M&A Deal Summary

The Ricoh Company Acquires Pentax Camera

On October 1, 2011, The Ricoh Company acquired electronics company Pentax Camera from HOYA for 124M USD

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is The Ricoh Company’s 2nd transaction in the Electronics sector.
  • This is The Ricoh Company’s 2nd largest (disclosed) transaction.
  • This is The Ricoh Company’s 1st transaction in Japan.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2011-10-01
Target Pentax Camera
Sector Electronics
Buyer(s) The Ricoh Company
Sellers(s) HOYA
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition
Deal Value 124M USD

Target

Pentax Camera

Tokyo, Japan

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

The Ricoh Company

Tokyo, Japan

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Category Company
Founded 1936
Sector Technology Hardware
Employees81,184
Revenue 1,758.6B JPY (2022)
DESCRIPTION

The Ricoh Company is a global technology company specializing in office imaging equipment, production print solutions, document management systems and IT services. Headquartered in Tokyo, Ricoh Group operates in about 200 countries and regions. The Ricoh Company was founded in 1936 and is based in Tokyo, Japan.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 4 of 16
Sector (Electronics) 2 of 2
Type (Add-on Acquisition) 4 of 13
Country (Japan) 1 of 4
Year (2011) 1 of 1
Size (of disclosed) 2 of 2
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2008-08-27 IKON Office Solutions

Malvern, Pennsylvania, United States

IKON Office Solutions manufactures and supplies document management systems for various business clients.

Buy $1.6B
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2014-01-22 mindSHIFT Technologies

Waltham, Massachusetts, United States

mindSHIFT Technologies is one of the IT outsourcing and cloud managed services providers, serving small and mid-size businesses.

Buy -

Seller(S) 1

SELLER

HOYA

Tokyo, Japan

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Category Company
Founded 1941
Sector Electronics
Employees37,245
Revenue 670.3B JPY (2022)
DESCRIPTION

HOYA is a Japanese company manufacturing optical products such as photomasks, photomask blanks and glass magnetic-memory disks, contact lenses and eyeglass lenses using wavefront technology. HOYA was founded in 1941 and is based in Tokyo, Japan.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 2 of 2
Sector (Electronics) 1 of 1
Type (Add-on Acquisition) 1 of 1
Country (Japan) 1 of 1
Year (2011) 2 of 2
Size (of disclosed) 1 of 2
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2011-06-28 Hoya ConBio France EURL

Courtaboeuf,, France

Hoya ConBio France EURL manufactures laser systems for medical and dental purposes. PhotoAcoustic energy technology, which uses high-speed energy waves to penetrate the skin in nanoseconds, minimizing the amount of heat in each procedure.

Sell $25M
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2015-10-01 Knecht & Müller AG

Stein am Rhein, Switzerland

Knecht & Müller AG is a provide holders glasses customized products, and offering innovative optical precision.

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