History
- 2009
- Docter Optics provides the first prototypes of light pipes/ concentrators for CPV Concentrating Photovoltaic plants.
- 2008
- Docter Optics ships the world’s first free-form projection lenses for full-LED headlights to equip a production SUV, the Cadillac Escalade Platinum, and introduces the Stilar 2.8/8 super-wide-angle lens especially for 1.2" sensor chips.
- 2007
- Worldwide first free-form lens system for automotive LED projection headlights developed by Docter Optics.
- 2006
- Docter Optics presents the world's first production models of LED projection lenses made of optical glass at the SAE World Congress Exhibition in Detroit, MI, USA.
- 2004
- Docter Optics launches DOC3D® to introduce a new dimension in two-sided molding of optical lenses and establishes a new production facility in the Czech Republic.
- 1999
- New headquarters building in Neustadt an der Orla, Germany.
- 1997
- Docter Optics, Inc. is established in Mesa, AZ, USA.
- 1996
- Rodenstock Technologie Holding GmbH, Robert Bosch GmbH and Hella KG Hueck & Co. become shareholders.
- 1991
- Acquisition of VEB Carl Zeiss Jena locations in Saalfeld and Schleiz, Germany.
- 1984
- Incorporation in Wetzlar, Germany.
