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| General info : | | Leica is a brand name used by Leica Camera AG, a German company that manufactures cameras, optical lenses, photographic lenses, binoculars, rifle scopes and microscopes. The company was founded by Ernst Leitz in 1869, in Wetzlar, Germany.
In 1986, the Leitz company changed its name to Leica, due to the fame of the Leica trade-name. The name Leica is derived from the first three letters of the founder's surname (Leitz) and the first two of the word camera: lei-ca (LEItz CAmera). At this time, Leica relocated its factory from Wetzlar to the nearby town of Solms.
Leica Camera AG is 55% owned by Austrian investment firm ACM Projektentwicklung GmbH, and 45% owned by The Blackstone Group which licenses the Leica brand name from the Danaher Corporation-owned Leica Microsystems GmbH. | |
| Source : | | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leica_Camera (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leica_Camera) | |
| Websites | | https://leica-camera.com/en-int (leica-camera.com/en-int) | |
| Source : | | https://wild-heerbrugg.ch/en/historie/milestones-of-leica (wild-heerbrugg.ch/en/historie/milestones-of-leica) | |
| Relations : | | Founded by : Ernst Leitz1896 | |
| Relations : | | Brand name used by : Ernst Leitz Optical Industry1869 - 1986 | |
| Relations : | | Brand name used by : Leica Camera AG1998 - | |
| Relations : | | Brand name used by : Leica GmbH1986 - 1998 | |
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