Leitz may refer to several German companies:
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Esselte Leitz GmbH & Co KG, founded by Louis Leitz in 1896, a German manufacturer of office products
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Louis Leitz
Louis Leitz (2 May 1846 – 18 May 1918) was a German inventor and founder of Esselte Leitz GmbH & Co KG, trained as a woodturner and also worked as a mechanic.
Biography
Leitz was born in Ingersheim, Kingdom of Württemberg, in 1846. In 189 ...
(1846–1918), German inventor and founder of Esselte Leitz GmbH & Co KG
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Ernst Leitz GmbH
Ernst Leitz GmbH was a German corporation based in Wetzlar, a German centre for optics as well as an important location for the precision engineering industry.
History
Carl Kellner (optician), Carl Kellner, mechanic and self-taught mathematic ...
, German firm now divided into:
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Leica Camera, manufacturer of cameras
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Leica Geosystems
Leica Geosystems (formerly known as Wild Heerbrugg or just Wild) based in eastern Switzerland produces products and systems for surveying and geographical measurement ( geomatics). Its products employ a variety of technologies including GPS ...
, manufacturer of geodetic equipment
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Leica Microsystems
Leica Microsystems GmbH is a German microscope manufacturing company. It is a manufacturer of optical microscopes, equipment for the preparation of microscopic specimens and related products. There are ten plants in eight countries with distri ...
, manufacturer of microscopes and owner of the Leica brand
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Leica Biosystems
Leica Biosystems, founded 1872 as Precision Engineering, is a medical devices company that develops and supplies clinical diagnostics to the pathology market. It is also a research, instrument, and medical device company as well as a division of ...
, a cancer diagnostics company
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