marknorton Posted March 17, 2007 Share #21  Posted March 17, 2007 Advertisement (gone after registration) Looking around, ACM, as well as having 92.5% of Leica, also have holdings in these Wetzlar companies:  Uwe Weller Feinwerktechnik GmbH - Uwe Weller Feinwerktechnik, Wetzlar Sensitec GmbH - Sensitec | Willkommen Suess Oberflaechentechnik GmbH - Süss Oberflächentechnik GmbH ViaOptik GmbH - ViaOptic GmbH | Optic Design | Formenbau |Â*Spritzgusstechnik | Messtechnik | Montage  Even though Solms is just around the corner from Wetzlar, it would make sense to combine facilities, share and cross-licence technology and IP and so on. The finishing company lists Leica Microsystems and Zeiss as customers.  Also, if you look here Weller-Feinwerktechnik, you'll see the lens barrel from a 28-35-50 Tri-Elmar-M shown as an example of their products, so it looks like this company is a parts supplier to Leica Camera.  And here's a rotating image of the assembled Tri-Elmar barrel...  Weller-Feinwerktechnik   The pieces of the puzzle actually fit together... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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