SWOT Analysis.

Presents a business analysis of Hoya Corp., which is primarily engaged in the information technology and eye care businesses, focusing on its strengths, weaknesses, opportunities for improvement and threats to the company. Strengths, including strong performance, only producer of one inch glass substrates, single-point provider of glass materials, lenses and lens devices, competitive cost advantage and strong technological position; Weaknesses, including limited production capacity, market concentration and weak performance in the U.S.; Opportunities for improvement, including the growing demand for molded aspheric lenses; growth in liquid crystal display mask business and strong demand for eyeglasses in Europe; Threats to the company, including increasing trend of in-house lens manufacturing by digital still camera manufacturers, threat of new entrants in the mask blank business and exchange rate fluctuations.