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ThepioneersandvisionariesofthesurveyworldOurdevelopment

Innovationformorethan80years.

TheoriginsofLeicaGeosystemsdatebacknearly200years,withthefoundingofKern&Co.in1819.Alittleoverone
hundredyearslater,inasmallemptytextilemillinHeerbrugg,HeinrichWildwasbusydevelopingtheT2,theworld'sfirsttruly
portableoptomechanicaltheodolite,andtherewith,buildingthefoundationofmodernsurveying.Afewyearslater,the
fledglingstartupcompany,WildHeerbrugg,introducedtheworld'sfirstaerialcamera,theC2,alongwiththeB2,theworld's
firstanaloguephotogrammetricplotter.Overthelasttwocenturies,ourcompany,initsvariousforms,hasgrownbybecoming
theworld'sfirstinsurveyinginnovation.Athirstforinnovation,combinedwithakeensenseofentrepreneurshipandan
unwaveringdedicationtoquality,haskeptHeinrichWild'svisionalivethroughoutthedecades.

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2014 Acquisitionof:
MintecInc.,USA
NorthWestGeomaticsLtd.,Canada
SAFEmineAG,Switzerland

2013 Acquisitionof:
AirborneHydrographyAB,Sweden
Devex,Brazil
GeosoftS.r.L.,Italy
Listech,Australia
2012 Acquisitionof:
GTAGeoinformatik,Germany
MicroSurvey,Canada
myVR,Norway
2009 Acquisitionof:
LoyolaEnterprisesInc.,USA
Technodigit,France
2008

Acquisitionof:
ComercialeImportadoraWildLtda,Brazil
ViewserveAB,Sweden
HaselbachSurveyingInstruments,USA
Santiago&CintraIbricaS.A.,Spain
SurveyorsServiceCompany,USA
2007

Acquisitionof:
IonicGroup,Belgium
AllenPrecisionEquipment,Inc.,USA
SvenskByggnadsGeodesiAB(SBG),Sweden
D&PSystemsundTopolaserSystems.a.s.,France
ElcomeTechnologiesPvt.Ltd.,India
GAMFIInternational(GAMFIGroup),France
R&ARostVertriebsGmbH,R&ARostProduktionsGmbH,Austria
GeoproKft.,Hungary
JunglasGmbH,Germany
JigsawTechnologies,USA

2006

AcquisitionofMicrofynA/S,Denmark
AcquisitionofScanlaserAS,Norway
AcquisitionofScanlaserAB,Sweden
2005 AcquisitionbyHexagonAB,Sweden
2004 Divestmentofremaining25%interestinSwissopticsandEscatec(Wiltronics)
2003 DivestmentofVectronix(defenseactivities)
Divestmentof75%ofWiltronicsAG
AcquisitionofTritronicsPtyinBrisbane,Australia
2001 AcquisitionofLaserAlignment,Inc.,GrandRapids,MI,USA
AcquisitionofCyraTechnologiesInc.,SanRamon,CA,USA
AcquisitionofERDAS,Inc.,Atlanta,GA,USA
Acquisitionofremaining50%ofLHSystems,SanDiego,CA,USA
Restructuringoforganizationintosixoperatingdivisions
Divestmentof75%interestofSwissOpticstoBerlinerGlasAG
2000 IPOofLeicaGeosystems(LGSN)onSwissStockExchange
1998 LeveragedmanagementbuyoutofLeicaGeosystemswithInvestcorp
1997 LeicaGroupsplitintoLeicaMicrosystemsandLeicaGeosystems.
HansHessbecomesPresidentofLeicaGeosystems
1996 IPOofLeicaCamera(Solms,Germany)onFrankfurtStockExchange
1994 AcquisitionofcivilianGPSbusinessesfromMagnavox
1990 MergerwithCambridgeInstruments(Microscopybusiness)
FormationoftheLeicaGroup
1988 AcquisitionofKern&Co.
1986 FormationoftheWildLeitzGroup
1986 AcquisitionofLeitzWetzlar(includingLeicaCamerabusiness)
1921 FoundationofWildHeerbrugginHeerbrugg,Switzerland
1819 KernandCo.foundedinAarau,Switzerland
Historicalreports:
LeicaHeerbruggajourneythoughtime(German)(895KB)(PDF,18853.53KB)
Wild,HeerbruggvorundwhrenddesZweitenWeltkriegesbyFelixRauh,1997(pdf10,150KBGermanonly)
(PDF,10149.78KB)

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VonWildzuLeica70JahreFirmengeschichtebyRudolfSimmen,1991(pdf16,997KBGermanonly)
(PDF,16996.79KB)

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