Re: [Leica] Leica as a business

["Raimo Korhonen" <raimo.korhonen@pp2.inet.fi>]

Well - I´ve heard Leica reflex enthusiasts leave their newly arrived zooms
in the store when they found out that they were made in Japan - by Minolta
at that time. I´d think that the decision to move all assembly to Germany
was a sound one because everything is marked made in Germany now and to
many people that means a lot. Rational? Maybe not but as I have gathered
from LUG the M sales are steady. Leica folks tend to be conservative. I
hope that the R8 will not bring the company down.
Raimo
photos at http://personal.inet.fi/private/raimo.korhonen
nyt myös Kameralehden juttuja suomeksi

- ----------
> From: Nathan Wajsman <nathan.wajsman@euronet.be>
> To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
> Subject: Re: [Leica] Leica as a business
> Date: 29. marraskuuta 1998 21:56
> 
> Raimo,
> 
> Why? Manufacturing costs in Germany are some of the highest in the world.
Many
> quality German products are manufactured elsewhere these days: Mercedes
in
> Alabama, BMW in South Carolina (or is it the other way round?), etc. Many
> Japanese products are made outside Japan for the same reason. As long as
I can
> be sure that the product is made to German or Japanese standards, I have
no
> problem with the actual assembly having been performed elsewhere.
> 
> Remember, the goal of all this would be for Leica to survive. If they
follow
> the current trajectory of their financial much longer, the survival of
the
> company will be in question.
> 
> Nathan
> 
> Raimo Korhonen wrote:
> 
> > To move out of Germany would bet lethal.
> > Raimo
> > photos at http://personal.inet.fi/private/raimo.korhonen
> > nyt myös Kameralehden juttuja suomeksi--
> 
> Nathan Wajsman
> Overijse, Belgium
> 
> Photography page:  http://members.tripod.com/~belgiangator/index.html
> Motorcycle page: 
http://www.geocities.com/motorcity/downs/1704/index.html
>