Nikon’s Arnold Kamen earns NAPET’s LaCroix award

Nikon Inc., Melville, N.Y., is proud to announce the National Association of Photo Equipment Technicians (NAPET) — a PMA member association — recently awarded its highest level of achievement, the George LaCroix Memorial Award, to Arnold H. Kamen, vice president of operations and customer services, Nikon Inc.
Kamen was presented with the award for outstanding service [...]

Photo Tech expands repair service

Photo Tech, New York, N.Y., which claims to be the largest camera repair center in New York, has announced a partnership  with CPR (Cell Phone Repair), the nation’s largest cell phone repair franchise with more than 50 locations across the United States. Photo Tech now has the capacity to service such devices as iPhones, Blackberrys, [...]

Teleplan Camera Repair aims to become leading camera recycler

Teleplan Camera Repair, Frisco, Texas, recently added a free camera recycling service. Individuals interested in recycling their camera can simply visit the Recycle page and complete a short submission form with basic information including camera make and model. Once submitted, Teleplan Camera Repair will send a free shipping label in order for the recycler to [...]

Canon to quadruple digital camera repair shops in China by 2012

Canon Inc. said that it will quadruple the number of digital camera repair shops in China by 2012, according to JPEA Photo Electro News. At present, Canon has 12 camera repair shops, mainly in major cities like Beijing and Shanghai. Canon plans to increase the number to 20 in 2010 and eventually to 50 by [...]

A “company united” in PMA magazine

United Camera & Binocular Repair, Bensenville, Ill., is a success story by any measure; and a new chapter is being added.
The firm was started 40 years ago by Frank Sciacca, who ran the company with his wife, Antoinette. In 1990, when sales were $300,000 a year, their daughter, Renee Miastkowski, joined the company. Although her [...]

CRIS named authorized Pentax factory service provider

Camera Repair Instrument Service (CRIS), Chandler, Ariz., was named by Pentax Imaging Co., Golden, Colo., to provide factory repair service for Pentax brand cameras and sport optics consumer products. In this agreement, CRIS will act as the “factory service facility” for dealers, and consumers in the United States.
Camera Repair Instrument Service (CRIS) is one of [...]