Leica is back at Wetzlar

[veraikon]

LUF member poseidon made yesterday some pics of the move back to Wetzlar. Customer Care is already back, academy is just moving. The moving of the production will start in late March/April http://www.l-camera-forum.com/leica...2-leitz-park-am-18-02-2014-a.html#post2632554

 

[CameraQuest]

Just like the Midland Leicas,
the Solms marked Leicas will eventually be considered collectible.

Stephen

 

[KoNickon]

Didn't know this was in the works. So are they leaving Solms completely?

 

[kdemas]

Looks much nicer than the artists drawings did when they announced the new HQ.

 

[veraikon]

Didn't know this was in the works. So are they leaving Solms completely?

yeah - its about branding (Leitz-Wetzlar)

 

[KoNickon]

I figured as much.

 

[Mackinaw]

Good news. Leica and Wetzlar just seem to go together.

Jim B.

 

[KoNickon]

So do Carl Zeiss and Jena, but that's long over. At this point I don't know where Zeiss is located. (It's really just the Stiftung -- they don't actually make anything themselves anymore, right?)

I'll settle for Leica being anywhere, so long as they're still in business.

 

[mbisc]

So do Carl Zeiss and Jena, but that's long over. At this point I don't know where Zeiss is located. (It's really just the Stiftung -- they don't actually make anything themselves anymore, right?)

I'll settle for Leica being anywhere, so long as they're still in business.

They make lots of things -- high-end lenses mostly in Oberkochen, and their high-end binos (AFAIK) are still made in the old Hensoldt factory in Wetzlar :angel: ...

 

[jaapv]

So do Carl Zeiss and Jena, but that's long over. At this point I don't know where Zeiss is located. (It's really just the Stiftung -- they don't actually make anything themselves anymore, right?)

I'll settle for Leica being anywhere, so long as they're still in business.

Carl Zeiss AG in Oberkochen and Carl Zeiss GmbH in Jena and Heidenheim.

 

[maddoc]

The old Leitz factory in Wetzlar.

 

[FrozenInTime]

Anyone got a google maps/earth link to the new plant ?

 

[veraikon]

Anyone got a google maps/earth link to the new plant ?

I´didn´t look. But the building and the place is quite new. In Former times (3-4 years ago?) it was a military aera. It is near the "Autobahn" (motorway) exit no 31 of the A45/E41 (exit Wetzlar Süd/Münchholzhausen) .

 

[veraikon]

I'll settle for Leica being anywhere, so long as they're still in business.

it is imho not the problem. The "Leica" brand doesn´t belong to Leica Camera AG but imho to Leica Microsystems. It is only left over on certain conditions (remember the black Leica spot story) . With the use of the "Leitz-Wetzlar" brand Leica Camera avoids some problems (and the licence fee ? 😉 ). The use of Leitz-Wetzlar needs a production in Wetzlar.

 

[veraikon]

Official opening of Leitz Park is anounced for friday 23.05.2014 .
Some topics are an auction of Leica gear by westlicht (100 Jahre LEICA) and an exhibition "10x10" by Julia Baier in the new Leica Gallery at Leitz Park, Wetzlar http://www.juliabaier.de/recently/recently.html

 

[rybolt]

That old building turned out alot of stuff that made alot of pictures.

The 1 litre platinum crucible made glass for the Noctilux lenses.

shutter tests on an M6.

 

[CrisR]

Cool shots, I'd love to see more?

 

[rybolt]

Leica Schule 1986. I spent a week with Walter Heun and it is still one of the coolest things in my life.

 

[russelljtdyer]

I like the shot of the woman working on a camera, with a Peanuts comics calendar on her desk. It gives such a personal feeling to the scene and to the cameras.

 

[Rodchenko]

Great pictures.