The news of the fire and the delay was reported last week, see for example:
http://uk.reuters.com/article/technologyNews/idUKT10310920071024 Wed Oct 24, 2007 1:39pm BST "TOKYO (Reuters) - Pentax Corp said it would delay the launch of its new digital camera after a fire at a lithium-ion battery plant run by Matsushita Electric Industrial Co Ltd's battery unit caused supply disruption." -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of P. J. Alling Sent: 1. november 2007 16:14 To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: Battery factory fire It could if there was no second supplier. Especially if it has a new form factor. Bob Sullivan wrote: > Anybody hear about a battery factory fire delaying a camera launch? > Another list mentioned Pentax sueing Matushita over battery > availability, claiming a new camera launch was postponed from November > to February because of no batteries. (September fire has closed all > production) > Regards, Bob S. > > -- The difference between individual intelligence and group intelligence is the difference between Harvard University and the Harvard University football team. -- P. J. O'Roark -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
