Metz (company)

Metz mecatech GmbH, Metz Consumer Electronics GmbH

Type	Private
Founded	Zirndorf, Germany (28 November 1938 (28 November 1938))
Founder	Paul Metz
Key people	Metz mecatech GmbH: Lauri Jouhki, Gerd Betz Metz Consumer Electronics GmbH: Weizhong Sun, Zhi Wan, Norbert Kotzbauer, Manfred Billenstein, Yuanqi Dong
Number of employees	670 (2008)
Website	www.metz.de

Metz mecatech GmbH:

Lauri Jouhki, Gerd Betz

Metz Consumer Electronics GmbH:

Metz-Werke GmbH & Co. KG was a German consumer electronic manufacturer, Besides Loewe and TechniSat, Metz was the only remaining TV manufacturer which developed and produced their devices in Germany. Its head office is in Zirndorf, Bavaria. The company filed for insolvency in 2014 and backed up by new investors now refirms as two independent companies Metz Consumer Electronics GmbH and Metz mecatech GmbH since 2015.

It also builds electronic flashes for use with many brands of cameras. The flash devices use adaptors, the SCA system (Special Camera Adaption), to make them compatible with different brands of cameras. Metz is also well known for its high-end television sets.