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Yeah, Ben is incredibly talented.
When the Hoya-Pentax merger was first announced I was able to take a look at Hoya since it's public. I posted my comments on this forum. I was quite impressed with Hoya managements' accomplishments. My conclusions about Hoya's management and their strategy towards the camera division are exactly what Steve is saying.
Pentax's single biggest problem was that it was capital constrained which meant it had to move slowly in developing its logistics/distribution, manufacturing and intellectual property/R&D portfolio. (Pentax was public and this was my conclusion). The merger with Hoya, which is ungeared and spinning off cash, addresses this.
From purely a Pentax user's perspective, I'm glad to see this post lines up with my conclusions. Thanks Steve!
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