• 1991
  • 1991
    FILLING A MARKET NICHE IN THE OPTICS INDUSTRY
    Read an early article about the beginnings of the SCHNEIDER company in the regional press from back in the day.
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  • 1996
  • 1996
    START OF COLLABORATION WITH QED TECHNOLOGIES, USA
  • 1999
  • 1999
    SCHNEIDER OPTICAL MACHINES GROWS
    LARGER PRODUCTION AND OFFICE CAPACITIES REQUIRED
    Construction of another building for administration, development and assembly of optical machines.
  • 2011
  • 2011
    SCHNEIDER GOES ULTRA-PRECISION OPTICS
    SCHNEIDER now offers machines for the manufacturing of metal optics, precision optics components, infrared optics, prototypes of synthetic lenses and mold inserts for replications of synthetic optics.
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  • 2012
  • 2012
    UPC 400 - DEVELOPMENT OF THE FIRST ULTRA-PRECISION MACHINE
    ULTRA PRECISE MANUFACTURING
    Schneider develops its first ultra-precision machine for single point diamond turning for ultra precise manufacturing of freeform optics as part of a German government funded project "design chain".
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  • 2016
  • 2016
    ULTRA-PRECISE MACHINING OF FREEFORM OPTICS
    UPC 300
    Introduction of three axis ultra-precision center designed for the highly dynamic machining of freeform surfaces. 
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  • 2017
  • 2017
    LARGEST MACHINE MANUFACTURED IN THE COMPANY HISTORY
    SCG 1500: SURFACING CENTER FOR EXTREME OPTICS
    Final completion of the high-tech surfacing center for highly-sophisticated machining of extreme macro-optics of up to 1500 mm for the aerospace industry.
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  • 2018
  • 2018
    SCHNEIDER NAMED ONE OF THE 1000 COMPANIES
    TO INFLUENCE EUROPE 2018