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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.

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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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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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