Hi Ken, on 14 May 04 you wrote in pentax.list:
>Somebody asked a Japanese translation of Pentax's corporate financial >report in English in response to my post on the revised sales forecast >by Pentax. I (thought) saved it for response but apparently deleted it, >sorry. I thought it was from Heiko (?). Yes, it was me. >Anyway, I could not immediately find the financial report in English but am >sure it exists as Pentax is an international company. I thought that, too, but I also couldn't find any English financial information. >I will certainly post it if and when I come across it. That would be great. >Meantime, you can get a pretty good idea of what's happening in Pentax in >the last 12 month by examining their post on the revised forecast. ... Works fine as you have given us the necessary Pentax-link. I would never have found that statement on the Japaneese website without help. >Good news is that their profit structure has apparently been improved, >i.e., they make more money for a given sales figure. Yes, the performance ist really remarkeble if you consider that Nikon e.g. makes losses. Do you know any information or sources on the regional distribution of sales and income (Europe/America/Asia and especially Japan)? Cheers, Heiko
