Schwind eye-tech-solutions
Coordinates: 49 ° 59 ′ 37.9 ″ N , 9 ° 4 ′ 1.8 ″ E
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| legal form | GmbH |
| founding | 1958 |
| Seat | Kleinostheim , Bavaria |
| management | Rolf Schwind (Managing Director) |
| Number of employees | over 100 |
| sales | 25.5 million euros (2009/10) |
| Branch | Medical technology |
| Website | www.eye-tech-solutions.de |
The SCHWIND eye-tech-solutions GmbH develops, manufactures and markets medical lasers to correct vision defects and the corresponding diagnostic and surgical peripherals. The owner-managed company based in Kleinostheim in Lower Franconia employs over 100 people.
Company history
Named after the company founder of the same name, the company was first entered in the Aschaffenburg commercial register in 1958 under Herbert Schwind GmbH & Co. KG.
In 1964 the subsidiary Titmus Eurocon was founded, which specialized in the development of contact lenses and launched a world first in 1972 with the introduction of the first soft contact lens. In 1982 Titmus Eurocon was sold to the Swiss company Ciba Geigy ( Novartis ). In the years that followed, Schwind eye-tech-solutions turned the trend from a diagnostic technology supplier for medical practices to an innovative technology leader in eye laser systems for refractive and therapeutic corneal surgery . With the Schwind Amaris excimer laser , the company launched the world's first eye laser on the market in 2007, which combines all the most modern technologies available in one system.
Awards
Since 2008, the company has received several national and international awards for its innovative strength, including a. with the industry award 2008 in the medical technology category, with the Gusi Peace Prize 2008, with the Medical Design Excellence Award 2008 in gold, as one of the top 100 most innovative companies in 2008; and as a “Selected Location” in the “Germany - Land of Ideas 2009” competition.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Electronic Federal Gazette: Annual financial statements as of June 30, 2010
- ↑ Don't crumple . In: Der Spiegel . No. 19 , May 3, 1971, pp. 190 ( spiegel.de [accessed on February 14, 2012]).
- ↑ Water-rich soft lentils . In: Der Spiegel . No. 25 , June 16, 1980, pp. 201 ( spiegel.de [accessed on February 14, 2012]).
- ^ Christian Zeller: Globalization strategies - the way of Novartis . Springer, Berlin / Heidelberg 2001, ISBN 3-540-41629-3 , pp. 292 .
- ↑ Device for corneal surgery: United States Patent 5779723. In: Patent Searching Database. Sumobrain Solutions, accessed February 14, 2012 .
- ↑ Device for the removal of tissue from the cornea of an eye United States Patent 6287296. In: Patent Searching Database. Sumobrain Solutions, accessed February 14, 2012 .
- ↑ Process and arrangement for examining a section of the eye United States Patent 6,095,648th In: Patent Searching Database. Sumobrain Solutions, accessed February 14, 2012 .
- ↑ Device for corneal surgery. In: Patent-De. Retrieved February 14, 2012 .
- ^ The entrepreneur talk : Rolf Schwind, managing partner of Schwind Eye-Tech-Solutions. In: Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung. March 17, 2008, No. 65, p. 16.
- ↑ All inclusive - Schwind's new TotalTech laser Amaris. In: Ophthalmological News. 10/2007, p. 25.
- ↑ Competition for glasses and lenses. In: Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung. November 16, 2007, No. 267, p. 66.
- ↑ Category winner 2008 - Medical technology. Huber Verlag für Neue Medien GmbH, accessed on February 17, 2012 .
- ↑ Winner Certificate. (PDF; 51 kB) Huber Verlag für Neue Medien GmbH, April 21, 2008, accessed on February 17, 2012 .
- ↑ gusipeaceprizeinternational.org
- ↑ gekompakt.de
- ↑ "Eurotimes", 03/2009, p. 36: Innovation a key to Schwind's success
- ↑ canontradeshows.com
- ↑ euro-focus.de
- ↑ main-netz.de
- ↑ land-der-ideen.de ( Memento of the original from May 5, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
