Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1995/11/02
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On Thu, 2 Nov 1995, Jeffrey Frey wrote: > > On Wed, 1 Nov 1995, Jeffrey Frey wrote: > > > I did check the Leica site, which is adding interesting information, mostly > > in German, all the time. > > Appears that Leitz and Leica are fully Swiss owned now; I wonder whther > > Wild has discarded its own trade name, because they are showing pictures of > > what used to be Wild surveying instruments on the Leica site. The Leica > > group includes Leitz instruments, mostly in Switzerland, and Leica cameras, > > mostly in Germany. There are more employees in Germany than in Switzerland, > > about 600 making Leica cameras in Solms, which is I understand near Wetzlar, > > and the rest making other nice things like microscopes here and there. Several > > hundred people still are working in Wetzlar where is a feinwerktechnik among > > other things. > > > > The Leica site claims development and production in 8 countries on 3 > > different continents, and do claim research on cameras in Switzerland, > > Germany, Buffalo NY and Singapore. Also production in Portugal and Singapore > > as well as elsewhere. > > > > Ah, I see at the bottom of the page the note > > Founded in 1990 by the merger of Wild Leitz and Cambridge Instruments. > > So Wild and Leitz must have got together earlier and then merged with > > Cambridge, which was the first manufacturer of scanning electron microscopes > > in the world. > > Actually, I believe Leica Camera (in Solms) was bought out by its current management several years ago.