In 2003, Managing Director Dr.-Ing. Ulrich Kienitz founded Optris with the aim of enriching the range of measuring temperature sensors with innovative measuring and application principles. In the meantime, his company has grown to become a global leader in non-contact temperature measurement. Optris develops portable and stationary industrial thermometers as well as thermal imaging cameras that make temperature measurement easy and work safer.
In the 2010s, Optris improved the performance parameters through so-called micromachining and thus also the price-performance ratio. "This allows the serial use of such products in machine and plant engineering," says Managing Director Ulrich Kienitz. Modern measuring systems now reliably detect even 25 μm small objects in the temperature range from -50 to 3,000 °C within a few milliseconds.