Hmm let's see Nikon will be sold to who ?

[S11loop]

Photographers are creative ah... Not to mention from singapore ! Country of the **** .

NiCockNon :bsmilie:

 

[John Teoh]

Still have Senoko battery pack.

 

[Astin]

Just imagine Temasek bought over Nikon, then got all the NTUC Fairprice supermarket to sell Nikon cameras and lenses :bigeyes:

 

[TechMage]

Mitsubishi will most likely win the bid.

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Nikon Corporation (株式会社ニコン Kabushiki-gaisha Nikon?) (TYO: 7731 ), also known as Nikon or Nikon Corp., is a Japanese company specializing in optics and imaging. Its products include cameras, binoculars, microscopes, measurement instruments, and the steppers used in the photolithography steps of semiconductor fabrication. It was founded in 1917 as Nihon (Nippon); the company was renamed Nikon Corporation after its cameras, in 1988. As of 2002, it has about 14,000 employees. Nikon is one of the Mitsubishi companies.

 

[Astin]

Nikon is one of the Mitsubishi companies.

No wonder there is no Mitsubishi brand digital cameras...:think: :bsmilie:

 

[B.K. Tham]

Nikon I believe is owned by Mitsubushi one of the biggest company in the world. Why Sell? Maybe for fun.

 

[S11loop]

Nikon I believe is owned by Mitsubushi one of the biggest company in the world. Why Sell? Maybe for fun.

lol . seriously , when one of my friend commented that , base on nikon traditional ways of doing business ... one day confirm end up like minolta and will surely lose out to people like sony and canon .

moral of the story , not all uncles with mustache is yr father ...:bsmilie:

 

[Cikgu101]

But no guarantee that new methods of doing business is the best anyway.

Like a heat seeking missle(old technology) could bring down a stealth fighter :sweat:

 

[Slivester]

It is unlikely that Nikon will close anytime soon... It fact it was named one of the top 100 IT companies recently by Businessweek

http://bwnt.businessweek.com/it100/2006/index.asp

In fact Nikon was ranked 52 ahead of Canon! Nikon's crown jewel is in its stepper machines. These machines have the capability of motion control up to nanometers, and its applications are found in LCD and semiconductor manufacturing. And this is some very impressive engineering!

http://www.nikonprecision.com/index.htm

But consider this fact, Canon's net profit was $3.4 billion last year, while Nikon's was $258 million, and Canon is the 2nd largest Japanese IT-related company in the similar portfolio, digital camera manufacturing is its forte, haha.

 

[simon80]

is total net profit or ONLY camera nett profit ?
nikon don sell printer , nikon don sell video camera.

 

[Tetrode]

is total net profit or ONLY camera nett profit ?
nikon don sell printer , nikon don sell video camera.

Actually Nikon sells video cameras or used to anyway, in Japan and the States.

 

[Cikgu101]

Of all these profits, is it really the true value of it?

IMHO, any Big ahem...Corporation will never let anyone know their REAL profit ... :dunno:

 

[Shodan99]

But consider this fact, Canon's net profit was $3.4 billion last year, while Nikon's was $258 million, and Canon is the 2nd largest Japanese IT-related company in the similar portfolio, digital camera manufacturing is its forte, haha.

Hee... the list is listed based on:

The remaining group of companies was ranked on four criteria: return on equity, shareholder return and revenue growth (which were given equal weight), and total revenues (which was weighted).

Although total revenue is still counted as a list criteria, more weightage is given to creating VALUE for its shareholders. Its not size but how innovative the company is at creating value.

 

[ponders]

Just a side note.

Mitsubishi is a loose group of companies with 300 over independant companies.

Nikon is just one of them.

But Nikon is unlikely to be sold anytime soon.

They are a small player in the consumer market, but big in industrial applications.

 

[Belle&Sebastain]

Adobe or Microsoft

 

[deadpixel]

One likely future takeover of Nikon will be from Temasek Holdings.

And then we will see Nikon :flush:

 

[Friday13]

This thread is crappy but I like it! :bsmilie:

 

[freebsd]

Nikon will never sell to the West as most Japan coy have lots of pride.

 

[UandMe]

Of all these profits, is it really the true value of it?

IMHO, any Big ahem...Corporation will never let anyone know their REAL profit ... :dunno:

umm, u have to if u're a listed company i think. if not how do shareholders evaluate the company. :dunno:

 

[Spectrum]

And then we will see Nikon :flush:

LOL:bsmilie: :sweatsm: :thumbsd: