Since Asahi means Morning Sun, i.e, Rising Sun, it is a very popular company and brand name in Japan.
Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Fri, May 3, 2013 at 12:22 PM, John Sessoms <jsessoms...@nc.rr.com> wrote: > From: "Collin Brendemuehl" > >>> Ashai Glass Company. >> >> >> My 91 Camry had Asahi glass. Not the same company. > > > I think this one may have been. I'm pretty sure that at one time Pentax had > their own glass company to manufacture their lens blanks. > > Probably got spun off by Hoya. > > > -- > 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.