Schneider-Kreuznach

Employee size

501-1,000

Organization type

Public Company

Headquarters

Hauppauge, NY

Founded

1913

Founded in Bad Kreuznach in 1913, Schneider-Kreuznach develops and manufactures high-performance lenses and optical filters for industrial, photographic and film applications. At its German factory, the company also applies decades of fine-mechanics experience to contract-manufacture precision components, pairing CNC machining with finishing and documented metrology. Schneider-Kreuznach operates internationally from its Bad Kreuznach headquarters, with subsidiaries in the United States, China, Hong Kong and Singapore.

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