Text: Bertrand Benoit

Wall Street Jounal, Sept.27, 2026

Welcome to the Leica Universe!

Danke für den großartigen Tag mit Blick hinter die Kulissen und in die Archive!

WETZLAR, Germany - “When Andreas Kaufmann used his inheritance to buy Leica, the fabled camera maker was close to bankruptcy, with new digital technology putting it at risk of extinction.

Two decades later, he is the proud majority owner of the rarest of jewels: a manufacturing success in a region that is rapidly deindustrializing because of rising costs, waning international trade and cutthroat competition from China.”