Swarovski Optik

Swarovski Optik
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)
Number of employees	1000
Website	swarovskioptik.com

Swarovski Optik is part of the Swarovski group of companies. Its headquarters are located in Absam, Tyrol, Austria.

History

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. 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
• 1977 Kahles became a branch of Swarovski Optik
• 1989 Kahles Limited again became an independent company within the Swarovski group
• 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
• 2017 Kahles was again brought into the Swarovski advertising and sales programs

Product Range

Binoculars

• Habicht
• CL, includes CL Nomad
• SLC
• EL
• EL Range (green and orange)
• NL Pure
• AX Visio

References

External links

• Official website