Leica Microsystems is a renowned optical manufacturing company in Germany. With a history of 175 years in microscope manufacturing, we mainly produce microscopes and have customers all over the world. The early "Leitz" microscopes and cameras were deeply loved by users, and by 1990, all Leica products were unified under the "Leica" trademark. Leica Corporation is a microscope manufacturing enterprise that integrates microscopes, image acquisition products, and image analysis software.

Public History and Honorary Products

The Institute of Optics was established in 1847
The first industrial microscope was produced in 1849
In 1872, the first polarizing microscope was invented and produced
The first fluorescence microscope was produced in 1876
The first commercial scanning electron microscope was produced in 1881
The 10000th unit was produced in 1887
The 100000th unit was produced in 1907
1911 135 Camera
The first optical theodolite was developed in 1921
The first stereo fluorescence combination in 1996
In 2003, NASA sent Leica's fully automated microscope into space with a satellite, achieving ground-based remote control

2005Introducing an innovative laser micro cutting system: broadband confocal system. Built in live cell workstation:

2006Organizational Pathology Network Solution: Leica Microsystems has won the "Innovatopreis" (German Business Innovation Award) for the third time:

2007

The super-resolution microscopy technology of Leica TCS STED optical microscope exceeds its limits. Leica Microsystems establishes new Biosystems division: launches three new products for electron microscope sample preparation

2008

Leica Microsystems has become a founding partner of the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) Advanced Training Center headquartered in Heidelberg, Germany.
The Leica TCS SP5 X supercontinuum confocal microscope won the 2008 Scientist Magazine Innovation Award.
Leica Microsystems has won the PRODEX award for its FusionOptics fusion optical technology, which can generate high-resolution, larger depth of field, and better 3D images.

Introducing the Leica M720 OH5 compact neurosurgical microscope for neurosurgeons to see more clearly and in more detail,

2009

The new generation of optical microscopes has obtained a license:

Max Planck Innovation has issued a license for Leica Microsystems' new GSDIM (Single Molecule Return Following Ground State Quenching Microscopy) super-resolution technology.

2010

Remote Medical Service Concept Award:

Leica Microsystems won the M2M Value Chain Gold Award at the annual Connected World Conference, and Axeda Corporation is hailed as a major contributor to Leica's achievement of this award.

Kavo Dental and Leica Microsystems collaborate in the field of dental microscopes.

Frost&Sullivan awards the Organizational Diagnosis Award:

Leica Biosystems has been awarded the North American Organizational Diagnostic Product Strategy Award by research and consulting firm Frost&Sullivan.

2011

Learn, share, and contribute. Science Lab officially launched:

Leica Biosystems (Nuslow) won the Manufacturing (MX) Award for 2011:

Leica Biosystems won the Manufacturing Award in the "Customer Orientation" category for the year 2011.

2012

Leica Microsystems headquarters wins 2012 Manufacturing Award:

Leica Microsystems Operations, located in Wetzlar, Germany, has won the "Logistics and Operations Management" Manufacturing Award for adopting a Kanban management system.

Leica GSD super-resolution microscope won three awards:

The Top 100 Technology R&D Awards presented by R&D magazine for technological innovation, one of the three "Editor's Choice Awards" related to it, and the 2012 Innovation Award presented by the American magazine Microscopy Today.

2013

Leica SR GSD 3D Super Resolution Microscope wins award

Leica Biosystems and Leica Microsystems consolidate their market position in Brazil:

Acquiring Aotec, a distributor with over 25 years of cooperation, to drive the company's development in Latin America.

2014

Stefan Hell, the father of super-resolution microscopy, has been awarded the Nobel Prize

Stefan Hale was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for developing a super-resolution fluorescence microscope. He collaborated with Leica Microsystems to translate this principle into the first commercial STED microscope.

Leica TCS SP8 STED 3X wins two major awards:

The Scientist Innovation Award and the R&D Top 100 Technology R&D Award both recognize super-resolution microscopy as one of the innovative achievements that have changed the way life scientists work.

Astronaut Koichi Wakata from the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency conducted live cell experiments on the International Space Station using a Leica DMI6000 B inverted microscope.

2015

The high-pressure freezer combined with light stimulation is a very precise technology

Leica Microsystems acquires Bioptigen, an optical coherence tomography (OCT) company:

2016

Leica Microsystems has obtained the SCAPE Life Science Applied Microscopy Technology License from Columbia University and the OPM License from Imperial College London.

Leica EZ4 W educational stereomicroscope wins Worlddidac award:

New image injection technology can guide surgeons in performing surgeries: CaptiView technology can inject images from Image Guided Surgery (IGS) software into microscope eyepieces.

2017

The launch of the new SP8 DIVE system provides Leica Microsystems with the world's most adjustable spectral solution, enabling multi-color, multi photon deep tissue imaging.

Leica's DMi8 S imaging solution has increased speed by 5 times and expanded the visible area by 10000 times. The Infinity TIRF module added for obtaining super-resolution and nanomicroscopy imaging can simultaneously perform multi-color imaging at single-molecule resolution, thus opening a new chapter in wide field imaging.

2018

LIGHT extracts valuable image information from previously invisible or undetectable fine structures and details, extending imaging capabilities beyond the traditional confocal range and diffraction limit to 120 nanometers.

The lifespan comparison recording speed of the SP8 FALCON system is 10 times faster than previous solutions.

Digitizing PAULA (Personal Automation Laboratory Assistant) helps accelerate the execution of daily cell culture work and standardize results in the cell culture laboratory

The rapid acquisition of high-quality continuous slice ARTOS 3D from array tomography marks a new level of slicing quality and speed for ultra-thin slicers.

With the launch of the PROvido multidisciplinary microscope, Leica Microsystems has enhanced intraoperative imaging capabilities in a wide range of surgical applications.

2019

The THENER imaging system enables users to see small details deep inside thick samples of biological models (such as model organisms, tissue sections, and 3D cell cultures) in real-time and clearly, enabling them to achieve wide field imaging of 3D biological related samples.

2020

STELLARIS is a redesigned confocal microscope platform that can be used in conjunction with all Leica modules, including FLIM, STED, DLS, and CRS.

Intraoperative optical coherence tomography (OCT) imaging system EnFocus

2021

Aivia drives research work with automatic image analysis in microscopes, and combines AI guided image analysis and visualization solutions to assist data-driven scientific exploration.

The overall solution for Cell DIVE ultra multi label tissue imaging analysis is based on an antibody labeled ultra multi label platform, suitable for cancer research.

Emspira 3 Digital Microscope - A Simple Inspection Method Inspired by Inspiration

The system won the Red Dot Product Design Award in 2022, featuring innovative modular design and a wide range of accessories and lighting options.

2022

Mica - Leica's innovative multimodal microscopy imaging analysis center enables all life science researchers to understand the spatial environment

LAS X Coral Cryo: 3D object localization based on interpolation, performing multi-layer scanning (z-stack) of slices along the x-axis and y-axis. These markers can be interactively moved in all relevant windows

Coral Cryo workflow solution with high-precision confocal 3D target positioning function

professional service

*We have a maintenance network in China, with experienced senior engineers providing quick response and excellent after-sales service

*Leica has excellent brand, good instrument quality, and high stability. Some of the company's old products, such as MM6 ultra large metallographic microscope and MEF series inverted metallographic microscope, are still the most capable work assistants for many Chinese users