Europe wears Filtral

As a leading provider of stylish sunglasses and reading glasses, the company serves all the relevant markets in Europe from its headquarters in Fuerth-Burgfarrnbach, with a total of 40 employees (as of 2010).  More than 85 years of know-how and over 40 years of brand history represent a potential for development that promises success for the long term: as a result of top quality and good value performance, an instinct for trends and innovations, and a focus on the market and customers. Today and in the future.

Long-term success

1926 Founding of the "Optische-Industrie-Anstalt Philipp M. Winter" 

1967 The company Uvex Winter Optik starts selling stylish sunglasses under the Filtral brand 

1990 Sale of reading glasses

1991 Foundation of FILTRAL GmbH & Co. Vertriebs KG as an independent subsidiary within the uvex Group 

1999 Distribution of sunglasses and reading glasses throughout Europe  

2008 Member of the BSCI (Business Social Compliance Initiative). Monitoring and implementation of social standards in the production facilities according to the BSCI Code of Conduct