Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/02/27

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Noctilux Canada or Germany?
From: "Steve LeHuray" <icommag@toad.net>
Date: Tue, 27 Feb 2001 09:46:14 -0500

> BMW is a German based company.   They just happen to own some plants in
> other countries such as USA in addition to their German plants.  Is Cosina
> similar to BMW in this way?
>
> I happen to live in Canada.  Does it make sense for me to incorporate
> myself as a photographer and refer to myself as "Dan Cardish - Photographer
> (Germany) Inc."?   I've never even been to Germany.
>
> Dan C.

Dan,

I do not understand your argument, just because somebody buys a product (a
loaf of Bread) does not make you affiliated with the company that made the
product.

Steve
Annapolis

>
> At 09:14 AM 27-02-01 -0500, Steve LeHuray wrote:
>>> In what way is it a German company?  Are there any manufacturing plants in
>>> Germany?  Are there even any German employees?
>>>
>>> Dan C.
>>
>>BMW makes cars in S. Carolina, USA, but nobody calls them American cars.
>>
>>Steve
>>Annapolis
>>
>>>
>>> At 09:24 PM 27-02-01 +0800, ray tai wrote:
>>>>Voigtlander is the brand and it is a German company.  The fact that a
>>> Japanese
>>>>company provided the technology and manufacturing does not make the term
>>>>"Voigtlander Germany" untrue.
>>>
>>
>>
>

Replies: Reply from Marc James Small <msmall@roanoke.infi.net> (Re: [Leica] Noctilux Canada or Germany?)