SCHNEIDER is one of the world's leading manufacturers for the development and production of machines in the fields of ophthalmics, precision optics and ultra-precision optics. The company, which was founded in 1986 by Gunter Schneider, currently has more than 480 employees and is located in the US, Brazil, Hong Kong, Thailand and China. Pioneering the freeform idea in the ophthalmic business, SCHNEIDER had the vision to manufacture individual lenses on freely definable mathematical descriptions. The slogan "Fascination for Innovation" reflects the companys' consistent focus on the development of innovative technological solutions. The company keeps setting new standards for customers with groundbreaking innovations and fundamental modernizations of products and processes.