Schmidt & Bender
| Company type | Gesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1957 |
| Headquarters | Biebertal, Hesse, Germany |
Key people | Sabine Bender-Gerlach Udo H. Bender Karlheinz Gerlach |
| Products | High end riflescopes |
Number of employees | 60 (Germany) 80 (Hungary) |
| Website | schmidtundbender |
Schmidt & Bender (often abbreviated as S&B) is a German company specialized in producing high-end telescopic sights for hunting, sports, law enforcement and military arms.
The company was founded in 1957 by instrument maker Helmut Schmidt and master instrument maker Helmut Bender. The company started with producing telescopic sights for large German (mail order) hunting equipment sales chains under various brand names and gradually started to produce telescopic sights under their own brand name. Currently (2008) the company is still a family enterprise.
Schmidt & Bender is an ISO 9001 certified company.