Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/01/01

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Subject: [Leica] Japanese paper reports Canon to take over Leica
From: leica at rcmckee.com (R. Clayton McKee)
Date: Sun Jan 1 19:06:34 2006
References: <B58FB307-A960-4E67-8BCB-E9498B53FC70@earthlink.net>
 
On 1 Jan 2006 at 18:56, Douglas Sharp wrote:

> > It's a prestige brand. It's not uncommon for huge companies to buy a  
> > company
> > like Leica, just to own it.
> 
> Plenty of examples in the automotive industry, just look who builds 
> Bugatti, Maybach, Jaguar, Land-Rover and some of the other former classics.


Voigtlander...

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