My thought is that this new conglomerate still does not have a "household name" consumer electronics component, which is one of the main things that Samsung brings to the table. I still see the Pentax-Samsung synergy thing as being very important to the future of Pentax products.
-Tom John Celio wrote: >>> 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. > > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
