Heine Optotechnik information

HEINE Optotechnik

Company type	GmbH & Co KG
Industry	Medical Technology
Founded	1946
Headquarters	Gilching, Germany
Key people	Oliver Heine (President & CEO), Timo Martin (Chief Operations Officer)
Number of employees	500

HEINE Optotechnik is a manufacturer of medical diagnostic instruments and is based in Gilching, near Munich, Germany. The company was founded in 1946 by the German physicist Helmut A. Heine and has been a family run company ever since.

A characteristic of the company is that from the initial idea to the finished product, almost all of the critical production steps are carried out in-house to ensure the high quality of the instruments produced.^[1] The company specializes in otoscopes, ophthalmoscopes, dermatoscopes, binocular loupes, laryngoscopes, stethoscopes, proctological instruments, fiber-optic examination lights and hand-held slit lamps. [1]

HEINE Optotechnik is represented in over 120 countries around the world, with subsidiaries in Australia, Canada, the US and Switzerland as well as 3,000 representatives, importers and specialist dealers.^[2]