pg.1. "It is headquartered in Japan and is comprised of over 100 subsidiaries and affiliates with over 34,000 employees worldwide. HOYA’s Life Care division supplies health care products such as eyeglasses and medical endoscopes. HOYA’s Information Technology segment focuses on electronic products such as optical lenses for digital cameras and smartphones. Several UK based subsidiaries manage sales of blanks, flexible endoscope reprocessors ,optical lenses and flexible endoscopes. Production of our advanced optics technologies takes place in our owned manufacturing sites, based predominantly in Asia,with products shipped to our customers in Europe,the Middle East,Africa and the Americas"