Just before the holidays, on December 21st, 2006, Hoya and Pentax announced a merger between the two companies where Hoya would merge Pentax into their business. The merger, expected to be finalized by October 1, 2007, would go under the name of Hoya Pentax HD Corporation. For more information on the merger, you can read the press release (Adobe Acrobat required to read the PDF release) posted on the Japan version of the Pentax website. Read more »