| Date |
Action / Milestones |
official Link / Logo
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| 26.
April 1921 |
Foundation of Heinrich Wild, Werkstätte für Feinmechanik und Optik |
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| 30.
April 1923 |
new name: Verkaufsaktiengesellschaft Heinrich Wild |
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| 1923 |
new name: Verkaufs-Aktiengesellschaft Heinrich Wild's Geodätische Instrumente |
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| 1937 |
new Logo |
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| 1954 |
Foundation of Wild Heerbrugg AG |
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| 1971 |
50
year anniversary / new Logo |
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| 1972 |
Cooperation Wild Heerbrugg AG and Ernst Leitz Wetzlar GmbH |
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| 1974 |
new Logo |
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| 1.
January 1987 |
Ernst Leitz Wetzlar GmbH and Wild Heerbrugg AG merge to form the Wild
Leitz group |
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| 13.May
1988 |
takeover of Kern & Co. AG |
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| 1.
January 1989 |
Changing the name from Wild Heerbrugg AG to Wild
Leitz AG |
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| 16.
August 1989 |
First information about the merger with Cambridge
Instrument |
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| 2.
April 1990 |
The merger of Wild Leitz Holding AG with the Cambridge
Instrument Company plc creates the new Leica Holding B.V. group |
http://www.leica.com |
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The successors of Wild Heerbrugg:
at this point my overview of Wild Heerbrugg is
ending.
More information on the successors will you find on the following weppages
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This are the three independent successor of :
Wild Heerbrugg AG, Switzerland
Ernst Leitz GmbH, Wetzlar, Germany
Kern & Co. AG, Aarau, Switzerland
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http://www.leica-geosystems.com
http://www.leica-microsystems.com
http://www.leica-camera.com
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| 1994 |
Buyout of the Plotter business to
Zünd Systemtechnik AG
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http://www.zund.com |
| 1996 |
Leica Camera GmbH is transformed into a public company. Now
the company is called Leica Camera AG |
http://www.leica-camera.com |
| 1997 |
Foundation of the international Leica Microsystems Group |
http://www.leica-microsystems.com
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| 1. April 1997 |
The electronics manufacturing facilities in Heerbrugg become an
independent company, named Wiltronic AG |
http://www.wiltronic.com |
| 6. October 1997 |
The optical manufacturing facilities in Heerbrugg become an independent
company, named Swissoptic AG |
http://www.swissoptic.com |
| 1997 |
Fondation of LH Systems, LLC, a joint venture company
of Leica Geosystems AG (Heerbrugg, Switzerland) and BAE SYSTEMS, Inc. (San
Diego, California, USA) for the photogrammetry and aerial camera systems
business |
http://www.lh-systems.com
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| October 1997 |
new
name for all wholly owned subsidiary companies:
Leica Geosystems |
http://www.leica-geosystems.com
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| 1. April 1998 |
Leica Microsystems Group is sold to a international investment
group |
http://www.leica-microsystems.com
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| 1. April 1998 |
The
mechanical engineering facilities in Heerbrugg become an independent company, named Polymeca AG |
http://www.polymeca.ch |
| 3.September
1998 |
Investcorp, the London-based international investment
group, acquires Leica Geosystems from the Dutch-based Lancet Investments
B.V., Rijswijk |
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| 12.
Juli 2000 |
Going public / Börsengang Leica Geosystems Holding AG |
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| 13. July 2001 |
Leica
Geosystems and the German company Berliner Glas KG Herbert Kubatz
GmbH & Co announced on today that they have reached an agreement
that Berliner Glas KG will acquire a majority of the shares of SwissOptic
AG, today a 100% daughter company of Leica Geosystems.
Since April 1, 2001, Berliner Glas KGaA has taken over 75% of
SwissOptic AG's share capital. |
www.swissoptic.com
www.berlinerglas.de
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| 1.
April 2002 |
The former
business unit “Defense & Special Projects” in Heerbrugg will
become an independent daughter company of Leica Geosystems AG as of 1st
April 2002 , named Leica Vectronix AG
3.Feb
2003: acquisition of Leica Vectronix AG from the French
high-technology defense and communications group SAGEM
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www.vectronix.ch/
www.sagem.com
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3.
Feb. 2003
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Escatec,
a Swiss owned and Malaysia based contract manufacturer for electronic and
mechatronic products, will acquire a 75% interest in Wiltronic AG and
Leica Geosystems will maintain a minority investment of 25%. |
www.wiltronic.com
www.escatec.com
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