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Company type | Private |
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Founded | Zirndorf, Germany (28 November 1938 ) |
Founder | Paul Metz |
Key people | Metz mecatech GmbH: Lauri Jouhki, Gerd Betz |
Number of employees | ca. 550 (2015)[1] |
Website | www.metz.de |
Metz-Werke GmbH & Co. KG was a German consumer electronic manufacturer,[2] Besides Loewe and TechniSat, Metz was the only remaining TV manufacturer which developed and produced their devices in Germany. Its head office is in Zirndorf, Bavaria.[3] The company filed for insolvency in 2014 and backed up by new investors now reformed as two independent companies Metz Consumer Electronics GmbH and Metz mecatech GmbH since 2015.
It also builds electronic flashes for use with many brands of cameras.[9] 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.