Leica Camera AG released their financial results for the 1st quarter of the fiscal 2012/2013 year. The key numbers: Sales are down 0.8 % at € 71.7 million (corresponding period last year: € 72.3 million) Earnings before interest and taxes (EBIT) after the first quarter: € 15.3 million (corresponding period last year: € 16.5 million). The EBIT margin decreased thus […]
LEICA CAMERA INC. ANNOUNCES 2012 – 2013 LEICA AKADEMIE NORTH AMERICA WORKSHOPS Legendary Camera Company Assembles a Collection of Experiences, Inspiring Photographers of All Levels to Amplify Their Creativity and Skills Allendale, NJ (July 18, 2012) – Leica Camera Inc. is pleased to announce an expanded 2012-2013 schedule for the Leica Akademie, North America. Beginning […]
Allendale, NJ (July 10, 2012) – Leica Camera Inc., announced today the promotion of Roland Wolff to Vice President of Marketing and Corporate Retail, effective immediately. The announcement was made by Roger Horn, President of Leica Camera Inc., the American division of the legendary camera and sport optics brand headquartered in Solms, Germany. Mr. Wolff […]
The Leica Camera AG Board presented the Leica Camera AG annual report today. At the same time, it adopted a resolution containing a proposal on the appropriation of profits. On the corporate level, the established manufacturer of cameras and sport optics products achieved a 19.3 per cent increase in turnover against the previous fiscal year (01/04/2011 – 31/03/2012) to […]
Allendale, NJ (May 11, 2012) – Leica Camera Inc., the legendary German camera and sport optics brand, announces the opening of the Leica Boutique at Camera West in Rancho Mirage, CA. Featuring an extensive selection of the Leica photography and sport optics product portfolio, the store-in-store retail concept provides an exceptional resource for professional and […]
The Leica event in Berlin will be starting soon. I will be updating this post multiple times in the next few hours as new information appears on the Web (mainly Twitter, under the #May10 hash tag). Refresh this page for the latest updates (all times are EST):
Yesterday Leica Camera AG officially started the construction of their future headquarters at the Leitz Park in Wetzlar, Germany. The new facility will have 88,500 square feet and should be completed in November 2013. The construction cost is 55 million euros.
