Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/07/09
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Where will the September Photokina be held? Thanks. LEICAMAN56@aol.com wrote: > Rest assured that the LUG is monitored by both Leica USA and Solms. I = have > this on good authority from my contacts in both Northvale and Solms. > > Some bad news from Solms. S=F6nke Peters, M Product Manager and mainta= iner of > the Solms website, has left the company effective June 30th. He was a = good > friend and a strong supporter of the LUG and the LHSA. He will be sore= ly > missed. > > More bad news from Solms: Klaus Dieter Hoffman, CEO of Leica Camera, h= as been > sacked. Apparently as a result of poor stock performance in the last t= wo > quarters. It seems that someone needed to take the blame. Rather unfa= ir, > since most of Leica's stock woes can be directly traced to poor sales i= n the > Pacific Rim. > > Leica needs to make a big impact at Photokina 98 in September. Let's a= ll keep > our fingers crossed for the new M body that has been talked about so mu= ch on > the LUG. > > Bill Rosauer