Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/08/16
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]There are not many Leica shareowners, since Kaufmann owns more than 97% of the company. In that light, the dividend announcement simply means that he has decided to take around 5 million out of the company. Cheers, Nathan Nathan Wajsman Alicante, Spain http://www.frozenlight.eu http://www.greatpix.eu http://www.nathanfoto.com PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws Blog: http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/ YNWA On Aug 17, 2011, at 1:18 AM, Geoff Hopkinson wrote: > A member of the German part of the L Camera Forum posted this link to an > article from a local Wetzlar journal > < > http://www.mittelhessen.de/lokales/topnews_aus_mittelhessen/543458_11-Jaehrige_fordert_Leica-Chef.html >> > > I just used Google to translate the general meaning and content for myself. > If you are a shareholder you got some good news I guess. > > One rather startling bit of information is that Leica Camera were > completing > all of 63 lenses a day, now ramped up to 120 with plans to increase that to > 240 lenses. > That would be M and S together > These are tiny tiny numbers. I knew about and have seen the production > methods of course but seeing the actual numbers goes a long way to > explaining why the queues to get anything new at all are so slow following > the success of the M9. > > > > Cheers > Geoff > > *Izzy for Prime Minister!* > *Model superstar* > ** > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >