2011/3/2 Marc James Small <marcsmall@xxxxxxxxxxx>: > At 05:09 AM 3/2/2011, CarlosMFreaza wrote: > >>In 1972 Zeiss-Ikon shut down the Voigtländer optical factory they had >>bought a few years before, > > The Zeiss Foundation purchased Voigtländer und Sohne in 1953. > > Thanks for your interesting extension on this, Carlos. Yes Marc, "bought" is not the exact or right word, however it was in 1970 that Zeiss Ikon took over 100% of Voigtländer after the "Voigtländer-Zeiss Ikon" company was created in 1965, the Zeiss Foundation bought Voigtländer from Schering AG but Voigtländer worked as a separated company regarding Zeiss Ikon initially. Carlos --- Rollei List - Post to rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx - Subscribe at rollei_list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'subscribe' in the subject field OR by logging into www.freelists.org - Unsubscribe at rollei_list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the subject field OR by logging into www.freelists.org - Online, searchable archives are available at //www.freelists.org/archives/rollei_list