Historie

1899
High-purity quartz glass melted by Richard Küch

1904
Quartz glass arc lamp emitting UV light invented at Heraeus

1911
Start of the success of the Höhensonne

1920s
Launch of the Original Hanau brand

1973
Heraeus takes over all shares of Quarzlampengesellschaft

1992
Heraeus Noblelight GmbH founded to merge UV and infrared activities of the Heraeus group

2007
HN Sunlight GmbH is founded as distribution company for the Original Hanau Suncare Products as Joint Venture between Narva Lichtquellen GmbH & Co. KG and Heraeus Noblelight GmbH.

2015
JW Sales GmbH takes over the shares of Heraeus Noblelight GmbH.