Wild Heerbrugg

Wild (Heerbrugg)
IndustrySurveying equipment
FoundedHeerbrugg (SG), Switzerland (26 April 1921 (1921-04-26))
FounderHeinrich Wild, Jacob Schmidheiny, Robert Helbling
FateMerged with Leica Geosystems
Area served
Worldwide
ProductsAutomatic levels, Theodolites
Wild T2 Theodolite
Aerial photographer in the unpressurized cabin of a NOAA de Havilland Buffalo breathing with the assistance of an oxygen mask, operating a Wild RC-8 camera
Wild Heerbrugg M400 macroscope (1970s-80s)
Wild Heerbrugg - Drawing set RZ31

The Wild (Heerbrugg) company (pronounced "vilt")[1] was founded in 1921 in Switzerland. The company manufactured optical instruments, such as surveying instruments, microscopes and instruments for photogrammetry among others. The company changed its name several times, first being known as "Heinrich Wild, Werkstätte für Feinmechanik und Optik", then "Verkaufs-Aktiengesellschaft Heinrich Wild's Geodätische Instrumente", later "Wild Heerbrugg AG", later "Wild-Leitz". The company was linked with Leica in 1989, then it became part of Leica Holding B.V. Its subsidiary Leica Geosystems AG became part of the Swedish Hexagon AB Group of companies in 2005.

  1. ^ "Wild Stereomicroscopes" (PDF).