And the Olympus news continues…
Leave it to Bloomberg to get the rumor-mills up and running, adding fuel to the existing Olympus inferno by naming Fuji to the list of possible buyout contenders for the ill-stricken company:
Fujifilm, which makes equipment for medical scans, has been reported as a possible bidder for Japanese camera maker Olympus Corp. Yamamoto, who also is a board member at Fujifilm, declined to comment on a possible buyout of Olympus today.
Fujifilm Chief Executive Officer Shigetaka Komori said last month it was too early to discuss Olympus issues while the third-party panel was still probing the fraud at the camera maker.
The reports don’t appear to too unfounded. Fuji has gained much ground not only in the eye of critics with the X100 and X10, but will ultimately continue that momentum with the soon to be announced, mirrorless, interchangeable lens LX10. The addition of Olympus’ market share would further cement Fuji’s stamp as a heavy hitter in digital imagery and create new avenues for future growth. However, Let’s see how the current investigations into Olympus’ financial scandal play out before we jump to premature conclusions.
