founder wendelin sachtler headquarters eching germany key people matt danilowicz number of employees 150 website www.sachtler.com sachtler is a manufacturer of film and video camera support products and reporter lighting equipment . the company was founded in 1958 and was bought by great britain s vitec group plc. in 1995 . contents 1 history 2 products 3 references 4 external links history edit wendelin sachtler was a cinematographer actor and inventor . in 1958 he designed the first tripod head . this so called gyroscopic head provided not only pans and tilt motion but also added gyroscopic damping to smooth out camera moves . the new tripod head proved so popular with fellow camera operators that it led to the foundation of a new company sachtler to meet demand . he worked out of a small workshop in munich schwabing germany . after a pair of moves since 2004 sachtler gmbh has been located in eching near munich . sachtler has 150 employees worldwide and is represented by retailers in more than 140 countries . the company has production facilities in germany costa rica and great britain . 1 in 1992 the company was awarded the scientific and engineering award an award set up by the academy of motion picture arts and sciences 2 in 2001 sachtler and curt o. schaller launched the artemis camera stabilizer system at the nab show in las vegas . 3 the artemis systems were the first modular camera stabilizer systems in the world . in addition the artemis hd systems were the first full hd camera stabilizer systems worldwide . the artemis trinity system developed by curt o. schaller together with roman foltyn in 2015 is the first camera stabilizer system in the world that combines a mechanical stabilization system with an electronic one . in april 2016 arri acquired the artemis camera stabilizer systems developed by curt o. schaller from sachtler vitec videocom . 4 products edit curt o. schaller artemis cine hd pro artemis cine hd pro a sachtler tripod in use the company s portfolio can be divided into camera support high quality bags for storage and transportation of professional broadcast camera and audio equipment the camera support division includes the production of sachtler fluid heads tripods and pedestals and professional bags for cameramen and sound operators . references edit hermann simon mentioned this company in his correspondent book as an example of a hidden champion simon hermann hidden champions of the 21st century success strategies of unknown world market leaders . london springer 2009 . isbn 978 0 387 98147 5 . scientific and engineering award . usa www.imdb.com . 30 march 1992 . retrieved 8 april 2010 . curt o. schaller artemis developer . schaller media.de . retrieved 18 may 2016 . arri debuts final version of trinity stabilizer and maxima gimbal . studio daily . retrieved 18 may 2016 . external links edit sachtler vitec group retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title sachtler & oldid 740228800 categories manufacturing companies of germany navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages deutschespa olfran ais edit links this page was last modified on 19 september 2016 at 20 47 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view