About Us

As a global leader in the manufacture of primary diagnostic instruments with over 500 employees, HEINE Optotechnik has been a 100 % family owned and managed company for more than 70 years. We continue to develop and manufacture HEINE instruments at our facilities in Germany, where we combine decades-long experience and craftsmanship with the most modern manufacturing technologies. HEINE is represented in over 120 countries around the world, with subsidiaries in Australia, the US and Switzerland as well as 3,000 representatives, importers and specialist dealers.

HEINE has a long history working with dermatologists worldwide, having helped invent the very first dermatoscope in 1989. Since that time the practice of dermoscopy continues to grow and HEINE has provided high quality scopes to its practitioners.