Swarovski Optik
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| Company type | Private |
|---|---|
| Industry | Optical engineering |
| Founded | 1949 |
| Headquarters | Absam (Innsbruck-Land District), Austria |
| Products | Binoculars, spotting scopes, rifle scopes |
| Revenue |  €158.7 million euro (2019)[1] |
Number of employees | 1000[1] |
| Website | swarovskioptik |
Swarovski Optik is a division of the Swarovski group of companies, manufacturing optical instruments, tts headquarters are located in Absam, Tyrol, Austria.[1]
History
[edit]Wilhelm Swarovski, son of the original founder, was born in 1918. In 1935, with the help of his father, he developed a prism fabrication and grinding process that he used in the design of his first 6×30 binocular.[2] In 1949 he founded SWAROVSKI OPTIK KG in Absam, Tyrol, to produce the Habicht 7×42 that it continues producing today.[citation needed]
- 1935 First Swarovski binoculars, which was a 6×30
- 1949 Formation of Swarovski Optik
- 1959 First Swarovski Optik rifle scope (4×32)
- 1967 First Swarovski Optik extendable spotting scope (30×75)
- 1974 Kahles was purchased by Swarovski Optik[3]
- 1977 Kahles became a branch of Swarovski Optik[3]
- 1989 Kahles Limited again became an independent company within the Swarovski group[3]
- 1991 First AT 80 telescope
- 1993 First hunting rifle scope with reticle illumination
- 1995 First rifle scope with integrated laser range finder
- 1999 First binoculars with wrap-around grip, named EL
- 2007 First Swarovski rifle scope with 6× zoom
- 2016 First Swarovski rifle scope with 8× zoom[4]
- 2017 Kahles was again brought into the Swarovski advertising and sales programs[3]
Product Range
[edit]Binoculars
[edit]
- Habicht [5]
- CL,[6] includes CL Nomad[7]
- SLC[8]
- EL[9]
- EL Range (green and orange)[10]
- NL Pure[11]
- AX Visio[12]
Spotting scopes
[edit]Rifle scopes
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b c "Figures, Data, Facts". Swarovski Optik KG. Retrieved 2021-02-18.
- ^ "Swarovski Optik History". Swarovski Optik. Retrieved 2021-10-28.
- ^ a b c d "SHOT Show 40th Anniversary Blast from the Past: Swarovski". Archived from the original on 2019-07-06. Retrieved 2019-07-06.
- ^ New Swarovski Z8i riflescopes -The Firearm Blog
- ^ Swarovski habicht binoculars review with some history
- ^ Swarovski CL binoculars overview
- ^ Swarovski CL Nomad binoculars
- ^ Swarovski SLC binoculars video overview
- ^ Palmer, Roxanne (26 August 2015). "Birding in the Digital Age: A Primer". The Wall Street Journal.
- ^ Swarovski EL O-range presentation
- ^ Swarovski NL Pure announcement
- ^ Swarovski AX Visio announcement
- ^ Swarovski STR presented and explained
- ^ Swarovski ATX Interior presentation
- ^ Swarovski BTX article
- ^ Swarovski ATC/STC official webpage
- ^ Swarovski ST vista article
- ^ Swarovski ST official webpage
- ^ Swarovski Z5i overview
- ^ Swarovski Z6i 2.5-15×56 video review
- ^ Swarovski Z8i press conference
- ^ Swarovski BTX 95mm review
- ^ Swarovski Ds overview