Official Contax Announcement
This document was translated from the Japanese press release.)
April 12, 2005
Kyocera Corporation (President: Yasuo Nishiguchi, hereafter called
"Kyocera") has decided to terminate CONTAX-branded camera business.
Although Carl Zeiss and Kyocera have entered into a long term
co-operation regarding the development, production and sale of
CONTAX-branded cameras, Kyocera has decided to terminate such business
due to difficulties in catching up with the recent rapid market
changes.
Consequently, Kyocera will terminate the shipment of CONTAX-branded
cameras, and the exclusive lenses and accessories in September, 2005,
except for the CONTAX 645 camera system, the shipment of which to some
markets will come to an end in December, 2005
.
Kyocera will continue to provide after-sales services to its customers
for their CONTAX-branded cameras, and the exclusive lenses and
accessories over the maximum period of ten years within the specified
time of each model.
Winsor
Long Beach, California, USA
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