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Subject: [Leica] further info on Leica ''sale''
From: philippe.orlent at pandora.be (Philippe Orlent)
Date: Mon Jan 2 10:19:22 2006
References: <286.34eac94.30eac292@aol.com> <20CA02EA-C3A9-433B-B933-B65A0304C8ED@pandora.be>

and sorry for the typing and probable linguistic errors



Op 2-jan-06, om 19:16 heeft Philippe Orlent het volgende geschreven:

> translation of the article all these rumours are based upon:
>
> 'Wednesday; dec. 28th, 2005
> 'Canon takes over Leica'
>
> The Japanese newspaper Asahi Shimbum states that shattering  
> business news is to be expected in the following days: a possible  
> take over by the Japanese Canon of the photography part of the  
> Leica company.
> This merger should materialise in 2006, followed by the marketing  
> of by new products under a mutual name in 2007.
> the news follows the earlier this week announced cooperation  
> between Nikon and Carl Zeiss (with the purpose to develop Zeiss  
> lenses with Nikon F fitting)
> Both Canon as Leica refrain from any commet at this moment. We  
> therefor should wait for an official announcment.'
>
> So lots of possibles, ifs, shoulds etc.
>
>
>
> Op 2-jan-06, om 18:53 heeft Thinkofcole@aol.com het volgende  
> geschreven:
>
>>
>> I asked Janco, the man who runs Jancology.com, to clarify where  
>> he  got his
>> report about Asahi Simbun and the following below in his  
>> reply...He  said he
>> got it "third hand" in German, the text of which is also  
>> below  ...bob cole
>> Update:Sorry for all the fuss, I got this information _3rd  hand_
>> (http://jan_edward.blogspot.com/2005/12/canon-neemt-leica- 
>> over.html)  and can?t confirm
>> this. From one point this would be good news as canon  has some  
>> more money to
>> spend then Leica at the moment. From the other side you  would  
>> wonder what will
>> be left from this authentic camera manufacturer when the  merger  
>> is going to
>> happen.
>>
>>
>> woensdag, december 28, 2005
>> "Canon neemt Leica over"
>>
>>
>> Volgens het Japanse dagblad Asahi Shimbun is in  de komende dagen
>> opzienbarend bedrijfsnieuws te verwachten, en wel over een op   
>> handen staande overname
>> van het fotografie-deel van Leica door het Japanse  Canon. Deze  
>> samensmelting
>> zou in 2006 zijn beslag moeten krijgen, waarop in 2007  nieuwe  
>> produkten onder
>> een gemeenschappelijke naam op de markt moeten komen. Dit  nieuws  
>> volgt op de
>> eerder deze week aangekondigde samenwerking van Nikon met  Carl  
>> Zeiss (met als
>> doel het ontwikkelen van Zeiss-obejectieven met Nikon-F  vatting).
>>
>> Zowel Canon als Leica onthouden zich vooralsnog van commentaar.   
>> Het wachten
>> is derhalve op een _offici?le  mededeling_
>> (http://www.leica-camera.com/unternehmen/presse/index_e.html) .
>>
>>
>>
>>
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