Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/08/27
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]> >Date: Thu, 26 Aug 1999 13:16:42 +0200 >From: gerd_lindenburger@commerzbank.com >Subject: [Leica] News from Solms > >There is an interesting article in todays Handelsblatt about Leica >Camera AG. A shareholder who claims to own more than 15 % of Leica wants= > >to elect Lopez as a member of the board on the next annual meeting to be= > >held on sept. 29. Leica confirms that this shareholder owns at least 5 >%. The newspaper asked Lopez about his plans for Leica and he is quoted:= > >we will rebuild Leica Camera to be again an international leading >MARKENHERSTELLER <don=B4t know the right translation>. He want=B4s to re= >duce >investment in the development of new camera products and wants to >merchandise the brand Leica for products like glasses and fountain pens.= > >Leica Camera will have a meeting of the board on Sept. 16 to decide how >to deal with this new situation. The article is accompanied by a photo >of Lopez holding a Leica brochure and a flip chart on wich he wrote: >LEICA will be again the number one company of the world in his business.= > >Regards >Gerd >Frankfurt/ Germany > ############## Comment : This is an old story. See the official Leica web site. Behind these "news" there is only speculation by trying to manipulate the market. Dominique Pellissier