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Hoya to sell Pentax-brand camera business to Ricoh

TOKYO, Japan - Ricoh Co. President Shiro Kondo (L) and Hoya Corp. President Hiroshi Suzuki shake hands during a press conference in Tokyo on July 1, 2011. Optical products maker Hoya said it will sell the Pentax-brand digital camera business to office equipment maker Ricoh on Oct. 1 to focus its management resources on its mainstay medical equipment.

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World's smallest digital interchangeable lens camera

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows the pocket-sized PENTAX Q. Japanese optical product maker Hoya Corp. said June 23, 2011, it will soon launch the world's smallest and lightest digital interchangeable lens camera measuring about 5.75 centimeters high, 9.8 cm wide and 3.1 cm deep, which weighs about 200 grams.

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World's smallest digital interchangeable lens camera

TOKYO, Japan - A woman holds the pocket-sized PENTAX Q in Tokyo on June 23, 2011. Japanese optical product maker Hoya Corp. said it will soon launch the world's smallest and lightest digital interchangeable lens camera measuring about 5.75 centimeters high, 9.8 cm wide and 3.1 cm deep, which weighs about 200 grams.

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Hoya explains plan to acquire Pentax to shareholders

TOKYO, Japan - Optical glassmaker Hoya Corp. holds a shareholders meeting in Tokyo on June 19 to explain its plan to make camera maker Pentax Corp. a wholly owned subsidiary.

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Hoya to launch TOB in June to make Pentax subsidiary

TOKYO, Japan - Hiroshi Suzuki, chief executive officer of Hoya Corp., speaks about the company's buyout bid for Pentax Corp. at a news conference in Tokyo on May 31.

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Hoya board backs launch of friendly TOB for Pentax

TOKYO, Japan - An undated file photo shows the head office of Hoya Corp. in Tokyo's Shinjuku Ward. The company said on April 23 that its board members have approved the idea of launching a friendly takeover bid for camera maker Pentax Corp.

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Pentax scraps merger with Hoya, picks new president

TOKYO, Japan - Takashi Watanuki, 54, a former corporate vice president who was appointed president of camera maker Pentax Corp. on April 10 following a boardroom power struggle that ended with the ouster of Fumio Urano as company president. Urano had pushed for a merger with Hoya Corp. Pentax says it has given up on a planned merger with Hoya, following opposition from some of its major shareholders and discord within its management team.

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Pentax president to resign over conflict on merger talks

TOKYO, Japan - Fumio Urano, who reportedly will resign as president of Pentax Corp. by the end of May to take responsibility for a conflict on the camera maker's board of directors over merger talks with Hoya Corp. (File photo).

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Hoya, Pentax to merge next Oct. to enhance medical operations

TOKYO, Japan - Fumio Urano (R), president of camera manufacturer Pentax Corp., and Hiroshi Suzuki, chief executive officer of leading optical glassmaker Hoya Corp., shake hands after their joint press conference in Tokyo on Dec. 21. They announced that the two companies will merge on Oct. 1, 2007.

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Pentax to launch world's smallest 3x lens digital camera

TOKYO, Japan - A woman holds up Pentax Corp.'s digital camera equipped with a 3x optical zoom lens, which the company says is the smallest in the world. The OptioS is smaller than the average business card, measuring only 83 millimeters wide, 52 mm high and 20 mm thick, the company said Feb. 4.

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Ricoh's logo mark

Keywords : Ricoh, RICOH, office equipment, optical equipment, office automation, semiconductor, PENTAX, PENTAX RICOH IMAGING, digital camera, company, signboard, logo, logo mark = December 5, 2019, Yokohama Nakamachidai Office, Tsuzuki-ku, Yokohama City, Credit: Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun / Kyodo News Images

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Ricoh's logo mark

Keywords : Ricoh, RICOH, office equipment, optical equipment, office automation, semiconductor, PENTAX, PENTAX RICOH IMAGING, digital camera, company, signboard, logo, logo mark = December 5, 2019, Yokohama Nakamachidai Office, Tsuzuki-ku, Yokohama City, Credit: Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun / Kyodo News Images

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Hoya, Pentax to merge next Oct. to enhance medical operations

TOKYO, Japan - Fumio Urano (R), president of camera manufacturer Pentax Corp., and Hiroshi Suzuki, chief executive officer of leading optical glassmaker Hoya Corp., shake hands after their joint press conference in Tokyo on Dec. 21. They announced that the two companies will merge on Oct. 1, 2007. (Kyodo)

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Pentax scraps merger with Hoya, picks new president

TOKYO, Japan - Takashi Watanuki, 54, a former corporate vice president who was appointed president of camera maker Pentax Corp. on April 10 following a boardroom power struggle that ended with the ouster of Fumio Urano as company president. Urano had pushed for a merger with Hoya Corp. Pentax says it has given up on a planned merger with Hoya, following opposition from some of its major shareholders and discord within its management team. (Kyodo)

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Hoya board backs launch of friendly TOB for Pentax

TOKYO, Japan - An undated file photo shows the head office of Hoya Corp. in Tokyo's Shinjuku Ward. The company said on April 23 that its board members have approved the idea of launching a friendly takeover bid for camera maker Pentax Corp. (Kyodo)

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Hoya to launch TOB in June to make Pentax subsidiary

TOKYO, Japan - Hiroshi Suzuki, chief executive officer of Hoya Corp., speaks about the company's buyout bid for Pentax Corp. at a news conference in Tokyo on May 31. (Kyodo)

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Hoya explains plan to acquire Pentax to shareholders

TOKYO, Japan - Optical glassmaker Hoya Corp. holds a shareholders meeting in Tokyo on June 19 to explain its plan to make camera maker Pentax Corp. a wholly owned subsidiary. (Kyodo)

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69 JAPAN CAMERA SHOW

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Hoya to sell Pentax-brand camera business to Ricoh

TOKYO, Japan - Ricoh Co. President Shiro Kondo (L) and Hoya Corp. President Hiroshi Suzuki shake hands during a press conference in Tokyo on July 1, 2011. Optical products maker Hoya said it will sell the Pentax-brand digital camera business to office equipment maker Ricoh on Oct. 1 to focus its management resources on its mainstay medical equipment. (Kyodo)

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World's smallest digital interchangeable lens camera

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows the pocket-sized PENTAX Q. Japanese optical product maker Hoya Corp. said June 23, 2011, it will soon launch the world's smallest and lightest digital interchangeable lens camera measuring about 5.75 centimeters high, 9.8 cm wide and 3.1 cm deep, which weighs about 200 grams. (Kyodo)

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World's smallest digital interchangeable lens camera

TOKYO, Japan - A woman holds the pocket-sized PENTAX Q in Tokyo on June 23, 2011. Japanese optical product maker Hoya Corp. said it will soon launch the world's smallest and lightest digital interchangeable lens camera measuring about 5.75 centimeters high, 9.8 cm wide and 3.1 cm deep, which weighs about 200 grams. (Kyodo)

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Pentax to launch 1st single-reflex digital camera Sept. 6

TOKYO, Japan - Pentax Corp. will launch its first single-reflex digital camera Pentax ist D on Sept. 6 The 6.1 megapixel Pentax ist D weighs some 550 grams, excluding a battery, the lightest among similar digital cameras, and is compatible with 110 Pentax lenses for conventional cameras. (Kyodo)

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Pentax to launch world's smallest 3x lens digital camera

TOKYO, Japan - A woman holds up Pentax Corp.'s digital camera equipped with a 3x optical zoom lens, which the company says is the smallest in the world. The OptioS is smaller than the average business card, measuring only 83 millimeters wide, 52 mm high and 20 mm thick, the company said Feb. 4. (Kyodo)