Leica is selling over 100,000 cameras per year
Few quotes from a recent Leica article/interview with Andreas Kaufmann at the Austrian website/magazine Diepresse.com (Google translation):
- In 2005 Leica almost went bankrupt (in case you didn’t know)
- Leica now has approximately 1,600 employees
- Over 12% of Leica’s sales today are being invested back in research and development
- Leica is selling a bit over 100,000 cameras per year
- Leica’s market share is about 1%
- 50 to 60 engineers and scientists will work in the new Huawei/Leica research and development center in Wetzlar