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ManuH · 10-06-2008, 07:07 AM

Originally Posted by ogl

Tokina is very SMALL company!!!! They are simply distributing Hoya products, make some products under HOYA brand and buy 100% of glass.

THK (USA) is the distubutor of Hoya, Tokina, Kenko and Slik at U.S. market.

I'm with you. I'm hearing all this non-sense about Tokina owned by Hoya and nobody is able to prove it. This issue was recently fueled again when in a supposed interview ( Pentax and Samsung Partnership Not Perfect - PhotographyBLOG )with "Pentax’s Sales & Marketing Director of Imaging Systems, Mr. Toshiaki Iue", in which they report that "Similarly, Hoya aren’t planning to sell the lens-maker Tokina, which they also own, or to merge it with Pentax." That last sentence was taken as a proof that Tokina was owned by Hoya. My guess is that the report assumed that and interpreted what was being said. We don't have a full transcript of the interview. We don't even know the interviewer and the article is not signed...

10-06-2008, 07:07 AM	#10
ManuH Loyal Member Location: Montreal Gallery Photos: 6 Posts: 490	Originally Posted by ogl Tokina is very SMALL company!!!! They are simply distributing Hoya products, make some products under HOYA brand and buy 100% of glass. THK (USA) is the distubutor of Hoya, Tokina, Kenko and Slik at U.S. market. I'm with you. I'm hearing all this non-sense about Tokina owned by Hoya and nobody is able to prove it. This issue was recently fueled again when in a supposed interview ( Pentax and Samsung Partnership Not Perfect - PhotographyBLOG )with "Pentax’s Sales & Marketing Director of Imaging Systems, Mr. Toshiaki Iue", in which they report that "Similarly, Hoya aren’t planning to sell the lens-maker Tokina, which they also own, or to merge it with Pentax." That last sentence was taken as a proof that Tokina was owned by Hoya. My guess is that the report assumed that and interpreted what was being said. We don't have a full transcript of the interview. We don't even know the interviewer and the article is not signed...