International merchant group PaperlinX has become one of the first firms to gain recognition as a Canon Accredited Partner for wide format solutions.

The award was given by Josh Singer, wide format account manager for Canon UK (left), who presented it to PaperlinX Digital Solutions business development director Ian Simister, seen pictured with members of the Digital Solutions team.

The new accreditation was developed by Canon to recognise distributor partners who provide customers with market leading levels of advice, technical support and customer service. The Paperlinx accreditation applies to all three of its companies, Robert Horne Group, Howard Smith Paper Group and PaperCo.

To achieve the accreditation, partners must meet a set of stringent key performance criteria that mark them out as providing a best in class added value service to their customers. The accreditation is audited annually offering customers assurance of the highest quality advice and support.