fuchs Posted March 15, 2007 Share #1 Â Posted March 15, 2007 Advertisement (gone after registration) A famous italian magazine, http://www.reflex.it , published the news that a project by Leica-Camera to move back its entire facilities to Wetzlar is mature... Â Does anyone know anything about this? Â Best, Â Ed Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advertisement Posted March 15, 2007 Posted March 15, 2007 Hi fuchs, Take a look here Back to... WETZLAR?. I'm sure you'll find what you were looking for!
jaapv Posted March 15, 2007 Share #2 Â Posted March 15, 2007 There is more there: This comes from Dr. Andreas Kaufmann, the owner of Leica. What is more, the advent of the R10 is promised for the Photokina 2008.And a move to Wetzlar is needed to be able to expand production. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
fuchs Posted March 15, 2007 Author Share #3 Â Posted March 15, 2007 Well, Great news indeed! Â PS: I should have posted this on the Customer Forum, sorry. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
luigi bertolotti Posted March 15, 2007 Share #4 Â Posted March 15, 2007 Interesting.. for all we collectors would be a joy to the earth to lok again the magic word "Wetzlar"... some additional sales can result... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
fuchs Posted March 15, 2007 Author Share #5  Posted March 15, 2007 Senz'altro Luigi... Come una volta  Ciao  Eduardo Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
waterlenz Posted March 15, 2007 Share #6  Posted March 15, 2007 A famous italian magazine, FOTOGRAFIA REFLEX , published the news that a project by Leica-Camera to move back its entire facilities to Wetzlar is mature... Does anyone know anything about this?  Best,  Ed   Will 'Wetzlar' text reappear on the cameras? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rosuna Posted March 15, 2007 Share #7 Â Posted March 15, 2007 Advertisement (gone after registration) The name "Solms" doesn't appear in the lenses actually. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MP3 Posted March 15, 2007 Share #8 Â Posted March 15, 2007 on al le carte and special edition bodies. Â Cheers Matthew Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stunsworth Posted March 15, 2007 Share #9 Â Posted March 15, 2007 What's the point of the move? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
marknorton Posted March 15, 2007 Share #10 Â Posted March 15, 2007 One side of the Solms plant is bordered by a railway line, so maybe that is constraining room for expansion. It would be good to see Leica return to their spiritual home. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rosuna Posted March 15, 2007 Share #11 Â Posted March 15, 2007 It is an expensive operation. Production maybe stopped for many weeks during the change. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
luigi bertolotti Posted March 15, 2007 Share #12 Â Posted March 15, 2007 It is an expensive operation. Production maybe stopped for many weeks during the change. Â Uh, Germans are strong specialists to manage such changeovers... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sdai Posted March 15, 2007 Share #13 Â Posted March 15, 2007 There should be no prob for them to operate from multiple sites, Wetzlar is not far from Solms ... when will they come back to Canada? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cmb_ Posted March 15, 2007 Share #14 Â Posted March 15, 2007 the advent of the R10 is promised for the Photokina 2008.And a move to Wetzlar is needed to be able to expand production. Â The Photokina dates are Tuesday, September 23 to Sunday, September 28, 2008. That gives me a year and a half to save for the R10 LOL. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angora Posted March 16, 2007 Share #15  Posted March 16, 2007 A famous italian magazine, FOTOGRAFIA REFLEX , published the news that a project by Leica-Camera to move back its entire facilities to Wetzlar is mature... Does anyone know anything about this?  Best,  Ed  Are there more info than that ? :  Couldn't find any news on DPReview or so, to confirm this. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dist Posted March 16, 2007 Share #16  Posted March 16, 2007 Seeing as I already did a translation to German over in the German forum I might as well repeat the exercise over here:  Non è più una voce. LEICA progetta realmente di trasferire la produzione a Wetzlar, dove fu fondata nel 1869 da Ernst Leitz. Lo ha confermato a FOTOGRAFIA REFLEX il dottor Andreas Kaufmann amministratore del fondo ACM che controlla il 93% della Leica Camera. Il dottor Kaufmann ha spiegato che a Wetzlar la ACM possiede due unità produttive di ottica e meccanica fine e che sarebbe buona cosa integrare alcuni servizi garantendo a Leica nuovo spazio produttivo. La decisione definitiva dov'essere ancora presa. Ha affermato che la casa sta lavorando alla reflex digitale made-in-Germany (R10?) e che punta al suo lancio alla Photokina del 2008. Kaufmann, appassionato di fotografia, mostra di essere quel cavaliere bianco che la casa tedesca attendeva da tempo. Passo più immediato l'uscita dalla borsa una volta acquisito il 95% delle azioni  It's no longer a rumor. Leica really prepares for the move of its assembly lines back to Wetzlar where Ernst Leitz founded the company in 1869. This comes from Dr. Andreas Kaufmann, head officer of the ACM group which owns a 93% share in Leica. Dr. K. went on to explain that ACM already owns two production sites for optics and fine mechanics in Wetzlar and that it makes a lot of sense to make more room for Leica production there. However, the final decision has yet to be taken. He further confirmed that Leica is busy developing a digital slr "made in Germany" (R10?) and hinted at its launch at Photokina 2008. Kaufmann, himself an avid photographer, appears to be that white knight that the company has been awaiting for quite some time now. Next on the agenda is the withdrawal from the stock exchange, to be executed as soon as more than 95% of the shares are in ACM's possession.  Strangely, the full text cannot be reached from the headline news article. I had to dig around some to reveal it. Hope this helps.  Cheers, Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
marknorton Posted March 17, 2007 Share #17 Â Posted March 17, 2007 Thanks Dieter nice to be fluent in German, Italian and English! Â As an AG, or public comany, we've been able to glean information on Leica's business numbers from the normal announcements, annual reports and so on. Â I expect that if Leica withdraws from the stock exchange (which I guess means they will revert to Leica Camera GmbH), we'll likely get much less idea of how well they're doing. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stunsworth Posted March 17, 2007 Share #18 Â Posted March 17, 2007 That's true Mark, but on the other hand they don't have to have to try and keep shareholders with short term interests happy. Â So as I read the article ACM is going to close down the factory at Solms and move production to one of its existing factories. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
carstenw Posted March 17, 2007 Share #19 Â Posted March 17, 2007 Steve, the article just says "its assembly line". I don't know if we should read anything into that wording. Maybe some other stuff will stay in Solms. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stunsworth Posted March 17, 2007 Share #20 Â Posted March 17, 2007 You may be right Carsten, but if Leica owned the freehold on the property in Solms then it would make sense for the new owners to close the site and sell it, or if they lesae it to move out. Of course this would require moving the ofice staff as well as assembly. I guess we'll have to wait and see. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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