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Pentax K D-FA lens roadmap 2016 - Klaus - 05-31-2016
Quote:That was badly phrased and inaccurate. Tokina is Kenko Tokina, since a few years ago.
As for Hoya owning Kenko Tokina... from what I see that's not true. However, Kenko Tokina's shareholders are people with key positions within Hoya. So they're clearly linked.
Seems to be fuzzy:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tokina
Probably the typical Japanese thing - Keiretsu:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keiretsu
Pentax K D-FA lens roadmap 2016 - youpii - 05-31-2016
Quote:Seems to be fuzzy:More fuzzy:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tokina
http://www.kenkotokinausa.com/
Pentax K D-FA lens roadmap 2016 - Guest - 05-31-2016
Less fuzzy:
http://www.tokina.co.jp/en/outline.html
Pentax K D-FA lens roadmap 2016 - Brightcolours - 05-31-2016
Both Kenko and Tokina have been bought by Hoya, and Hoya merged them into Kenko Tokina. Not a big secret... The Tokina-Pentax cooperation on lens design and manufacture made Hoya buy Pentax.
Pentax K D-FA lens roadmap 2016 - Guest - 05-31-2016
Shareholder
Toru Yamanaka, Mamoru Yamanaka, Tetsuo Suzuki and others
<p style="font-size:12.8px;font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51);background-color:rgb(238,238,238);">Representative Director:　Toru Yamanaka (President)
<p style="font-size:12.8px;font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51);background-color:rgb(238,238,238);">Director (part-time): Mamoru Yamanaka (Consultant of Hoya Corp.)
<p style="font-size:12.8px;font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51);background-color:rgb(238,238,238);">Director: Tetsuo Suzuki (Honorary Chairman of Hoya Corp.)