Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/11/06
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]In a message dated 11/6/2004 12:03:59 PM Central Standard Time, phong@doan-ltd.com writes: Alex Hurst wrote: > I now have a wonderful coffee maker and juicer made by Siemens, > Germany, but "designed by F.A. Porsche". > Not that you implied it, but I believe that F.A. Porsche is a design firm, unrelated to Porsche the car company except by name. - Phong The firm is not related, but the Porches are. Up until 1972, Ferdinand A. Porche headed the design department at Porche A.G. in Stuttgart. Then he opened Porche Design Gmbh, parent to today's Porche Design. My monitors are marked "design by F.A. Porche." Cameras by F.A. Porche include the Rollei QZ35, and the Fujifinepix digital, which we remember is the OEM of the first Leica Digitals. Regards, Sonny http://www.sonc.com Natchitoches, Louisiana Oldest continuous settlement in La Louisiane ?galit?, libert?, crawfish