29 52 e 50.55194 n 8.49778 e 50.55194 ; 8.49778 leica microsystems type subsidiary gmbh industry optical microscope surgical microscopes oct founded germany 1997 headquarters wetzlar germany key people markus lusser ceo melanie hammerschmid browman cfo julian burke cso products microscopes macroscopes histology systems and other optical equipment optical coherence tomography surgical microscopes parent danaher website www.leica microsystems.com leica microsystems gmbh is a manufacturer of optical microscopes equipment for the preparation of microscopic specimens and related products . there are ten plants in eight countries with distribution partners in over 100 countries . leica microsystems emerged in 1997 as one of three successor companies of ernst leitz gmbh founded in 1869 . it has been a subsidiary of danaher since 2005 . contents 1 details 2 see also 3 references 4 external links details edit the company employed over 4 000 workers and had a 1 billion turnover in 2008 . it is headquartered in wetzlar germany and represented in over 100 other countries . the company manufactures products for applications requiring microscopic imaging measurement and analysis . it also offers system solutions in the areas of life science including biotechnology and medicine as well as the science of raw materials and industrial quality assurance . product categories include virtual microscopes light microscopes products for confocal microscopy surgical microscopes stereo microscopes & macroscopes digital microscopes microscope software microscope cameras histology systems novocastra reagents electron microscope sample preparation equipment in the field of high resolution optical microscopy they produce commercial versions of the sted microscope offering sub diffraction resolution . in 2007 they launched the tcs sted 2 which operates at a resolution 100 nm . in 2009 they launched the tcs sted cw 3 using a cw laser light source where a resolution 80 nm can be achieved . on september 29 2011 leica microsystems and truevision 3d surgical announced their intention to jointly produce products that will improve microsurgery outcomes in ophthalmology and neurosurgery under the leica brand . 4 see also edit wild heerbrugg leica biosystems leica camera leica geosystems heinrich wild references edit leica microsystems.com tcs sted tcs sted cw leica microsystems and truevision 3d surgical reach worldwide agreement . september 29 2011 . external links edit wikimedia commons has media related to leica microsystems . official website authority control worldcat identities viaf 154487772 gnd 5300028 6 this german corporation or company article is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e v t e danaher people steven m. rales subsidiaries beckman coulter esko fluke corporation gems sensors & controls gilbarco veeder root hach company jacobs vehicle systems keithley instruments leica microsystems matco tools molecular devices radiometer tektronix v t e leica camera 35mm series cameras leica standard leica ii leica iii m rangefinder film series m3 m2 m1 m4 m5 cl m6 m7 mp digital m rangefinder series m8 m9 m e m monochrom m r 35mm film slr and dslr series leicaflex sl sl2 leica r3 leica r4 r7 leica r8 r9 leica s medium format series leica s2 tl mount autofocus milc series leica t leica sl digital compact camera series leica x1 leica x2 leica x vario leica x leica q digilux digital series digilux 1 digilux 2 digilux 3 related heinrich wild leica freedom train leica geosystems leica historical society of america leica microsystems list of leica cameras lumix walter mandler wild heerbrugg retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title leica microsystems & oldid 730971138 categories companies based in hesseleicagerman brandsdanaher subsidiariesgerman company stubshidden categories coordinates not on wikidatapages using infobox company with unsupported parameterscommons category with local link same as on wikidatawikipedia articles with viaf identifierswikipedia articles with gnd identifiersall stub articles navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version in other projects wikimedia commons languages deutsch edit links this page was last modified on 22 july 2016 at 01 45 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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