Identity area
Type of entity
Corporate body
Authorized form of name
Braun
Parallel form(s) of name
- Carl Braun Camerawerk
Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules
Other form(s) of name
Identifiers for corporate bodies
Description area
Dates of existence
1906-2000
History
Braun (Carl Braun Camerawerk) of Nuremberg, Germany, was originally founded in 1906 as an optical and industrial production house. In 1948, the company began producing box film cameras, in rollfilm and 35mm format. In 1954, the company began producing slide projectors. Braun ceased making cameras in the 1960. The company began to focus on its established line of slide and optical projectors, selling more than four million units by 1997. In 2000 the company became insolvent.