Logo gallery of EMO (EMO Optik Wetzlar) microscope manufacturer

Basic informations:

EMO-OPTIK
Arthur Seibert (1906-1980)

Arthur Seibert was a lens designer for Ernst Leitz from 1920 to 1947. In 1948, Seibert left Leitz and undertook the task of designing a subminiature lens, the Pentar lens of the Minox II. Arthur Seibert also designed the COMPLAN lens for Minox III/IIIs/B, and early Minox C.

In 1951, he founded EMO-OPTIK in Wetzlar, West Germany. Many EMO products are masterpieces of optical design.

Source: https://stichtinghistorischemicroscopie.nl/en/category/emo-optik-en/

Over the years, every microscope manufacturer – including EMO – has used different logos. Sometimes the changes involved only the typeface, while in other cases the shape of the logo was modified or a written company name was replaced with a graphical symbol. For example, PZO has at various times used the plain text "PZO", a logo containing this inscription, as well as variants such as "PZO Poland" and "PZO Warszawa". There have also been cases where a microscope manufacturer changed its name (for example, Leitz becoming Leica) or merged with another company. In such situations the logo often changed completely or incorporated the names of both companies, as in the case of Zeiss-Winkel. It is also worth remembering that some manufacturers sold their microscopes under different brand names in different countries. For example, Zeiss West marketed certain microscopes under the Opton brand, even though they were produced by the same manufacturer. Many companies also manufactured microscopes for OEM customers, meaning that identical microscopes were sold under another company’s name and logo. One example is Schul-Knickmann, which sold microscopes manufactured by Hertel & Reuss under its own brand.
For this reason, I try to collect and document different versions of manufacturer names and logos that can be found on microscopes, objectives, eyepieces and other microscope components. This requires a considerable amount of research and documentation work, so the gallery will continue to grow over time.

Below you will find a button leading to a list of all microscope parts manufactured by EMO Optik Wetzlar that are currently included in this database.