"When in panic or in doubt, run in circles, scream and shout" ;-)
Please ignore the alarmist Nikkei article - FTR Ricoh had to officially deny 2 such "news", the one about closing down the camera business (denied) and one about selling the leasing and semiconductor businesses (not sure it means they won't sell those, or they didn't decide if to sell or not). Information can be found directly on Ricoh's site: http://www.ricoh.com/IR/data/pre/pdf/h29q4_qa.pdf http://www.ricoh.com/IR/pdf/presentation_text_2017.pdf So, things are not rosy mostly due to their core copier business, and they're reacting to prevent making a loss in FY2019. Ricoh Imaging isn't doing that bad with the Theta and K-1. Have fun, Alex On Tue, Jun 20, 2017 at 12:51 AM, Darren Addy <pixelsmi...@gmail.com> wrote: > http://asia.nikkei.com/Business/Companies/For-Ricoh-it-s-a-sink-or-swim-moment > > This gives more credence to the story that Bipin shared back in April: > http://asia.nikkei.com/Business/Companies/Ricoh-may-close-shutter-on-personal-camera-business > > I have to believe that the Pentax division has made a name (and a > larger market for itself) enough that it would be an attractive target > for SOMEONE to purchase, but I **can't believe** that Pentax could be > looking at yet another transitional period. > > Now that Pentax is using so many Sony chips, the company that really > makes sense owning Pentax is Sony, IMHO. </speculation> > > We'll have to see how this plays out. > > darren > > -- > “The Earth is Art, The Photographer is only a Witness ” > ― Yann Arthus-Bertrand, Earth from Above > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.