Metz (company)

Metz Werke GmbH & Co. KG
Type Private
Founded Zirndorf, Germany (28 November 1938 (28 November 1938))
Key people Helene Metz, Norbert Kotzbauer, Manfred Billenstein
Employees 670 (2008)
Website www.metz.de

Metz-Werke GmbH & Co KG is a German consumer electronic manufacturer.[1] Besides Loewe and TechniSat, Metz is the only remaining TV manufacturer which develops and produces their devices in Germany. Its head office is in Zirndorf, Bavaria.[2]

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History

It was established in 1938 by Paul Metz.

Products

It also builds electronic flashes for use with many brands of cameras.[3] The flash devices use adaptors, the SCA system (Special Camera Adaption), to make them compatible with different brands of cameras. Metz is also well-known for its high end television sets.

References

  1. ^ "Metz-Werke GmbH & Co. KG". http://www.virtualmarket.ifa-berlin.de/index.php5?id=39707&fid=540&offset=0&highlight=&Action=showCompany. Retrieved 2009-04-25. 
  2. ^ "Contact person." Metz. Retrieved on 17 September 2011. "Metz-Werke GmbH & Co KG, Ohmstr. 55, 90513 Zirndorf"
  3. ^ "Metz Mecablitz 54 MZ-4i Preview". http://www.ifa-show.com/2005/metz_review/101_mecablitz_54_mz-4i.html. Retrieved 2009-04-25. 

External links

Bavaria portal
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