+Bino-viewer Posted December 5, 2019 Share Posted December 5, 2019 A sad day for Meade, their loyal customers, and the amateur astronomy community in general. When i first starting getting interested in a telescope purchase 20 years ago it was the Meade SCTs and MCTs that i used to drool over in the Astro magazines back then. It will be interesting to see how this transpires. https://www.ocregister.com/2019/12/05/irvine-telescope-maker-meade-files-for-bankruptcy-after-losing-antitrust-case/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tuckstar Posted December 6, 2019 Share Posted December 6, 2019 Just saw this else where. Sad state of affairs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BAZ Posted December 6, 2019 Share Posted December 6, 2019 They have been on the edge for years, they just didn't keep up with progress. It is sad though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philjay Posted December 6, 2019 Share Posted December 6, 2019 Sad, definately. Agree about them struggling for years. Glad Ive got my Meade 127 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nightspore Posted December 6, 2019 Share Posted December 6, 2019 Haven't they filed for Chapter 11? I've got a feeling they won't disappear. What's the Bresser/JOC connection to Meade? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tuckstar Posted December 6, 2019 Share Posted December 6, 2019 Bresser bought the company back from meade a few years ago I believe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nightspore Posted December 6, 2019 Share Posted December 6, 2019 1 hour ago, tuckstar said: Bresser bought the company back from meade a few years ago I believe. I'm not sure what's going on these days lol. Bresser GmbH was founded by Josef Bresser in 1957.[1] The company began by specializing in the import and distribution of binoculars.[2] Rolf Bresser sold his father's business in 1999 to the American company Meade Instruments in Irvine, California, the company operating under Meade Instruments Europe GmbH until 2009, when it was acquired by former owner Rolf Bresser, its general manager, Helmut Ebbert, and Chinese manufacturer Jinghua Optical Electronics Co., Ltd. (JOC).[3] Wikipedia I knew JOC and Bresser had a link. Still, I hope it's not curtains for Meade. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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