Some interesting news today about Tamron, the independent lens manufacturer. Apparently they are set to add a fourth company to the three digital camera makers that they already supply (I’m not sure which companies they are…).

PMA Newsline International 22/12/03

Tamron Co. Ltd. is going to boost production of lenses for digicams and projectors, according to the JPEA’s Photo Electro News. The company will beef up digital camera lens output in 2004 by 25 percent over this year and, as for lenses for projectors, it will install new production lines at its domestic manufacturing unit. Tamron will expand production facility in its factory in Guangdong, South China, by investing some ?1.5 billion (US$13.88 million). The company currently supplies three digital camera makers with lens assemblies and will add another firm next year, the report said. In 2004, Tamron aims at taking a 25 percent share of the mechanism in the world digital camera market, projected to come to 42 to 45 million units, said Nihon Keizai Shimbun.