BRAUN PHOTO TECHNIK GmbH

Founded in 1915 as Karl Braun KG, a factory of optical equipment and metal goods, the company manufactured binoculars and semi-finished products, also for the radio industry. After the Second World War and the currency reform in 1948, the company Karl Braun KG became the Carl Braun Camera factory Nuremberg. The beginning was box cameras of the brand Imperial and Ideal. followed by the models Norca, Pax and Paxina 6 x 6.1950, the production of the extremely successful Paxette 35mm cameras began. The program ranged from viewfinder cameras with and without interchangeable lens to SLR cameras. Parallel to the camera production began the development and construction of slide projectors. In 1955, under the brand name Paximat, the Carl Braun Camera Nuremberg plant launched one of the first semi-automatic slide projectors with a magazine. Other innovations in the slide projector technology were devices with cable or remote control, with automatic focus, the use of even brighter halogen lamp and devices with stepless brightness control of the projection lamp. In 1983, the Paximat Multimag was the sensation in the slide projector market. For the first time it was possible to use all major magazine systems in a slide projector.

Among the high-quality Paximat Multimag models, the inexpensive slide projectors of the Novamat series have also established themselves in the market. Above all, the Novamat devices with built-in daylight screen enjoy great popularity.

Over 4 million slide projectors have been built and sold in 120 countries around the world. The brand names Paximat and Novamat today occupy a leading position in the slide projector market. The range of slide accessories, such as fade control units, high-quality projection lenses, projection screens, projection tables, slide frames, slide magazines and an automatic slide-on device, has also been expanded around the slide projector program. By incorporating state-of-the-art overhead projectors in 1999, the Braun projection program was systematically expanded.

In addition to the successful launch of Braun digital cameras and digital accessories, the Braun Multimag SlideScan 3600 has caused a stir in the market since mid-2003. Developed on the basis of the Paximat Multimag slide projectors, this scanner enables for the first time the scanning of slides directly from six different slide magazines. The Braun Multimag SlideScan slide-on slide scanner thus bridged the gap between conventional slide photography and the digital medium, which would become an important pillar for the company in the future. In March 2005 followed the successor model Braun Multimag SlideScan 4000 and in 2012 the Braun Multimag SlideScan 6000, consistent advancements now with even higher resolution, digital ICE technology or Magic Touch dust and scratch removal, as well as a higher scan speed.

In 2004, the company changed its name to BRAUN Photo Technik GmbH, moved into new operating rooms in Nuremberg and began to expand its product range as a full-service provider in the multimedia sector. In 2006, the success story started around the topic of digital picture frames, which continues today and exemplifies the long-term product cycles at BRAUN. As of 2007, BRAUN binoculars also returned to the diverse product range very successfully and enjoy uninterrupted popularity. BRAUN was one of the first providers of a trendy action cam with underwater housing for a broad range of buyers early on. The first model was already launched in the market in 2010, with the portfolio of Action Cams is constantly updated to this day.

In 2016 the relocation to a newly completed service center in Baden Württemberg took place at the following address: Merkurstraße 8, 72184 Eutingen.

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