The Photo Plus Expo (10/27, 28, 29) in NYC, does not list Olympus as an
exhibitor.
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On 10/18/2011 11:47 AM, Piers Hemy wrote:
> The latter, latterly. The former, formerly, if memory serves.
>
> Piers
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> From: Chris Crawford [mailto:chris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: 18 October 2011 12:39
> To: Olympus Camera Discussion
> Subject: Re: [OM] "...A Shameful Saga By Any Stretch of the Imagination"
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> Was this Michael Woodford the president of Olympus Europe, or of the mother
> company in Japan?
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> On 10/18/11 7:13 AM, "John Hermanson"<omtech1@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> Olympus cleaned house. Sent in an Ax man from Japan, fired US
>> National Service Manager (THAT'S good, an ogre by many accounts), Ax
>> man went to PA and fired the President (Mark Gumz) he was the one
>> responsible for moving the entire company to Allentown PA (a pretty
>> depressed area) and losing about 90% of their staff. Filled staff
>> positions with laid off workers from Crayola and Silly Putty (NOT
>> kidding). Fired President of Olympus Europe too.
>>
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>> John Hermanson | CPS, Inc.
>> 21 South Ln., Huntington NY 11743
>> 631-424-2121 | www.zuiko.com
>> Olympus OM Service since 1977
>> Gallery: www.zuiko.com/album/index.html
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>> On 10/18/2011 6:13 AM, JOHN DUGGAN wrote:
>>> Same story in the Independent this morning. Frighteningly Olympus's
>>> share price has fallen 41% since Friday !
>>>
>>> Regards
>>>
>>> John Duggan,
>>>
>>> Wales, UK
>>>
>>> --- On Tue, 18/10/11, Marc Lawrence<montsnmags@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>
>>> From: Marc Lawrence<montsnmags@xxxxxxxxx>
>>> Subject: [OM] "...A Shameful Saga By Any Stretch of the Imagination"
>>> To: "Olympus List"<olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>> Date: Tuesday, 18 October, 2011, 3:29
>>>
>>> There're probably other links for it (there're some within what I
>>> link to), but I came across it via Mike Johnston's always-interesting
>>> "The Online Photographer" blog, so you're getting that one:
>>>
>>> <http://theonlinephotographer.typepad.com/the_online_photographer/201
>>> 1/10/a-s
>>> hameful-saga.html>
>>>
>>> "We don't pretend to understand exactly what's going on with this,
>>> apart from the fact that the sniff test indicates potentially serious
>>> trouble. Michael Woodford, the new President of Olympus Corporation,
>>> and who is British, was sent summarily packing by the 16-member
>>> Olympus Board of Directors last Friday, after a hastily convened
>>> emergency meeting..."
>>>
>>> See the link for the fuller "alleged" story. It sounds big.
>>>
>>> Cheers,
>>> Marc
>>> Noosa Heads, Oz
>>> http://gallery.parknmeter.com
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