M&A Deal Summary

Ricoh Acquires Pentax Camera

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

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

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2011-10-01
Target Pentax Camera
Sector Electronics
Buyer(s) Ricoh
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

Ricoh

Tokyo, Japan
Category Company
Founded 1936
Sector Technology Hardware
Employees79,544
Revenue 2.35T JPY (2024)
DESCRIPTION

Ricoh is a global technology company specializing in office imaging equipment, production print solutions, document management systems and IT services. Ricoh 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
Category Company
Founded 1941
Sector Electronics
Employees35,702
Revenue 792.6B JPY (2024)
DESCRIPTION

HOYA is a 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.

Buy -
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