Pentax
Sign in to saveAlso 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
- Company.fate
- Merged into Hoya; digital camera business spun off to Ricoh
- Company.founded
- Tokyo, Japan
- Company.location
- Maenochō
- Company.hq_location_city
- Itabashi, Tokyo
- Company.hq_location_country
- Japan
- Company.area_served
- Worldwide
- Company.num_employees
- 1,661 (as of March 31, 2005; non-consolidated Pentax Corp. only)
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- public company
- Country
- Japan
- Headquarters
- Tokyo
- Owned by
- Ricoh
- Parent organization
- Ricoh
- Employees
- 1661
- Stock exchange
- Tokyo Stock Exchange
- Legal form
- kabushiki gaisha
- Official website
- www.ricoh-imaging.co.jp
- Image
- 2824322 serial number Pentax PC35AF from 1982.jpg
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- Commons category
- Pentax
- topic's main category
- Category:Pentax
- dissolved, abolished or demolished date
- 2008-03-31
- inception
- 1919-01-01
- location of formation
- Tokyo
- product or material produced
- binoculars
- social media followers
- 5580
- has works in the collection
- Het Scheepvaartmuseum
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Article · Italiano
La Pentax è una delle più antiche e prestigiose aziende nel mercato della fotografia e dell'ottica. La casa fu fondata nel 1919 da Kumao Kajiwara a Tokyo. Oggi appartiene alla Ricoh, che l'ha acquisita nel 2011 dalla Hoya Corporation. Oltre alle fotocamere, produce binocoli, lenti e diversi strumenti ottici. Nel 2004 la Pentax Corporation aveva circa 1.600 dipendenti.
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