![]() ![]() Stefan Hell receives German Future Award from the German Federal President for the STED microscope 2006 - German Innovation Award for high-resolution microscope with 4PI technology.2005 - Danaher Corporation acquires Leica Microsystems. ![]() 1993 - 1st Joint Venture Opening of the Leica group in China for specimen preparation.1990 - The Wild Leitz and Cambridge Instruments groups merge to form the Leica group.1986 - Takeover of Reichert-Jung by Cambridge Instruments.1981 - Foundation of the Wild Leitz group.1976 - Metals Research expanded and bought Cambridge Instruments (1st manufacturer of Scanning Electron Microscopes).1972 - Beginning of cooperation between Leitz Wetzlar and Wild Heerbrugg.1921 - Foundation of the optical company Wild Heerbrugg in Switzerland.1907 - The 100.000th microscope is presented to Nobel prize winner Robert Koch.1881 - The son of Charles Darwin, Horace, establishes the optical company "Cambridge Instruments".1876 - Foundation of the optical company C.1872 - Foundation of the precision engineering company R.1869 - Ernst Leitz takes over the "Optical Institute" and renames the company Ernst Leitz.1853 - Foundation of the Bausch & Lomb Instruments Division in USA.1849 - Carl Kellner establishes the "Optical Institute" in Wetzlar.1847 - Foundation of Spencer Lens/American Optical Instruments in USA. ![]()
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