Not quite, Rodenstock has been making aspherics for decades. To see a listing of the optical componants that they supply see:
http://www.rodenstock-photo.com/en/oem/oem/components/
It is very unlikely that any lens manufacturer does not have aspheric capability at their factory.
Aspherics are not at all unusual. In the late 1980s Rollei sold their Prego P&S 35mm automatic camera which was made by Ricoh. It had an aspheric element. In fact, nearly all, if not all, P&S cameras had and still do have aspheric elements.
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