1756 Foundation of Voigtlander by Johann
Christoph Voigtländer in Vienna, Austria
1840 First calculated photographic
lens and first all-metal camera
1849 the company moves to Braunschweig,
Germany
1900 the famous Heliar
is being calculated
1911 AVUS and BERGHEIL cameras
1925 mass-production begins
1930 BESSA cameras
1939 VITO cameras
1949 The new high quality lens
COLOR SKOPAR goes into production
1950 ULTRON and NOKTON lenses,
PROMINENT camera
1957 VITOMATIC cameras
1958 BESSAMATIC
1959 ZOOMAR, the first Vario
lens
for 35mm cameras
1960 First fully automatic cameras
1966 combined distribution of
Zeiss Ikon and Voigtlander cameras
1968 the logo "Zeiss-Ikon
Voigtlander" appears the first time
1970 Zeiss Ikon takes over Voigtlander
completely
1974 Rolleicameras are also marketed
under the Voigtlander name,VSL 1 constructed
1975 The optical branch of Voigtlander
closed and transferred to Rollei
1980 German Plusfoto takes over
distribution of Voigtlander cameras
1981 Franke & Heidecke take
over Plusfoto Voigtlander
1987 Ricoh and Chinon start production
for Plusfoto Voigtlander
1994 The
last branch of Voigtlander in Braunschweig, repair and maintenance
,is being closed...