I wonder who was in trickle charge of the project. Dave
On 11/1/07, Carl G <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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. > -- Equine Photography www.caughtinmotion.com http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ Ontario Canada -- 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.
