F or Steiner, superb performance and bone - deep tenacity was born in the ruin of war. In 1947, in the face of demolished infrastructures and a collapsed economy, Karl Steiner started a one - man workshop in Bayreuth, Germany, obsessed with a single goal: creating optical products so functional, sturdy and uniformly flawless that nothing in the chaotic, mass - production post - war world could compare. His passion for unmatched optical perfection pushed Steiner - Optik from a hardscrabble startup to a 50 - man fact ory within six years, and on to become a worldwide optical icon with binoculars and rifle scopes for every purpose, a history of innovation, and legions of diehard enthusiasts in every category.

Faithful to the traditions upon which his father founded the company, Carl Steiner held on to his commitments of unsurpassed quality, to keep the production location in Germany, to c reate new jobs and career opportunities for his employees, expert training of his staff of now approximately 300 and a constant invest ment in research and development.

Today, Steiner manufactures binoculars for the military, marine, hunting, outdoor, birding and leisure activities. The name Steiner stands for performance optics.

S teiner was the first to develop the lightweight, indestru ctible rubber - armored Makrolon® housing, all - conditions nitrogen - charged fogproofing, the military laser protection filter, integrated binocular/compass, water - repellant Nano - Protection® lenses, and countless – and continuing – coating technologies that pr oduce the highest contrast and light - transmission.

Steiner makes trusted optics for life’s defining moments. The successful pursuit and capture of these moments demands the fast and precise detection, location and identification of a distant objective. Whe ther the objective is wild life, a marine bearing, law enforcement suspect or military combatant, our optics enhance an individual’s most important sense, vision, so that on land or sea –– Nothing Escapes You Steiner is the undoubted market leader for mari ne and nautical binoculars for decades and remains the first choice for sailors and captains of small boats and big ships all around the world.