The Minox site was only available in German until December 1996. Supplies of Minox film where on back order, Minox announced the CD70 and CD112 and Leica bought out the failing company.

 "As of April 1, 1996, the Leica Camera Group acquired the camera operations of Minox GmbH, Heuchelheim. Minox, the originator of the 8 x 11 mm mini picture format, has been manufacturing cameras for this format, in the unmistakable Minox design, for nearly five decades"..." even today, still considered to be first class precision instruments." "The potential of the Minox brand on the world market does not yet appear to be exhausted" Leica annual report 1996

Since then Minox has brought out new compact zoom, made changes to the LX and EC, introduced the classical miniature replicas and extended into digital cameras as well as proclaimed binoculars and scopes. Then in 2002 Minox's management purchased back the majority holding in the company.

The financial report from Leica 2000/2001 includes details on Minox GmbH

http://www.leica-camera.com/unternehmen/presse/data/02211/index_e.html

The Minox brand recorded sales of € 7.2 million – an increase of 23.1% on the previous year. This success was primarily based on a continued expansion of the sales channels, e.g. in the market for advertising items, and in in-flight sales.

Inflight Minox at Luftansa

http://www.lufthansa.com/fly/en/shp/shp_inflight_05b_minox.html

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Last updated 17th November 2003