I don't think Hoya is nearly as strong as is assumed, mergers seldom happen from strength. The last large company I worked for bought one of it's competitors, to steal their clients. When the purchase was complete the sad fact was they didn't have any.
Tim Øsleby wrote: > I have one very speculative scenario. > > Let us say that Hoya are not as strong as they seem to be, and are in need > of money on a longer term. Let us say that they see the giant Samsung as a > way to get some long term investments. We know that Samsung has invested in > K-mount. Whats the logic thing to do then? > The answer could be to shake up Pentax, and then buy them. Why? Because then > Samsung will protect their interests in the K-mount. How? By throwing money > at Hoya Pentax. > We could say that Hoya are playing with Samsungs balls now ;-) > > As I said. This is a very speculative theory. But it does make Samsung a > player. > > > Tim Typo > Mostly Harmless > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Sandy Harris" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <[email protected]> > Sent: Tuesday, May 22, 2007 8:36 AM > Subject: Re: Don't want to sound too "censoristic" but... > > > As long as we're speculating ... > > On 5/22/07, Tim Øsleby <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >> Hoya has probably (we don't know this for a fact) said something about the >> image division not being very strong, because they have to go outside the >> company for electronics. ... >> > > So could Samsung be a player in this? They're certainly strong enough > in electronics (biggest RAM manufacturer on Earth last time I saw the > numbers, lots of other chip-level products including complex ones like > Alpha processors) and they have an interest; many (all?) of their > cameras are re-badged Pentax designs. > > Having Hoya wipe out that division, if that is their plan, might really hurt > Samsung. Would Samsung buy it instead? > > I think Samsung are big enough to buy the Pentax camera division out > of petty cash, or to buy all of Hoya if they really wanted to. > > -- All dogs have four legs; my cat has four legs. Therefore, my cat is a dog. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
