Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/01/11
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 02:51 PM 1/11/2000 -0700, John Collier wrote: > > "When Leica bought the Braunschweig 'ZETT' factory in 1990," Schmalz >continues, This Braunschweig plant began as the Voigtlander slide-projector plant, passed into the hands of Zeiss-Ikon-Voigtlander when they were merged, was retained by Zeiss Ikon when it was taken out of camera production and divested of Voigtlander. A consortium then purchased the branded remnants of Zeiss Ikon, and, when Zeiss refused to surrender the "Zeiss Ikon" trademark, adopted the old Voigtlander brand of "Zett". Leica bought Zett out early in this decade. Thus, Leica now ones the remnants of Zeiss Ikon, a poignant but rather amusing bit of photographic trivia. Marc msmall@roanoke.infi.net FAX: +540/343-7315 Cha robh bas fir gun ghras fir!