need to address a
large diffuse mass of people and build awareness and support amongst them.
Obviously the process will take time but then the longest journeys have to
start with the first step, I believe that this initiative is that first, small
but important step in creating awareness with the general public" says Sanjay
Handu, Chairman - Southern Region, MAIT.
Meanwhile the campaign continues WeP and
Saahas have now teamed up with Radio Mirchi to continue to remind public about
their commitment to a cleaner, toxic free Bangalore.
* Holiday package - WeP is organizing a
contest, to motivate people to set up mini-collection centres in their
localities. On Saturday - June 3rd, CDs, dry cell Batteries & Floppies can
be brought to our collection centers at Safina Plaza and Forum Mall to win more
than 400 exciting prizes and gifts. E-waste will be weighed and citizens
turning up with the maximum collection are entitled for the Mega Prize, an
all-inclusive Holiday package.
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Select Technologies Rolls out printers from
its second factory at Baddi
Select Technologies Limited is a 100%
subsidiary of WeP Peripherals
Select Technologies second plant at Baddi has
started production; it rolled out its first batch of printers from its second
factory at Baddi. Select Technologies team had the privilege of presenting the
first printer to Mr. Nainta, Director of Industries, Himachal Pradesh.
The first plant in Nalagarh was started in
early 2004 and our 2 years experience in Himachal has been very positive. We
were able to develop highly committed team with continuous investment in
Quality and Skill Development. We have achieved a landmark in product by
manufacturing 50,000 dot matrix printers in the last financial year and are
targeting to do 100,000 this year.
On the occasion of Presenting the first
printer to Himachal Government Mr. Nagarjuna GM Operations & Exports
commented, " WeP is very happy to announce the rolling out of its products in
its Baddi Jaharmajri plant in Himachal. Though we had initial apprehension on
technical manpower availability at Himachal, our experience is very good. We
were able to tie up with technical institutions for campus recruitments and
extensively train them to our Quality standards and system requirements. Second
big challenge is on local supplier base. Now we are in the process of
developing more and more local supplier base for fuelling the expansion"
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WeP Strengthens Its Execution Management
Council with New Appointments
Inducts three senior management executives to
drive growth!
Bangalore, 3rd May 2006: WeP
Peripherals, the leading IT Peripherals Products, Solutions and Services
enterprise has announced the appointment of three new senior leaders Mr. Arvind
Tiwari, Mr. Maclean S Raphael & Mr. Ashutosh Chadha to strengthen their
existing management team further.
Arvind Tiwari has been appointed as Chief
Operating Officer (COO) and will be responsible for WeP Products; he
will drive strategy and vision and will ensure operational excellence across
all functional areas to achieve increasing growth and profitability. Arvind is
an Engineering Graduate from Regional Engineering College- Bhopal with Post
Graduation in Management from IIM - Calcutta. Arvind brings extensive &
intensive experiences from various fields like Manufacturing, Materials,
Exports, Business Planning, Quality, IT, Logistics etc., which he has acquired,
in organizations like JCB India, GE, Gillette, Cadila & Bajaj Auto.
Arvind has made significant contribution in
the area of Cost, Quality, New Products launches, Manufacturing efficiency,
Project implementation, Six Sigma deployment across the value chain. He has
worked across India and is widely traveled. When he is not working he likes to
spend his time reading or listening to music.
Ashutosh Chadha has been appointed as Chief
Financial Officer and will be responsible for monitoring financial
performance and lead Finance & Accounts team across India so that we
achieve six sigma in our financial transactions. He will create & sustain a
vibrant team responsible for Business Finance, forecasting, measurement,
analysis, accounting, taxation, treasury, legal & compliance. Ashutosh has
14 plus years of experience encompassing Financial Controllership, Financial
Planning and Analysis, Taxation, Security Exchange Commission reporting and USA
tax regulations. He is also a certified Six Sigma quality expert. Ashutosh has
a bachelor's degree in commerce from Shri Ram College of Commerce, Delhi
University. Fellow membership of ICAI ("FCA"), associate member of ICSI ("ACS")
and certified Chartered Financial Analysts ("CFA"). Prior to joining WeP
Ashutosh worked with Ariba India, GE Capital, Ralston Purina and Indian Tyre
cord manufacturing company - SRF Limited.
Maclean S Raphael has been appointed as Vice
President - Human Resources. He will be responsible to ensure that WeP
becomes an aspirational employer by effective engagement of all employees.
Maclean has 15 years of work experience in the Human Resources function; he
completed his Masters from Tata Institute of Social Sciences-Mumbai, after
completing his Bachelors in Economics from the Madras University.
Prior to joining WeP Maclean worked with
companies like Tata's, Bharti Televentures, HSBC and Air Deccan. Hay Group has
certified him for Job evaluation, by Saville & Holdsworth for Assessment
centers, by Academy for Transformational Learning to conduct "Corporate theatre
workshops" and as a Trainer by Gallup on Employee engagement.
According to Mr. Arvind Tiwari, COO, WeP
Peripherals "WeP has visionary leadership, talented people, excellent products
and is respected in the industry. It is an organisation, which is fully
committed to its Values. I look forward to working with this great team to
realise our vision & mission".
According to Ram N Agarwal, MD & CEO WeP
Peripherals, "We are delighted with the appointment of the best people on board
so that we can continue to keep our customers one step ahead. Their experience
and unique blend of skills are a valuable addition to our company and will help
position WeP as a leader in IT Peripherals products and solution market.
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WeP and Saahas initiate collection centres
for e-waste products Batteries, CDs and Floppies: Now recyclable
WeP Peripherals a leading IT Peripherals
Products and solution company along with Saahas a Bangalore based voluntary
organisation working on problems related to solid waste management are
initiating a collection system for e-waste products like dry cell batteries,
CDs and floppies.
A study conducted by Saahas for HAWA
(Hazardous Waste Management, Karnataka) indicates that Bangalore generates
4,00,000 dry cell batteries every month and several thousand CDs and floppies,
these contain toxic substances that percolates the soil and contaminate
groundwater when dumped in land fills. Recycling these products in a safe and
scientific manner is now done by E-Parisaraa an authorised recycler. WeP
Peripherals along with Saahas has initiated a viable collection programme and
has launched a drive to collect these products at various prime locations in
Bangalore.
Says Wilma Rodrigues, Coordinator for Saahas,
"We are working to initiate and strengthen the collection system for dry cell
batteries and floppies. In the first phase schools have been given collection
boxes and students have been informed that they can bring these items from home
and put them into the collection box."
According to Mr. Parthasarthy, MD,
E-Parisaraa, India's first electronic waste recycling unit "The secondary raw
materials derived from these products including zinc, steel and plastics will
be recycled back into manufacturing. The toxic material shall be stored and
safely disposed in the hazardous waste facility which will shortly come up in
Karnataka."
According to Mr. Deepak Chari, General
Manager-Finance & Business Development, WeP Peripherals "As a large IT
hardware company, we are extremely cautious about e-waste, for the product we
manufacture, we take back old print heads & cartridges and re-cycle them in
an eco-friendly manner. WeP also gives its entire e-waste to E-Parisaraa. WeP
is now extending this safety measure to other corporates and citizens of
Bangalore by enabling widespread collection, safe recovery and disposal of
eWaste. We are glad to collaborate actively with Saahas and E-Parisaraa in this
movement."
e-waste bins are located in:
1. Forum Mall - Koramangala
2. G.K Vale - M.G Road, Jayanagar & Indiranagar
3. Fabmall - Bannerghatta Road & Indiranagar
4. Safina Plaza
5. Fitness One- Jayanagar and Koramangala
These collection centers will be inaugurated on April 22nd i.e. on Earth Day to
make the event more memorable.
Citizens & Corporate have to wake up to
being responsible citizens and raise awareness on e-waste and a safe way to
dispose them. They are invited to become volunteers to help expand the network
and set up collection centers in their own neighborhood or Offices. For details
please mail response@saahas.org or vishakha.das@wepindia.com or call Vishakha
Das, CSR Officer, WeP Peripherals at 41182208.
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Bangalore, 11th April, 2006 : WeP
unveils Fantasy Trail & Fantasy Pyramid Programme
Retailers & Distributors will be engaged
across India for the next three months
WeP Peripherals, the leading IT Peripherals
Products, Solutions and Services enterprise has launched a nation wide
programme engaging resellers and distributors across India, these programmes
aim at encouraging and motivating partners to convince customers and create
loyalty for WeP Products.
Fantasy Trail is aimed at all WeP
distributors, the programme is for three months from April to June 2006, the
various premium clubs formed under Fantasy trail are Fantasy Ocean, Fantasy
Sea, Fantasy Bay, Fantasy River, Fantasy Lake & Fantasy Stream, the clubs
are designed specific to a distributors city. When a distributor achieves a
monthly sales target he will be aptly awarded for his consistent performance.
Once the distributor achieves his target for all the three months he is
entitled to become a part of Fantasy League and will get his hands on a mega
prize of Rs. 1,00,000 subject to a lucky dip.
Fantasy Pyramid is all about building
Loyalty by focusing on retailers to "Get rewarded for just one purchase every
month" all a retailer needs to do is buy any one of 800 DX or TX 40 and qualify
for this programme, for members of fantasy pyramid who have purchased the above
mentioned product for 3 months consistently, there is an exhilarating contest
where, 4 retailers can win gift worth Rs.25, 000, also there are gifts worth
Rs.5,000/- waiting to be given to fortunate 50 retailers subject to a lucky
dip. The programme aims at increasing WePs width & depth of partner base.
According to Mr. Jayant Gundewar, National
Sales Head- Consumer Business Unit - WeP Peripherals " Fantasy Trail &
Fantasy Pyramid are all encompassing programmes with end to end connect with
our partners & customers. It will be the most visible channel programme in
the IT peripherals business in AMJ quarter. Miss the FANTASY at your risk!!!"
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Bangalore, 27th February, 2006 :
WeP Peripherals, the leading IT Peripherals
Products, Solutions and Services enterprise has announced a tie-up with eSys
Information Technologies as their National Distributor, with this Tie-up WeP
will increase its footprint geographically. Channels & Customers will have
a faster access to supplies & continuous availability of WeP's product
range.
WeP choose eSys because it is worldwide
recognised as the fastest growing IT distribution company with leading product
brands in their existing portfolio, this will result in a large set of PC
component buyers accessible to WeP's quality products. WeP business will help
eSys in their high growth drive in IT distribution. WeP printers, UPS &
Networking businesses will only compliment to their product offerings.
eSys will co-exist with WeP distributors
adding up to WeP's existing width of partners across the country. The current
200+ WeP distributors would continue to get a premium business partner status.
eSys will also be recognized on WeP's Direct Retailer Programme.
According to Mr. Ram N Agarwal, Managing
Director & CEO, WeP Peripherals, "We are committed to channel and expansion
of channels in India, for this we will continue to promote policies for
enhanced efficiency and healthy channels, the appointment of eSys as a partner
will enhance visibility and proximity of WeP Products with higher channel
productivity.
On the tie-up Mr. Govindan Ramanujam, CEO,
eSys Information Technologies said "It is great tying up with WeP Peripherals
Limited. It is an honour to have an opportunity to expand our product portfolio
with the quality products from WeP Peripherals. We will be optimizing the
entire distribution channel to branch out to the still untapped market sphere
and also further penetrate the existing market." Talking about the
effectiveness of this alliance, he added, "With WeP's experienced and efficient
sales & after sales support & wide range of products, we hope to
deliver value to our end users both in terms of quantity and quality."
According to Mr. Jayant Gundewar, National
Sales Head- Consumer Business Unit, WeP Peripherals "eSys with its 29 full
fledged branches and 11 additional points of presence has added to our
distribution strength by additional 40 distribution points across India. Our
partnership with eSys will enhance the right mix of width and depth in retail
business".
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Mysore, 31st January, 2006 :
TechXplode.... Leap into future a technical
symposium was organized by WeP Peripherals, the leading IT peripherals
solutions and services enterprise in Mysore on 30 & 31st of January 2006.
Speakers from eminent institute presented papers on emerging technology, which
was later, followed by paper presentations by Research and Development team of
WeP Peripherals.
The seminar was aimed at providing Technology
Trends in the field of Fuel Cell, Wireless & Nanotechnology since these
areas are the prime factors to influence future technology trends that the
world will sit up & take notice. WeP peripherals have taken up full time
research in these emerging technologies to integrate the same for future
product lines. Eminent experts like Dr Dhathathreyan, Director Center for Fuel
Cell Technology, Dr. Asoke Talukder, International Institute of Information
Technology and Dr Prasanna Gandhi, Professor from Indian Institute of
Technology; Mumbai shared their thoughts and ideas on technology influencing
next generation. Their inputs are most valuable for WeP Peripherals who is
taking a big leap in manufacturing & delivering "Your Tech Fantasy"
products. WeP's idealogy of providing "Your Tech Fantasy" products provided the
base for this kind of an interaction with the experts.
According to Mr. K Venkatesh, DGM, R&D
and Customer Support "By organizing TechXplode we want to provide a platform
for our techies to learn the latest technology trends, these technology trends
will ultimately help us in achieving our goal, we also want our R&D team to
implement these great learning's into newer innovation". We have internally
restructured the R&D group to focus on horizontals to build deep technology
expertise for ensuring delivery of Tech Fantasy Products. Our first seminar
"TechXplode" was successful in terms of attendance, feedback &
presentations that it makes perfect sense to offer it again and again to the
enthusiastic R&D team, continued Mr. K Venkatesh.
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Bangalore, 11th January, 2006 :
WeP Peripherals (new name for Wipro
ePeripherals Ltd.), the leading IT peripherals solutions and services
enterprise has received the prestigious "Performance of Excellence Award for
being the Second Top Exporter (Hardware Sector)" by the Government of Andhra
Pradesh, Information Technology & Communications Department.
Mr. S. Nagarjuna, General Manager Marketing,
WeP Peripherals received the export award from the Honorable Chief Minister,
Dr. YS Rajasekhara Reddy on the occasion of the Inauguration-cum-Awards
function of the 5th edition of GITEX India 2006 today.
Congratulating the entire WeP team on this
proud moment Mr. S. Raghavendra Prakash, Chief Marketing Officer said "Global
economies constantly thrive for top Quality and Tech superior products at
competitive prices. This award is the proof of our constant strive to maintain
Quality Standards"
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Bangalore, March, 2004:
WeP Peripherals (new name for Wipro
ePeripherals Ltd.), the leading IT peripherals solutions and services
enterprise has launched "eMerge UPS 17inch Special", a unique product, which
gives more backup time with 17inch monitors & AMD processors, unlike other
normal UPS in the country. This new UPS from WeP has been designed based on
'Voice of Customers' that the company received regarding the low backup time
that they faced with all existing normal UPS
Commenting on the launch, S Nagarjuna,
General Manager Marketing, WeP Peripherals said, "There is a huge exponential
growth of 17inch monitors among consumers across the country. This product has
been designed specially to address the consumer need of providing sufficient
backup time unlike other normal UPS available in the market." He further added,
"This product provides a cost effective simple solution to the consumer
enabling to work longer. Our R&D test lab results clearly show that with
this product the consumer gets a backup time of around 26 minutes with 17inch
monitors, which is significantly higher than the normal UPS available in the
market for the consumer."
Also, speaking on the occasion EVS Sai Babu,
Genaral Manager, South said, "Mumbai is booming for UPS and our current focus
is on growing our Channel strength to meet the demands of this market."
The critical necessities for any UPS are
firstly protection against sudden high voltage (surge), system crash & data
loss due to voltage fluctuations and secondly to provide backup. "Emerge UPS
17inch Special" is a wide input range UPS capable of handling variations of
voltage from 160V to 300V. It ensures that the output voltage is maintained
between 195V and 255V for input voltage variation of 160V to 300V. This
regulation ensures that the PC is well protected and the user can continue to
work without worrying about voltage fluctuations.
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Key Customer Benefits of eMerge UPS 17inch
Special:
a) Last longer with 17inch monitors and AMD
processors enabling the consumer to work for longer time.
b) Enhanced MOV advantage thereby
ensuring full protection of the primary equipment against even the highest
surges generated
c) Unique hibernation feature wherein you can
save your entire desktop in the event of power failure followed by low battery
condition in the UPS. When your PC is restarted your desktop will be restored
with all previous applications open again and the cursor appearing exactly
where it was before. No worry on unsaved files getting lost even in your long
absence in front of the PC during power cuts
d) Best suited for AMD processors thereby
sufficient back up time
e) Cold start /No load protection /Overload
protection /Modem protection have been provided with the UPS
In addition to the above there is a two-year
warranty on the product and battery & the unique 'Money Back Offer; from
WeP, thereby ensuring total protection on the consumer's investment.
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Bangalore, September, 2003:
WeP Peripherals Ltd. (new name of Wipro
ePeripherals Ltd.), the leading IT peripherals solutions and services
enterprise has achieved yet another milestone by crossing the 100,000 UPS mark.
WeP, which entered the UPS market in April 2001 with its emerge brand is the "fastest
Indian company" to have reached this landmark in this market segment.
WeP had commenced manufacturing of UPS at the Hyderabad unit last year and the
company has made significant investments in terms of manpower, R&D and
material resources in this direction.
WeP has taken the initiative to provide
customers', stable and reliable power protection equipment, which protect their
investments on sensitive equipment's like PC even at the lower segment. WeP has
been the front runner on this initiative since the last two years by providing
affordable branded UPS for segments like SOHO/Home.
Talking about the 100,000 UPS milestone, K
Chandrasekhar, Business Manager, Channel & UPS, said, "We are the only
Indian company to have achieved this mark of 100,000 UPS in such a short span
of time. And we were able to do so because of our widespread channel strength."
He further added, "WeP has continuously understood customer needs and during
the last six months has come out with new innovative products such as Emerge
600VA for 2 PC applications and Emerge 550G, the Only UPS to protect PC even
with a generator. During this period, customers from 272 locations across the
country have bought emerge UPS"
E-Merge UPS has to its credit being adjusted
as the No.1 'Bhoomi Brand' as per a recent survey held by 360 Magazine (a
channel magazine). The brand has also been continuously rated by IDC as the No.1
Indian UPS brand.
Out of these total sales of 100,000 units,
about 80 per cent would constitute Emerge 500 VA category, while the remaining
unit sales would be of Emerge 600 VA, 650 VA and 1 KVA categories.
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Bangalore, July 7, 2003:
WeP Peripherals, the leading IT peripherals
solutions and services enterprise has taken the initiative to provide
customers', stable and reliable power protection equipments', which protect
their investments on sensitive equipment's like PC even at the lower segment.
WeP has been the front runner on this initiative since the last two years by
providing affordable branded UPS for segments like SOHO/Home.
WeP has continuously understood customer
needs and during the last six months has come out with new innovative products
such as Emerge 600VA for 2 PC applications and Emerge 550G, the Only UPS to
protect PC even with a generator. Further keeping the customer interest in
mind, WeP has also initiated a price revision on two of its models; Emerge UPS
500 VA, which will now cost at affordable Sub Rs. 3K and Emerge UPS 600 VA,
which will cost sub Rs. 4K .
Talking about the initiative, K
Chandrasekhar, Business Manager, UPS, WeP Peripherals said, "UPS has become a
critical protection equipment for even the low cost PC's with the sensitivity
of data protection and with a variant of power problems available across all
geographies. This clearly drives more responsibility on national players to
ensure that reliable & safe power conditioning equipments' are provided to
customers." He further added, "WeP's experience in the UPS Business for the
last two and half years has been challenging enabling the company to become one
of the top two UPS vendors in the country within a short span. This exciting
and challenging journey has been only possible due to our excellent channel
spread, which has been key strength of our company for the last 16 Years.
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Bangalore, May 21, 2003:
WeP Peripherals (new name for Wipro
ePeripherals Ltd.), the leading IT peripherals solutions and services
enterprise has launched eMerge 550G UPS, a unique product, which protects the
PC from all Generator Waveforms and its related problems. This new UPS from WeP
has been extensively tested with all key generators and in key geographies such
as Lucknow where the generator usage is extensive.
Commenting on the launch, K. Chandrasekhar,
Business Manager UPS said, "Generators are predominantly used since power cuts
across various geographies is very high. Normally due to bad waveforms produced
by the generators, UPS will not support the PC." He further added, "eMerge 550G
has been tested with various leading brands of generators and we found that it
protects the PC from all waveforms. This is the only UPS of its kind that
ensures such protection for the PC."
The 550G UPS, priced at Rs. 5,100 + taxes
comes with a unique warranty proposition of two years on the product and
battery. The customers also have the unique benefit of availing the 30-Day
Money Back Offer. This UPS is being launched across India, except in Bangalore,
Bombay and Tamil Nadu.
Emerge 550G is a wide input range UPS capable
of handling variations of voltage from 160V to 300V. It ensures that the output
voltage is maintained between 195 and 255V for input voltage variation of 160
to 300V. This regulation ensures that the PC is well protected and the user can
continue the work peacefully without worrying about voltage fluctuations.
Other key features of the product:
a) Sleep Mode (No Load Protection)
It is critical for any UPS to have this feature. In a situation where there is
a power failure/ power mains switched off, the UPS goes to the battery mode.
The NO LOAD PROTECTION takes care of this problem. It is an intelligent feature
by which the UPS senses the load and automatically switches off conserving the
battery for the real time of need.
b) Cold Start
EMERGE UPS 550G supports Cold Start a feature by which the UPS can be switched
ON with the load connected even when the mains is not available
c) Modem Protection feature with RJ11 port
with surge suppression
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Bangalore, April 9, 2003
WeP Peripherals Ltd., the leading IT
peripherals solutions and services enterprise has launched the first of its
kind WeP Print Centre in the country. Shri D.B. Inamdar, Honourable Minister of
State for Tourism and Information Technology inaugurated the centre in
Bangalore. The company has earmarked an investment between Rs. 80-100 crore on
this initiative and has plans to open 10,000 such outlets across the country
within three years
Elaborating on the benefits of the Print
Centres, Chief Marketing Officer, S. Raghavendra Prakash said, "These centres
will offer customers access to specialised non-regular printing jobs, mainly;
colour printing, line matrix printing and peak load printing without having to
invest in the infrastructure themselves. They have the benefit of Remote
Printing and customers need not come physically to the Centres to print." He
further stated that, "This Off-Site component of our Business Printing
Outsourcing Service is expected to boost the business with its value
proposition of document management, variety printing and secure and remote
printing."
WeP expects to set up close to 10 Print
Centres this year. Initially the company plans to launch these centres in
Bangalore, Mumbai, Delhi and Chennai and in the second phase, extend it to the
cities of Pune, Ahmedabad, Hyderabad and Kolkatta. The company also has plans
to set up Print Stations, which will offer only a single type of printing
service and Print Kiosks at public places, which will enable mobile printing
for customers.
The company had earlier launched Print &
Save Service, the Onsite concept which entitles Corporates and SMEs to use WeP
Laser printers without buying the product. Corporates opting for this service
need not invest in a printer or its consumables. They instead pay for the
number of pages that they print, tabs of which are monitored by a counter at
the top of the printer.
Bangalore, February 25, 2003
WeP Peripherals (new name of Wipro
ePeripherals Ltd.), the leading IT peripherals solutions and services
enterprise has launched eMerge 600 VA, 360W Line Interactive UPS, which
is specifically targetted towards the Home Office and SME segments. The UPS,
which is being manufactured at WeP's Hyderabad unit is capable of handling
variations of voltage from 160V to 300V. WeP had commenced manufacturing of UPS
at the Hyderabad unit last year and the company has made significant
investments in terms of manpower and material resources in this direction.
This 600 VA, priced at Rs. 5,100 + taxes
comes with a unique warranty proposition of two years on the product and
battery. The customers also have the unique benefit of the 30 Day Money Back
Offer.
Other features of the Emerge 600 VA UPS are:
Wide Input Range
It is a Wide input range UPS capable of handling variations of voltage from
160V to 300V. It ensures that the output voltage is maintained between 195 and
255V for input voltage variation of 160 to 300V. This regulation ensures that
the PC is well protected and the user can continue the work peacefully without
worrying about voltage fluctuations.
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Sleep Mode (No Load Protection)
No Load Protection is an intelligent feature by which the UPS senses the load
and automatically switches off conserving the battery for the real time of
need.
Cold Start
EMERGE UPS 600 supports Cold Start, a feature by which the UPS can be switched
ON with the load connected even when the mains is not available.
Modem Protection feature with RJ11
port with surge suppression.
UPS Monitoring Software
The Emerge 600 VA Line Interactive UPS can be connected to 2 PC's (15"
Monitor) or 1 PC with 17" Monitor (under specified conditions). For single PC
usage it provides a back up of 20 minutes.
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Bangalore, February 4, 2003
WeP Peripherals Ltd. today announced that Mr.
Arun K. Thiagarajan, Former President of HP India has rejoined the Board as
Chairman.
Arun K Thiagarajan has over 34 years of
corporate experience across the engineering and IT industries. He started his
career in 1969 with Asea AB Vasteras, Sweden and then later went on to become
the Managing Director and Country Manager of Asea Brown Boveri Ltd. In the IT
sector, he was Head of Wipro Infotech and then retired as Executive President
of HP India in July 2002.
Arun was on board of WeP in 2000-01, the
first year of WeP after its spin-off from Wipro Ltd., in an employee-leveraged
buy-out.
On his rejoining the WeP Board, Arun stated,
"WeP occupies a unique space among Indian corporates as the largest employee
owned company in the IT industry. WeP follows a very high standard of Corporate
Governance and it will be a pleasure to rejoin the Board of Directors of the
Company."
Welcoming Arun Thiagarajan on Board, Ram N
Agarwal, MD & CEO, WeP Peripherals said, "Arun's experience was of immense
value to WeP when the company was formed and we welcome him back to guide us in
our next phase of growth."
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Bangalore, Nov 18, 2002
WeP Peripherals Ltd., (earlier known as Wipro
ePeripherals Ltd.) a leading IT peripherals solutions and services enterprise
has acquired a majority stake in Bangalore based Select Technologies, an
Enterprise Networking and Network Security products, solutions and services
company. This is the second major acquisition by WeP in two years. WeP is the
spun off peripherals division of Wipro Infotech and became a separate corporate
identity in September 2000. Select Technologies will now be a subsidiary of WeP
Peripherals, with WeP transferring its own networking and storage business to
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