Leitz may refer to several German companies:
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Esselte Leitz GmbH & Co KG
The Esselte Leitz GmbH & Co KG, also Leitz, is a German manufacturer of office products. The company, which is headquartered in Stuttgart, is owned by Esselte since 1998, who in turn were acquired by ACCO Brands in 2017. Today the brand Leitz is us ...
, 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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