PENTAX Imaging Company, PENTAX Industrial Instruments Co., Ltd. and Western Latitudes Announce Alliance to Distribute Survey Instruments in United States.GOLDEN, Colo. -- PENTAX Imaging Company (Survey Division, United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. ) and PENTAX Industrial Instruments Co., Ltd. (Survey Division, Japan) and Western Latitudes announced today an exclusive agreement to distribute PENTAX survey instruments through Western Latitudes, a Colorado-based company. Effective August 2, 2004, Western Latitudes will distribute the full range of PENTAX survey instruments through the existing PENTAX dealer network as well as its own U.S. dealer network and direct sales channels. Western Latitudes also distributes GPS survey/GIS products, Data Collection hardware and survey industry application and data collection software. "We are very excited about this new arrangement," said David Atkinson For the Canadian academic, see . David Atkinson (born 24 March 1940) was Conservative British Member of Parliament for Bournemouth East from a 1977 by-election until he stepped down at the 2005 general election. , Western Latitudes founder and chief executive officer. "Our goal since our founding has been to deliver leading edge hardware and software products to the precision positioning markets. Integrating PENTAX into our solutions meets our goal of offering only the highest quality products." "This new alliance will help strengthen PENTAX survey instruments representation and customer support in the United States," said Yasuyuki Karise, director of the surveying instruments Surveying instruments Instruments used in surveying operations to measure vertical angles, horizontal angles, and distance. Such devices were originally mechanical only, but technological advances led to mechanical-optical devices, optical-electronic devices, division of PENTAX Industrial Instruments Co., Ltd. "We are looking forward to working closely with Western Latitudes in the coming months to reinforce the benefits of this new alliance." PENTAX Industrial Instruments Co., Ltd. of Japan is an innovative leader in the latest technology for surveying instruments. Since inception, the company has been dedicated to producing innovative, reliable, technologically advanced and high-performance optical instruments and products. PENTAX Imaging Company, a division of PENTAX of America, Inc., and the current U.S. distributor will transfer all PENTAX survey products to Western Latitudes in Centennial, Colorado
The City of Centennial is a statutory city located in Arapahoe County, Colorado, United States. , in the coming weeks. "The existing PENTAX dealer network will be better served by the expanded product offerings that Western Latitudes will provide as a result of this arrangement," said Jan Williamson Jan Williamson is an Australian artist. She is a mother of nine children. Known for winning the Archibald Prize Packing Room Prize twice in a row, in 2002 with a portrait of Jenny Morris, and again in 2003 with a portrait of actor Rachel Ward. , vice president of PENTAX of America, Inc. "PENTAX has and will continue to work closely with Western Latitudes with regard to distributor sales, sales support, marketing and service." PENTAX Imaging Company in Golden, Colorado The City of Golden is a home rule municipality that is the county seat of Jefferson County, Colorado, United States. Golden lies along Clear Creek at the eastern edge of the foothills of the Front Range of the Rocky Mountains. , will continue to distribute digital and film cameras, binoculars, spotting scopes A spotting scope is a portable telescope, optimized for the observation of terrestrial objects. The magnification of a spotting scope is typically on the order of 20X to 60X. , eyepieces, lenses, mobile printers, scanners, internet cameras and CCTV CCTV abbr. closed-circuit television CCTV closed-circuit television lenses. For more than 80 years, PENTAX technology has developed durable, reliable products that meet the needs of consumers and businesses. PENTAX Imaging Company is a division of PENTAX of America, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary Wholly Owned Subsidiary A subsidiary whose parent company owns 100% of its common stock. Notes: In other words, the parent company owns the company outright and there are no minority owners. of PENTAX Corporation of Japan. Western Latitudes, a Centennial, Colorado-based company, represents 75 years of experience in the integration and delivery of high precision measuring and positioning systems. Representing a large product offering and utilizing web-based support, Western Latitudes provides its customers with state-of-the-art solutions built on the latest technologies. |
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