Leica Biosystems Nussloch GmbH

History

Year	Detail
1872	Leica Biosystems Nussloch GmbHestablished as Precision Engineering company.
1873	It Published catalog markets a comprehensive product range in microtomy.
1914	Started manufacturing small munitions.
1928	Published first edition of a Japanese‑language Jung microtome catalog.
1936	Introduced new microtomy offerings including the electric object cooling FRIGOMAT and the electric knife cooling FRIGOTOM.
1968	The company was transferred to the U.S.‑based Warner‑Lambert Corporation.The companies Reichert (Vienna) and Jung (Nussloch).
1985	Introduced a suite of new product designs at the Analytica trade show in April 1985.
1986	Cambridge Instrument Ltd. took over R. Jung GmbH.
1989	The Leica Group is formed from themerger of the WILD LEITZ Group with the Cambridge Instruments Company.
1991	Partnership established with the Australian Biomedical Company.
1993	Partnership established with Japan‑based Sakura Finetek.
1997	The Leica Group organizes into three independent companies: Leica Camera AG in Solms; Leica Geosystems AG in Heerbrugg, Switzerland; and Leica Microsystems in Wetzlar.
1998	Leica Microsystems is acquired by investment company Schroders Ventures.
1999	Established a joint venture with Eastern Europe‑based Feintechnik Eisfeld to manufacture microtome blades in‑house.
2000	Introduced the disk microtome Leica DSC1.
2002	Introduced the first‑in‑class printers IP S (Sakura Autowrite S) and IP C (Sakura Autowrite C).
2005	Leica Microsystems is acquired by U.S.‑based Danaher Corp.
2008	Acquired U.S.‑based Coretech, Surgipath.
2009	Acquired U.K.‑based Genetix.
2014	Acquired Devicor.
2015	The HistoCore Spectra ST is introduced.
2019	The company organizes into two Business Units: Core Histology and Advanced Staining and Imaging.
2021	The AI and Machine Learning Strategic Business Unit (SBU) is established.
2022	Introduced BOND‑PRIME, a premium Advanced Staining solution to advance diagnostic productivity in the lab.