Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/02/28

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Subject: Re: [Leica] ELCAN
From: Stephen <cameras@jetlink.net>
Date: Sat, 28 Feb 1998 20:48:25 -0800
 
Leica sold Elcan to Hughes, which was bought by General Motors.

Hughes sold Elcan to Raytheon last month.

Apparently Leica lens production has, or shortly will stop at Midland,
and will be moved back to Germany.

Stephen Gandy

Marc James Small wrote:

> >From a posting on the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada list, I
> learned
> that ELCAN -- the former Ernst Leitz Canada plant at Midland, Ontario,
> has
> a web page at http://www.elcan.com/
>
> It's a nice site, and it's nice to see that Leitz progeny are
> successful!
>
> Marc
>
> msmall@roanoke.infi.net  FAX:  +540/343-7315
> Cha robh bas fir gun ghras fir!