How It’s Made: Steiner Binoculars from US Cavalry

Monday, August 23rd, 2010 at 10:12 am

Find these binoculars at: www.uscav.com With a true passion for business, optics pioneer Karl Steiner establishes Steiner Optik GmbH in 1947. Despite the difficult economical post-war situation the newly found, innovative company grows from a one-man factory to a more than 50-employee company within 6 years. Offering products from small cameras to binoculars and special lenses, Karl Steiner soon realizes that the companys future lies within the production of professional high-quality binoculars. This revolutionary idea set high standards within the optics buy drugs online industry and Steiner Optik soon becomes the world-leading quality binocular manufacturer. It is the year 1973 when father Karl steps down and his son Carl Steiner continues to run the family business. Putting his heart into further developing his fathers innovative product ideas, Carl Steiner manages to strengthen the companys position and Steiner Optik becomes the worlds leading company in binocular production with products available in over 45 countries. Since the beginning, Steiner has always focused on creating new optics technologies. Many revolutionary innovations were not only developed by Steiner, but set the standards for future products with all binocular manufacturers. Steiner innovations include rubber armoring, the first binoculars ever with an integrated compass, the first binocular with special optical coating to protect against harmful UV radiation, the pocket-size binocular, and the new Predator lens ...