sblutter Posted January 25, 2010 Share #1 Posted January 25, 2010 Advertisement (gone after registration) Anyone know about this? Adorama just told me they are moving to another factory. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advertisement Posted January 25, 2010 Posted January 25, 2010 Hi sblutter, Take a look here M9 production closing for 2 weeks. I'm sure you'll find what you were looking for!
andybarton Posted January 25, 2010 Share #2 Posted January 25, 2010 Possibly moving to the new Leitz Park? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
vanhulsenbeek Posted January 25, 2010 Share #3 Posted January 25, 2010 My dealer confirmed this Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest BigSplash Posted January 25, 2010 Share #4 Posted January 25, 2010 If this is true I would find it amazing that Leica have not made a significant market announcement to their dealers, a general press release and given some sort of input to this forum. I am of the opinion that if this rumour has any validity given the marketing drive that M9 had when it was announced that we would now be seeing a host of announcements to the press and dealers along the lines: We are moving production to XXX, and this will cause a short (two weeks) delay in shipments We have done this because we recognise the need to address the huge backlog of orders for the M9. This demand has been beyond our own estimates and continues to grow as clients recognise the qualities of the M9 and the M system. We have been training 100 technicians since now several months and as part of our planned strategy to address the huge demand we feel the time is now right to move to a larger facility that has been built to ensure the quality that our clients expect.....etc etc Instead since we receive silence from Solms and we are reduced to speculation I guess the rumour is simply untrue. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gman Posted January 25, 2010 Share #5 Posted January 25, 2010 I was under the impression (not sure where I read this) that the move to Leica Park was on hold for the time being. jeff Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
adan Posted January 25, 2010 Share #6 Posted January 25, 2010 Just confusion over the previous report (based on Leica USA email to dealers) that Leica is changing warehouse contractors, and thus there is a 10-14 day hiatus in shipments (not production). End result for buyers is the same, though. ("Did they jump, or were they pushed.") Personally, I don't trust any dealer to "confirm" anything happening inside Leica. _____________________ Absolutely not aimed at particular posters - but I do love how the internet's idea of "news" is: "I was under the impression...", "If this is true....," "Possibly...." Walter Cronkite, had he lived to be an internet anchorman: "I was under the impression that That's The Way It Is. (Anyone know about this?)" Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
earleygallery Posted January 25, 2010 Share #7 Posted January 25, 2010 Advertisement (gone after registration) Frank, check the Leica twitter feed, they're just announcing now that Stefan Daniel is taking a toilet break. Update.........one of their newly trained M9 technicians whom you announced, has just gone sick. What are we to do about that then! This is amazing that Leica have not carried out full health screening at such a vitally important time........... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ho_co Posted January 25, 2010 Share #8 Posted January 25, 2010 My dealer confirmed this Sander-- I hope he's not the same dealer that the opening post cited. Did he confirm 1) Stopping the line for two weeks? 2) Transferring to Leitz Park in Wetzlar? 3) Both? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bill Posted January 25, 2010 Share #9 Posted January 25, 2010 If this is true I would find it amazing that Leica have not made a significant market announcement to their dealers, a general press release and given some sort of input to this forum. Arrant nonsense. You have really excelled yourself this time. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaapv Posted January 25, 2010 Share #10 Posted January 25, 2010 My aunt's second cousin, who has a neighbour who knows somebody who lives near Frankfurt, which is not too far from Solms, tells me that Leica has been so stunned by Michael Reichmann's open letter that the entire workforce has been prostrated for the coming two weeks... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nicoleica Posted January 25, 2010 Share #11 Posted January 25, 2010 Ooooo! that had to hurt! Oh! "Prostrated", sorry, I mis-read it again. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaapv Posted January 25, 2010 Share #12 Posted January 25, 2010 Nicole, when was the last time I told you I love the way your mind works? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bill Posted January 25, 2010 Share #13 Posted January 25, 2010 I say, steady on, you two... I can see some out of focus highlights coming on...! Regards, Bill Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nicoleica Posted January 25, 2010 Share #14 Posted January 25, 2010 Don't worry Bill, when I lived in England, I often had the R.S.P.C.A. knocking on my door looking for the sick puppy! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
el.nino Posted January 25, 2010 Share #15 Posted January 25, 2010 Sander--I hope he's not the same dealer that the opening post cited. Did he confirm 1) Stopping the line for two weeks? 2) Transferring to Leitz Park in Wetzlar? 3) Both? They actually DID stop the production for 10 days. but that was about two weeks ago. the reason was "stock taking" or something like that. cannot remember. my dealer told me this right after speaking to leica (I stood next to him). Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
doronski Posted January 25, 2010 Share #16 Posted January 25, 2010 Well, I guess that would be the best time to stop production, when you have high demand. Makes sense. Honestly, having been a Hasselblad user for several years, I am astonished at this kind of crap. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaapv Posted January 25, 2010 Share #17 Posted January 25, 2010 Crap is the general product of the rumour mill.... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bill Posted January 26, 2010 Share #18 Posted January 26, 2010 Well, I guess that would be the best time to stop production, when you have high demand. Makes sense. Honestly, having been a Hasselblad user for several years, I am astonished at this kind of crap. Oh goodie, another x-spurt... Don't let an absence of hard facts bother you... "Ready..." "Fire!" "...aim" Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
doronski Posted January 26, 2010 Share #19 Posted January 26, 2010 "X-spurt"? Wow, these discussions get very personal very quickly. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
adan Posted January 26, 2010 Share #20 Posted January 26, 2010 doronski - read Bill's signature. He always gives fair warning.... More seriously - what do you know about german labor law and workplace traditions? It is pretty heavily regulated - among other things I note there are 4 legal holidays in the two weeks following Christmas, and if a lot of other staff time is going into legally required inventory and end-of-year books closing, a break from production may be perfectly normal, regardless of demand. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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