History

Klaus Eckerl
CEO/Co-Founder

Klaus Eckerl
CEO/Co-Founder

Our new office

Our new office

2011
IB/E OPTICS is currently building a new office in Freyung.
Moving is planned in spring 2012.
IB/E launches the HDx35 adapter at NAB 2011that allows the use of even B4 Mount extreme zooms at the Arri Alexa, Sony F3 and others.

2010
IB/E OPTICS wins the Cinec Award 2010 in the category
"Optics" in Munich for MTF Star testing idea.

2009
IB/E has the idea for the Schneider Cine Xenar lenses and shows these at the NAB.
With the "Null Lens" IB/E OPTICS shows an easy to use utility to ajust the perfect back focal at digital cams.
Another OptiBench MTF measurement equipment is installed.
Further development on the UPMOS alignement technique to mount optical components precise in the mechanical tubes.
Development of a Makro Zoom lens 9x for 3 CCD 1/3 " sensors,
a ultra highspeed wide angle lens with 1:0,9 for the industry
and high apertur MWIR lenses.

2008
Currently IB/E OPTICS is creating a new family of cine and broadcast lenseswith fantastic performance and never seen low vignetting while telecentric construction technique are used.

2007
IB/E OPTICS invested in new high precision assembly and alignment station and in clean room facilities with now 60 sqm. IB/E OPTICS now has the possibility to do high precision assemblies on opto-mechanical systems.
We started the development on a very complex surface inspection system in the sub micron region within all the imaging and illumination optics as dark field illumination and through the lens illumination.
IB/E OPTICS developed the optimizer for Trace Pro and is the spot where to get short courses on Trace Pro

2006
IB/E OPTICS designed the broadcast lens HD Scope. A fully felxible tool for the professional video industrie with 2 axis rotation with image derotation feature.With focus, iris , rotation, tilt and pan you have 5 axes to be driven.
Another fantastic lens had been created - an ultra low and low budget wide angle lens up to 130° horizontal field with distortion less than 10 % for a well known automotive supplier. The only system that is allowed to be used instead of front mirrors.

2005
Development of machine vision systems as fully automated testing machine for Plansee AG/Reutte or Stereo zoom lenses for Aesculap Meditec AG.

2004
IB/E OPTICS invested in an own CNC-milling and turning technique to realize prototyping more fast.

2003
IB/E OPTICS developed the OptiBench measurement system for ultrafast MTF, distortion and telecentricity measurement.

2001
To do more than prototyping we founded production facilities.
IB/E OPTICS Eckerl GmbH with four more employees
The main issue was, to manage the series production.

1999
Another five employees have been hired. IB/E OPTICS did development for companies like BOSCH, Siemens and DLR.

1997
We launched the new office in Hutthurm;
the first three employees came - and they are still with us.

1992
Founding IB/E OPTICS as a „one man company“



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