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Endpoint: Soligor



created on: 17/06/2026
by: bob (10785)
 
 

Brand properties

General info :
Soligor was originally the trade mark for the American Allied Impex Corporation, used from 1956 for lenses and later cameras imported from Japan. It imported cameras from Japan and also took control of companies in Japan. Among the first products was Miranda T camera and Soligor lenses.

Soligor GmbH is a German manufacturer of photographic equipment, optics, video surveillance equipment, and personal electronics. Founded in Stuttgart in 1968 as A.I.C. Phototechnik GmbH by Allied Impex Corporation (USA), the company changed its official name in 1993 to match the brand name used on its optical products.

Most commonly encountered products were manufactured in Japan (to quite a reasonable standard-many by Tokina) under the Soligor brand, as well as Miranda (which was acquired by Allied Impex in the 1960s). The company also seems to have had an association with Vivitar (the T4 interchangeable mount, for instance).

The company was located in Leinfelden-Echterdingen, just outside Stuttgart, in Baden-Württemberg.

On March 8, 2011, the Esslingen District Court opened insolvency proceedings against the company.
The trademark rights were transferred to Sphere Vertriebs GmbH, whose managing director, Erol Polat, owns the Turkish company Polat Fotografçilik , which focuses on the distribution of photographic accessories.

As of 2026 no Soligor website exists.
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Brand name used by [1968 - 1993] : A.I.C. Phototechnik GmbH
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Brand name used by [1956 - 1968] : American Allied Impex Corp.
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Brand name used by [1993 - 2011] : Soligor GmbH
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Brand name used by [2011] : Sphere Vertriebs GmbH
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Submitted by : bob (10785)
on : 17/06/2026