Pentax
Also known as Asahi Kogaku Goshi Kaisha, Asahi Optical Corporation, Pentax Corporation, Asahi Pentax
was a Japanese camera and optical equipment manufacturer. Currently, it exists as the Pentax Medical, a division of Hoya's medical endoscope business, as well as the digital and film camera brand of Ricoh Imaging Company, a subsidiary of Ricoh.
Key facts
- Company.products
- Cameras and photographic equipment; binoculars, spotting scopes and telescopes; medical fiberscopes and endoscopes; medical fine ceramics products; information and communications products; components; industrial products; eyeglass lenses
- Company.name
- Pentax Corporation
- Company.native_name_lang
- ja
- Company.romanized_name
- Pentakkusu Kabushiki gaisha
- Company.type
- Public (–2007); Subsidiary of Hoya Corporation (2007–2008)
- Company.logo
- Pentax Logo.svg
- Company.logo_size
- 200px
- Company.image
- PENTAX head office tokyo 2009.JPG
- Company.image_size
- 250px
- Company.image_caption
- Former headquarters in Itabashi, Tokyo
- Company.native_name
- ペンタックス株式会社
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Article
17 sectionsContents
- Corporate history
- Early history
- Early 1950s to 2007
- Merger with Hoya
- Ricoh Imaging Company
- Products
- Corporate cooperation and competition
- Europe and Asia
- North America
- Subsidiaries
- Asia
- Europe
- North America
- See also
- Notes
- References
- External links
[](https://www.ricoh-imaging.co.jp/japan/)
[オンライン相談室](https://www.ricoh-imaging.co.jp/japan/support/online_consultation/)
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2008 mergers and acquisitionsCompanies formerly listed on the Tokyo Stock ExchangeFuyo GroupJapanese brandsJapanese companies established in 1919Lens manufacturersManufacturing companies based in TokyoManufacturing companies established in 1919PentaxPhotography equipment manufacturers of JapanTechnology companies disestablished in 2008