Key facts
- Company type
- Aktiengesellschaft
- Industry
- Rangefinder camera , photography , digital imaging , still cameras , SLR cameras , DSLR cameras , binoculars / monoculars , binocular telescope , laser rangefinder ophthalmic lenses
- Founded
- 1869 in Wetzlar , Germany (Ernst Leitz Wetzlar); 1986 in Solms , Germany (Leica)
- Key people
- Andreas Kaufmann ( Chairman , Supervisory board ) Andreas Voll (CEO)
- Products
- Cameras , photographic lenses , binoculars , ophthalmic lenses and other optical equipment
- Revenue
- € 400 million
- Owner
- ACM Projektentwicklung GmbH (55%) , The Blackstone Group (45%)
- Website
- leica-camera .com
via Wikipedia infobox
Article
Leica Camera AG (/ˈlaɪkə/) is a German company that manufactures cameras, optical lenses, photographic lenses, binoculars, and rifle scopes. The company was founded by Ernst Leitz in 1869 (Ernst Leitz Wetzlar), in Wetzlar, Germany. 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).
In 1986, the Leitz company changed its name to Leica and moved its factory from Wetzlar to the nearby town of Solms.