zeiss ikon

Zeiss Ikon AG, Dresden & Stuttgart, Germany

founded 1926 by a fusion of 4 german manufacturers

 

http://www.camerapedia.org/wiki/Zeiss_Ikon

http://www.zeiss.com/zeissikon

 

Company founded in 1926 in Dresden by the merger of 4 german manufacturers. It became one of the big companies in the phototechnical capital Dresden, with plants in Stuttgart and BerlinAfter World War II Zeiss Ikon was split into a Westgerman and an Eastgerman part. In 1965, it merged with Voigtländer, another important German manufacturer. In 1972 it ceased the production of cameras.