In Japan, it is very common for a company to hold another company's stock. 
That's especially true when one company is a supplier to another company. It 
seems likely to me that this is true of Hoya and Tokina, though I don't know 
where a person could go to check on it.

Ira


On Mon, 29 Sep 2008 18:57:36 -0700 (PDT)
Rick Womer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> If you go to http://www.hoya.co.jp, Pentax is listed as a subsidiary but not 
> Tokina.  Searching the site for "Tokina" gets zero hits.
> 
> Wikipedia and a few other sites indicate that Hoya supplies glass to Tokina, 
> but that Tokina is an independent company.
> 
> Rick
> 
> http://photo.net/photos/RickW
> 

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