[Leica] Leica Camera AG could be bought by Chinese company

[Sonny Carter]

*I hit send too soon.  They felt it would be similar to the Mercedes Benz
deal, not Chinese owned but significant investment, with Chinese holding
nearly 20% of the parent company.*


Regards,
Sonny
www.SonC.Com/Look


On Tue, Jun 9, 2026 at 9:58 PM Sonny Carter <sonc.hegr at gmail.com> wrote:

> I saw a discussion on Petapixel regarding this, and they felt that not a
> lot would change, that is, Leica would continue to be a hand built product
> largely made in Germany.  That elevates Leica to the price points they ask
> for the cameras and lenses.
>
> The speculation too was it seems more like it will be a buy in than a buy
> out.
>
> Regards,
> Sonny
> www.SonC.Com/Look
>
>
> On Tue, Jun 9, 2026 at 9:39 PM Jayanand Govindaraj via LUG <
> lug at leica-users.org> wrote:
>
>> It was inevitable, as Chinese tend to go overboard, like the Japanese of
>> an
>> era gone by, in paying for "trophy" aquisitions. I had heard from my
>> investment banking contacts in London and Geneva that Leica had been put
>> up
>> for sale at the "right" (i.e. grossly overvalued) price.
>>
>> Cheers
>> Jayanand
>>
>> On Wed, Jun 10, 2026 at 12:13 AM Lluis Ripoll via LUG <
>> lug at leica-users.org>
>> wrote:
>>
>> > Hello all,
>> >
>> > Did you hear something about this?
>> >
>> > <
>> >
>> https://www.notebookcheck.net/Bloomberg-Leica-Camera-AG-could-be-bought-by-Chinese-company.1313463.0.html
>> > >
>> >
>> > Saludos
>> > Lluis
>> >
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