>>October 1, 2007. >>Hoya issued a press release and while it says an equal partnering, actual >>merge format is consulted by UBS Security and Morgan Stanley, taking a >>form >>of Pentax consolidated into Hoya. >>It also appears that medical-optics business of both companies was part of >>the synergy they are aiming for. I also noted that both companies share >>two >>trust banks as majority shareholders. > > Where does that leave Samsung?
As far as I can remember from Hoya's dealer catalogs, none of their companies make dSLRs, so the partnership with Samsung wouldn't be a threat to them. I don't think Samsung camera fans have anything to worry about. John -- http://www.neovenator.com http://www.cafepress.com/neovenatorphoto -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net

