[rollei_list] Re: Karl Heitz, RIP (Query: Mechanical Cameras)
- From: Bob Shell <bob@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 12 Apr 2005 17:32:42 -0400
On Tuesday, April 12, 2005, at 04:37 PM, Jerry Lehrer wrote:
> Bob,
> Wasn't TAG a very wealthy company called Techniques Avant Garde,
> who owned Heuer? They sponsored Porsche Formula 1 racing engines.
>
Different TAG. The TAG that sold Alpa was a US company, The Alpa
Group. I still have some of their literature in my Alpa file. I don't
remember the name of the man from Berkey who started it, but I remember
that after the bankruptcy he was universally referred to as "that SOB".
Bob
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