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Subject: Press Release:  Leica introduces DISTO
Date: 6 May 1994 16:38:05 -0400
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LEICA, INC.
3155 Medlock Bridge Road
Norcross, GA  30071

Leica introduces Disto™
World’s first hand-held laser tape measure

For Immediate Release

Friday, May 06, 1994
Contact:	Robert G. Muscat				
	 
Leica, Inc.				
404/447-6361								
ATLANTA, GA  Following several years of development, Leica, Inc. has just
introduced Disto™, a very special handheld laser device that allows users the
ability to accurately dimension short range distances faster and more easily,
and therefore more cost-effectively.
With Disto™, users can conveniently measure the exact distance to points
situated from 10 inches up to 100 feet away without touching them and without
using a reflector.  The point-and-shoot technology of the Disto™ laser system
offers true spot-on measurement and is accurate to within 1/8” over the
measured range.  Further, Disto™ allows users to also calculate surfaces and
volumes in seconds from the stored measured data. 
“We feel that the ability to measure distances more quickly and more easily
will at the same time, allow professionals to measure more effortlessly and
therefore more productively” comments Bob Muscat, Disto™ Sales Manager for
Leica.  “Further, with Disto™, the ability to measure without touch will
eliminate the need for climbing, scaffolding, or overcoming prohibited areas
such as a freshly painted floor.”
“Design and construction professionals will demand the ability to dimension
more easily” adds Muscat, “and the laser technology of Disto™ allows them to do
so with confidence.  Unlike previous units that relied on sound wave
technology, Disto™ is unaffected by changes in environment or surface hardness.
 Further, it is accurate to within 1/8” over the measured distance. ”
Disto™ is not just a dimensioner, however.  Since the unit displays results in
meters or feet digitally, dimensions can be stored and retrieved, so that
surfaces and volumes can easily be calculated.  This makes Disto™ ideal for
estimating jobs such as painting, wallpaper, carpeting, tile laying, HVAC
design, etc. as well as confirming square footage for those involved in
leasehold analysis, office leasing, commercial real estate, and real estate
appraisal. 
In this way, professionals can quickly dimension a specific job without tape
measures (or an assistant), measuring wheels, poles, with simple touchkey
operation.  Further, the unit is furnished with a removable protective cover
for use at even the harshest building construction sites.
Leica, Inc. is an Atlanta-based division of Leica AG (Switzerland) and
first-choice provider of innovative solutions for vision, measurement, and
analysis for the surveying, building, construction, and photographic
industries.



