150th Anniversary sees launch of new Measurement Instruments

On 25^th of April Schmidt + Haensch will celebrate its 150^th anniversary in Berlin. By merging the independent activities of Franz Schmidt and Hermann Haensch, the company was founded in 1864. Schmidt + Haensch is one of the oldest companies in the field of optical measurement technologies, which successfully sustains its position in the market.

Schmidt + Haensch are proud of having participated in scientific breakthroughs by supplying the respective measurement instruments. 

The company is managed in 5^th family-generation by Mathis Kuchejda and still is 100% family owned. At the moment S+H employs has round about 50 employees in Berlin. 80% of the exclusively in Germany produced instruments are exported to countries all over the world.

Today the product portfolio comprises especially polarimeters, refractometers, photometers and process analysing systems for the food, pharmaceutical and chemical industry. About 15% of the annual revenue is reinvested into research and development of new instruments and methods.

On the occasion of the 150^th anniversary a new generation of density meters will be launched. Herewith Schmidt + Haensch complete their instrument range for liquid analysis in a perfect way.

The staff of Schmidt + Haensch stands for personal and individual customer advice and application support. As an ISO-certified company it is of great significance to produce traceable and verifiable measurement results comprehensible for the customer.

Beside the classical opto-electronic laboratory instruments Schmidt + Haensch increasingly develop ‘In-Line’ process refractometers. Schmidt + Haensch cooperate with plant construction companies which use the ‘In-Line’ sensors for surveillance and regulation. Therefore, a system for dealcoholisation, based on one of the process refractometers from the iPR series, was released recently. Besides the known applications in food (sugar) and pharmaceutical industry there are interesting applications in the semiconductor industry, in machine construction and the photovoltaic industry. By expanding their product range and increasing the number of applications, Schmidt + Haensch count on a yearly growth of 10%.

Also after 150 years of existence Schmidt + Haensch will stick to its founding principles and offer their customers high-quality and high-tech instrumentation together with reliable and qualified solutions.