Category Archives: JVC

Sony and Canon attempt to purchase Pentax?

By PR admin | Published: May 28, 2010
CanonRumors reported that Canon and Sony may have tried to purchase Pentax at some point. Hoya’s CEO has indicated in the past that Pentax is for sell. Then there were some statements about a “deeper relationship” with Samsung. It is possible that at some point JVC attempted to buy Pentax – both companies denied it a [...]
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JVC Kenwood will not buy Pentax

By PR admin | Published: November 28, 2009
This rumor surfaced a month ago and was quickly denied by JVC and Hoya. Today, two different sources (Bloomberg and Asahi) report that JVC was considering purchasing Pentax but those plans were abandoned. Via Xitek
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JVC to buy Pentax, Hoya denies it

By PR admin | Published: November 4, 2009
The rumor is that JVC-Kenwood Holdings is in talks to buy Pentax (source - Google translation). Hoya (the parent company of Pentax) quickly denied that report (source). It is not a secret that Hoya has been trying to do something with Pentax, based on previous history of comments from C-level executives (see here and here). HOYA [...]
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