> "P. J. Alling" > Everyone is still assuming that Hoya owns Tokina, based on my recent > research the only connection's are the 1.) Tokina probably buys some > Hoya blanks for grinding, 2.) Hoya and Tokina both have the same US > distributor. Other than that there seems to be no other public > connection. (They may have interlocking boards of directors, but > since I can find no information on Tokina's board, in English, and I > don't read or speak Japanese, I have no way of knowing).
----- JSessoms: AFAIK, the company is THK = Tokina-Hoya-Kenko. ----- That's the U.S. distributor, an arrangement of convenience. All evidence indicates that in Japan, Tokina is not owned by Hoya. Joe -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
