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Reichert 1876 - 1999
1876 - founded by C Reichert, son in law of Ernst Leitz
1962 - business sold to AO American Optical
1968 - AO taken over by Warner Lambert
by 1986 - merged with Jung of Heidelberg
1986 - sold to Cambridge Instruments
1990 - merged with Wild Leitz to form Leica Group