Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/07/19

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Leica + Rollei?
From: Mark Rabiner <mark@rabiner.cncoffice.com>
Date: Wed, 19 Jul 2000 09:08:46 -0700
References: <01BFF169.F41462A0.jem.kime@cwcom.net>

Jem Kime wrote:
><Snip> 
> >With Rollei's current size (about 100 employees or so, the last I heard),
> Leica can easily buy Rollei out.
> Chris-----Original Message-----
> 
> The Rollei company is presently owned by Samsung, a massive company, who
> may regard it very much as a cachet name in their oriental empire. I doubt
> they'd want to sell, but I'm sure they could be interested in a tie up,
> more cachet for their brand.
> Jem

I heard Samsung got out of Rollei a few months back. "Sold it back to the
Germans" something like that. The original owners?
Mark Rabiner

In reply to: Message from Jem Kime <jem.kime@cwcom.net> (RE: [Leica] Leica + Rollei?)