Cosina
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| legal form | Kabushiki kaisha (joint stock company) |
| founding | May 2, 1959 |
| Seat | Nakano , Japan |
| management | Hirobumi Kobayashi |
| Number of employees | 580 (as of: spring 2009 financial year) |
| Website | www.cosina.co.jp |
KK Cosina ( Japanese 株式会社 コ シ ナ , Kabushiki kaisha Kosina , Engl. Cosina Co., Ltd. ) is a Japanese manufacturer of optical devices and is currently a second generation family company.
The product portfolio includes the production of rangefinder cameras and lenses under the brand name Voigtländer in cooperation with Ringfoto as well as lenses under its own name.
In addition, Cosina works in contract manufacturing for other companies, e.g. B. in camera production ( Zeiss Ikon , Nikon FM10 ) and in the production of lenses (series ZF, ZI, ZK, ZM for Zeiss , in the 1970s also for Ihagee , Contax S2)
Cosina was founded in 1959 as KK Nikō ( 株式会社 ニ コ ー ) and renamed in 1973.
literature
- Harald Schwarzer: Cosina cameras (part 2). Successful with others. In: Photo Deal, 107, IV / 2019, pages 16–20.
Web links
Cosina (Eng.)