Leica Camera AG, Solms,
Germany
Leica Camera AG celebrated
the official opening of its facility in Portugal today. The new building is still near the old site
in Vila Nova de Famalicão. With an area
of approximately 52,000 square meters (559700 square feet), the new Leica plant
offers a roughly 30 percent larger space.
Advanced production facilities and modern, highly efficient production
methods provide additional ways of increasing capacity. The total investment at the new site is
approximately 23 million euros. The
relocation to the new production and administration building is almost
complete.
During the opening
celebration, Dr. Carlos Mira and Pedro Oliveira, CEO of Leica Aparelhos Opticos
de Precisão SA, the Portuguese President Aníbal António Cavaco Silva, Dr.
Andreas Kaufmann, head of the Supervisory Board of Leica Camera AG and Leica
CEO Markus Limberger, responsible for the two production plants in Solms and
Famalicão, were welcomed.
"We are proud that the Leica
company has such great confidence in the competence of the Portuguese people,
"Portuguese president Aníbal António Cavaco Silva said in his opening
speech.
Dr. Andreas Kaufmann began by
thanking all those involved in the construction and then emphasized the long
tradition that combines Leica with the location of Vila Nova de Famalicão.
"Many families in the region have found a professional home at Leica over
generations. With its precision
mechanical know-how our Portuguese colleagues have contributed significantly to
the success story of Leica Camera. Construction of the new plant near the old
site is a visible sign that Leica has also found a home here and is involved in
the future for the people of this region."
Leica CEO Markus Limberger, in
view of four decades of cooperation, emphasized the close ties of the facilities
in Solms and Vila Nova de Famalicão and the importance of investing in the area
for the future: "The new, ultra-modern plant, next to our main factory in
Solms, and from 2014 in Wetzlar, play a crucial and equal role for the
company's success in the coming decades and will bring economic stability and
continuity to the region in the long term."
Leica Aparelhos Opticos
Precisão de Portugal SA was founded in 1973. For the production of Leica products, this modern
factory with its qualified employees has the same strategic importance for the
Leica Company as the manufacturing facility in Solms. While maintaining
uncompromising high quality standards and careful manufacturing, various Leica
sports optics products, including the Compact Binoculars, and parts and
assemblies for the current Leica lenses and system cameras are being made here.
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