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- selbstverständlich auch Meilensteine in der Geschichte von Wild Heerbrugg AG (siehe unten):
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Date |
Action / Milestones |
official Link / Logo |
26. April 1921 |
Gründung einer einfachen Gesellschaft
zum Zwecke der Fabrikation und des Vertriebes von feinmechanisch-optischen Instrumenten,
insbesondere Vermessungsinstrumente & Verwertung Wild's Erfindungen
Name der Einzelfima: |
Vertrag zwischen: Heinrich Wild Dr. Robert Helbling Jacob Schmidheiny |
1921 |
Bau des ersten Fabrikgebäudes in
Heerbrugg (CH) |
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1.Juli 1922 |
Übernahme des Vermessungsbüro Dr.Robert Helbling |
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10. Juli1923 |
Gründung einer AG durch Dr. Robert
Helbling & Jacob Schmidheiny Schaffung selbstständiger
Verkaufsorganisation |
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1.Jan.1924 |
Heinrich Wild beteiligt sich mit 100’00.- an der V.A.G. |
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14.Feb.1924 |
Ernst Schmidheiny beteiligt sich mit einem Darlehen von 100‘000.- an der V.A.G. |
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14.Feb.1924 |
Neuorganisation Werkstätte: Zur Entalstung von H.Wild wird ein Betrieblsleiter (Wüthrich) eingesetzt |
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13.Feb.1925 |
Neuorganisation der V.A.G mit folgenden
Abteilungen: |
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6.11.1925 |
Eintritt von Albert Schmidheini als Kaufmännischer Delegierte und Mitglied im Verwaltungsrat |
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1926 |
Kauf Fabrikationsgebäude in Rebstein
und Zusammenführen aller Optikabteilungen neu im Werk Rebstein |
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1.April 1926 |
Sanierung der V.A.G. |
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1937 |
new Logo |
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1954 |
Foundation of Wild Heerbrugg AG |
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1971 |
50 year anniversary / new Logo |
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1972 |
Cooperation Wild Heerbrugg AG and Ernst Leitz Wetzlar GmbH |
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1974 |
new Logo |
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10.Dez. 1984 1986 |
Joint venture mit Magnavox zu Wild-Magnavox (WM101) Acquisition of Leitz Wetzlar (including Leica Camera business) |
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1. January 1987 |
Ernst Leitz Wetzlar GmbH and Wild Heerbrugg AG merge to form the Wild Leitz group |
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13.May 1988 |
takeover of Kern & Co. AG, Aarau
(see Milestones of Kern & Co. Aarau here) |
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1. January 1989 |
Changing the name from Wild Heerbrugg AG to Wild Leitz AG |
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16. August 1989 |
First information about the merger with Cambridge Instrument |
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2. April 1990 |
The merger of Wild Leitz Holding AG with the Cambridge Instrument Company plc creates the new Leica Holding B.V. group |
at this point my overview of Wild Heerbrugg is ending. More information on the successors will you find below:
The successors of Wild Heerbrugg:
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This are the three independent successor of : Wild Heerbrugg AG, Switzerland |
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1. April 1998 |
The mechanical engineering facilities in Heerbrugg become an independent company, named Polymeca AG |
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3.September 1998 |
Investcorp, the London-based international investment group, acquires Leica Geosystems from the Dutch-based Lancet Investments B.V., Rijswijk |
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12. Juli 2000 |
Going public / Börsengang Leica Geosystems Holding AG |
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13. July 2001 |
Leica Geosystems and the German company Berliner
Glas KG Herbert Kubatz GmbH & Co
announced on today that they have
reached an agreement that Berliner Glas KG will acquire a majority of the
shares of
SwissOptic AG, today a 100% daughter company of Leica
Geosystems.
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19. Feb. 2001 |
Acquisition of Cyra Technologies Inc., San Ramon, CA, USA |
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27. April 2001 |
Acquisition of ERDAS, Inc., Atlanta, GA, USA |
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27. April 2001 |
Acquisition of remaining 50% of LH Systems, San Diego, CA, USA |
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25. July 2001 |
Acquisition of Laser Alignment, Inc., Grand Rapids, MI, USA |
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1. April 2002 |
The former business unit “Defense & Special Projects ” in Heerbrugg will become an independent daughter company of Leica Geosystems AG as of 1 st April 2002 , named Leica Vectronix AG 3.Feb 2003: acquisition of Leica Vectronix AG from the French high-technology defense and communications group SAGEM |
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3. Feb. 2003 |
Escatec, a Swiss owned and Malaysia based contract manufacturer for electronic and mechatronic products, will acquire a 75% interest in Wiltronic AG and Leica Geosystems will maintain a minority investment of 25%. |
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8. Dez. 2003 |
Acquisition of Tritronics Pty in Brisbane, Australia |
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2004 |
Divestment of remaining 25% interest in Swissoptics and Escatec (Wiltronics) |
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5 July 2005 |
Leica Geosystems Expands Headquarters for the Americas and acquires Terramatics Systems Inc. Heerbrugg,
Switzerland, July 5, 2005 – Leica Geosystems (SWX: LGSN), the world leader in
spatial information technologies, expands its North American headquarters in
metropolitan Atlanta. At the same time, Leica Geosystems announces the
acquisition of Terramatics Inc., active in the inertial positioning industry.
The acquisition further strengthens the expertise of Leica Geosystems’
Geospatial Imaging division.
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13. June to 18.Nov. 2005 |
Takover from Hexagon AB, Sweden : Leica Geosystems Welcomes Clarification of Future Ownership 26 September 2005 Heerbrugg, Switzerland – Today, after the
expiration of the initial acceptance period, Hexagon AB published the
preliminary interim results of its offer for all outstanding shares of Leica
Geosystems. The preliminary results confirm that Hexagon has received
acceptances in relation to 1’748’585 shares, representing 71.30 percent of
the issued share capital. Leica Geosystems welcomes the fact that the future
ownership of the Company will soon be resolved.
.... Leica Geosystems Holdings Ltd: Results of the Extraordinary Shareholders’ Meeting 18 November 2005 At the
extraordinary shareholders’ meeting, the shareholders have taken note of the
resignation of all current Board members and the shareholders present,
including Hexagon AB, have granted discharge to all resigning members of the
Board of Directors. Representatives of Hexagon AB have been elected as new
members of the Board of Directors: Ola Rollén (CEO of Hexagon AB), Håkan
Halén (CFO of Hexagon AB) and Urs Brügger (attorney and previous secretary of
the Board of Directors). Moreover, Ernst & Young Ltd, Zurich, has been
elected as new auditors of Leica Geosystems Holdings Ltd.
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See what the Swiss TV send about this merger:
13.06.2005, Tagesschau, SF 1 (21kb) Übernahmekampf um Leica Geosystems Der Vermessungstechnikkonzern Leica Geosystems ist mit einem Übernahmeversuch des schwedischen Hexagon-Konzerns konfrontiert. Für 1,1 Milliarden Franken soll das Heerbrugger Unternehmen die Besitzer wechseln. Der Leica-Verwaltungsrat lehnte das Angebot ab.
13.06.2005, 10vor10, SF1 (17kb) Übernahme-Angebot für Leica Nach der traditionsreichen Schweizer Vermessungsfirma Leica Geosystems greifen jetzt die Schweden. Und zwar die schwedische Firma Hexagon, die selber stark in der Vermessungstechnik ist.
17.06.2005, 10vor10, SF1 (19kb) Kurznachrichten Der Verwaltungsrat von Leica Geosystems will definitv nicht mit dem Schwedischen Hexacon-Konzern fusionieren.
26.07.2005, Tagesschau, SF 1 (19kb) Verlockendes Angebot für Leica Geosystems Im Übernahmekampf um den Vermessungstechnikkonzern Leica Geosystems gibt es eine überraschende Wende. Der US-Konzern Danaher überbietet das Angebot der schwedischen Hexagon.
26.07.2005, 10vor10, SF1 (19kb) Grosses Interesse an Leica Geosystems Lawrence Culp, Chef des amerikanischen Mischkonzerns Danaher, will das traditionsreiche Unternehmen Leica Geosystems kaufen. An der heutigen Pressekonferenz bekräftige Culp, dass Leica Geosystems und Danaher sich perfekt ergänzen. Bis anhin lag eine Offerte der schwedischen Firma Hexagon auf dem Tisch. Doch Culps Gebot liegt rund 14 Prozent höher.
15.08.2005, Tagesschau, SF 1 (21kb) Hexagon bietet mehr Die schwedische Hexagon hat ihr Übernahmeangebot für Leica Geosystems überraschend erhöht. Neu will sie 1,44 Mrd. Fr. hinblättern, 31 Prozent mehr als im ersten Angebot versprochen wurde.
23.09.2005, Tagesschau, SF 1 (21kb) Leica wird schwedisch Die Schweizer Vermessungstechnik-Firma Leica Geosystems ist auf das Kauf-Angebot der schwedischen Hexagon eingegangen. |
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24 May 2006 |
Leica Geosystems expands further into Machine Automation by Acquisition of Scanlaser Scanlaser AB,
Sweeden and Scanlaser AS, Norway
have a combined turnover of
approximately 120 MSEK and over the last years have shown an average growth
of about 35 percent per annum. The companies’ results will be consolidated
from 1 May 2006 and will immediately contribute to Hexagon’s and Leica
Geosystems’ earnings.
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8 Sept. 2006 |
Continued Expansion into Construction by Acquisition of Mikrofyn On 8 September 2006, Hexagon and Leica Geosystems
announced the acquisition of
Mikrofyn A/S in Denmark. The company is
one of Europe’s leading suppliers of machine automation and laser levelling
and alignment equipment for the building construction and civil engineering
industries. Mikrofyn’s product range consists of a portfolio of automatic and
manual machine control systems for excavators, graders, dozers and paving
machines, as well as a broad basket of laser rotators, laser receivers and
pipe lasers.
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13 April 2007 |
Hexagon continues the expansion within machine automation Hexagon, the parent company of Leica Geosystems,
has entered into an agreement to acquire all outstanding shares of the French
companies
D&P Systems and Topolaser System s.a.s. |
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10 May 2007 |
Hexagon acquires leading catalogue distribution company in the US Hexagon, the parent company of Leica Geosystems,
has entered into an agreement to acquire all outstanding shares of the
American company
Allen Precision Equipment, Inc.
(www.allenprecision.com)
. Allen Precision is primarily a catalogue
company that represents several major suppliers and sells surveying equipment
and related supplies to engineers, surveyors, contractors and government
agencies.
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16 May 2007 |
Hexagon acquires leading construction laser company in France Hexagon, the parent company of Leica Geosystems,
has entered into an agreement to acquire all outstanding shares of the French
group of companies
GAMFI International (GAMFI group). The GAMFI group is
a global leading provider of laser tools and instrumentation that operates
under different brands such as
AGL, QBL and AGATEC. Its own
research and development and manufacturing sites span from the USA, Europe
and China.
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08 Oct. 2007 |
Hexagon to acquire leading GNSS provider NovAtel Inc. Hexagon AB (STO:HEXA B) and NovAtel Inc (NASDAQ:NGPS) have entered into a definitive agreement under which Hexagon has agreed to acquire all the outstanding shares of NovAtel for USD 50 per share. NovAtel is a leading provider of precision Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) components and subsystems. NovAtel develops quality OEM products including receivers, enclosures, antennas and firmware that are integrated into high precision positioning applications worldwide. These applications include surveying, Geographical Information Systems (GIS) mapping, precision agriculture machine guidance, port automation, mining, timing and marine industries. NovAtel's reference receivers are also at the core of national aviation ground networks in the USA, Japan, Europe, China and India. NovAtel recorded sales of CAD 77.6 million and net income of CAD 21.5 million in 2006. Hexagon expects that NovAtel's organic revenue growth will be approximately 20 per cent per year. NovAtel is based in Calgary, Canada and has about 300 employees worldwide. Background and reasons for the transaction NovAtel has a long standing partnership with Hexagon's subsidiary, Leica Geosystems, focused on the development of high-precision GNSS technologies. NovAtel has been a core supplier of these technologies to Leica Geosystems since 2002. The combination of Hexagon and NovAtel will add new applications to the Hexagon product portfolio and give Hexagon access to technologies applicable to new high growth markets. |
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21 Nov. 2007 |
Hexagon, the parent company of Leica Geosystems, acquires all outstanding shares in four companies; R&A Rost Vertriebs GmbH, R&A Rost Produktions GmbH, both in Austria, Geopro Kft. in Hungary, and Junglas GmbH in Germany. The two Rost companies, headquartered in Vienna,
are leading distributors and service providers for surveying and construction
equipment in Austria. Geopro is a leading distributor for surveying and
construction equipment in Hungary based in Budapest. Junglas is
a German distributor for construction and machine control
equipment located in Münster.
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2008 |
Acquisition of:
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