Rotring Part 2

I have just come across this statement on the pens4less retail site.

"Rotring has discontinued all of thier (sic) products as of right now. They are going to be coming out with some new styles, but that will not be until the end of 2006 or beginning of 2007."

Seems a strange move to me. Shut yourself down for the best part of a year, and then burst forth again? Well I suppose it will generate lots of interest when (if) they re-appear.