Originally Posted by Asahiflex
Rubbish. Fumio Urano is still the 'big boss' of Pentax (officially Chairman of the Board). In case you do not know him: he's the designer of the Pentax LX, the best camera of its time (even better than the Canon F1 and Nikon F3). If there's someone who will protect Pentax from the gutter and ensuring the production of top-notch cameras then it will be him.
you misunderstood, i'm speaking strictly semantics.
Fumio can run whatever, the fact remains that Hoya buys out Pentax Corp,
and as another fella confirmed, soon the official legal entity of "pentax corp" will no longer exist.
this does NOT mean that management and employees will be fired and all factories burned to the ground.
well, technicaly it could... but i'm sure Hoya isnt stupid.