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Hoya to Shut Pentax Digicam Factory

Hoya will shutter a Pentax digital camera factory in Japan and move camera manufacturing to facilities in Vietnam and the Philippines “to improve competitiveness,” Bloomberg reports. According to the report, Hoya will offer early retirement to 250 of its employees at its factory in Mashiko, Tochigi prefecture. More

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Fujifilm In S.C.

The imaging company celebrated its 20th anniversary in Greenwood, S.C., last week. Greenwood is home to the company’s North American manufacturing and R&D headquarters.   Senator Lindsey Graham was on hand at an event to celebrate the milestone, saying the imaging firm “has done wonderful things for South Carolina over the last 20 years.”   Shigetaka... More

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GE Digicams Go Long

General Imaging said it would distribute select GE-branded digital cameras through Longs Drug. Starting in late October, Longs will sell the A730 in black, the A835 also in black and the A1030 in red. Here’s our write-up on those models, which debuted at PMA. More

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Fiorina: Spinning Is Hard

As we noted earlier in this space , former Hewlett-Packard CEO Carly Fiorina is now serving as a surrogate for the McCain campaign.   Fiorina is apparently having some difficulty adjusting to life in the political arena.  Earlier in the campaign, she misstated McCain’s view on reproductive issues. Now, this: “Asked by a St. Louis radio station whether... More

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SanDisk & Samsung

The research firm iSuppli provides some additional context to the day’s news: ·         Samsung was the world’s leading supplier of NAND-type flash memory in the second quarter, with a 42.3 percent share of global revenue. The company’s NAND revenue amounted to $1.4 billion during the quarter. In comparison, No.-2 Toshiba... More