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

[Peter Dzwig]

That was the one I saw.

Peter

On 10/06/2026 03:58, Sonny Carter via LUG 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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Dr. Peter Dzwig