The Leitz-Lexicon

Ideas and innovation for your success
Good tools are the starting point for successfully transforming
ideas into reality. True in the past, true today and will be even more so
in the future. We all recall how proud we were when we held our first
pocket knife in our hands; in cutting that first piece of wood we were
sure that with our new skill, our new tool and vision we could conquer
the world.
Leitz has produced woodworking tools for over 125 years. Our products
are an essential part of the progresses that use this versatile and fascinating
material whose natural qualities are yet to be fully utilised – wood.
Wood is the basic ingredient for the new composites that will open
more new areas of application. And we take much pleasure in knowing
our tooling developments are the stimulation for both technical and
economical successful processing methods.
Leitz tools are recognised worldwide as the technological leader.
The new 4 th edition of the Lexicon in front of you contains information
on new concepts and new tools in an easy to follow layout. The first
part details our extensive range of high-quality precision tools for processing
solid wood, panel materials and composites. The second part
discusses the many different applications in detail.
We have always seen the Leitz Lexicon not as a catalogue but as a reference
manual to help you chose the right tool for the application. This is
why when we published Edition 1 we decided to call it the Leitz Lexicon.
With increasing competition worldwide we believe it is important for us
not only to offer you our excellent products, but to give you the benefit of
our experience to help you optimise your manufacturing processes.
So let’s work together in the future for our joint success.
Yours
Dr. Dieter Brucklacher
Managing Director of the Leitz group of companies.