Hoya's CEO said something about selling off the imaging division, that's 
a bit different than it not being very strong.  Hoya really likes other 
companies to buy components from outside suppliers, that's a lot of 
their business, they better hope those customers are strong or Hoya 
won't be around that long either.

Joseph Tainter 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. This may be or may not be a signal 
> that they intend to get rid of the division.
>
> "But one very likely explanation is that they want to weaken Pentax 
> before taking them over. There are probably negotiations going on. 
> Basically they are speaking money. So making statements like this is the 
> only reasonable thing to do at this stage of the process. Because Hoya 
> wants a make a good deal."
>
> -----
>
> Bravo, Tim. A perceptive point.
>
> Joe
>
>   


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