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The main activities of Shvabe are the development and serial production of optical and laser systems and complexes, modern optical materials and technologies, high-tech medical equipment, aerospace monitoring systems and remote sensing of the Earth, instruments for scientific research, energy-efficient lighting, nanomechanics, and other high-tech products. The range of products manufactured at the enterprises of the holding exceeds 6500 units. Shvabe has unique technologies in the development and production of optical materials, acoustooptics, low-temperature optics, high-energy lasers, as well as in the processing of large-size astronomical optics.

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• 08.06.2026 Shvabe and the Almazov Center will jointly develop medical instrument technology
• 05.06.2026 Shvabe Holding launches a youth initiative in the optical industry called "Power of Light"
• 03.06.2026 Smart traffic lights from Shvabe Holding will increase road capacity in Nizhny Tagil.
• 25.05.2026 Shvabe全新人像镜头已上市。
• 19.05.2026 Opportunities for Young Explorers: Shvabe Announces Results of the "Power of Light" Competition
• 18.05.2026 The Shvabe Research Center will discuss key trends in photoelectronics and machine vision systems.
• 15.05.2026 A retraining program for Shvabe engineers in the field of infrared technologies is launched at MISiS.
• 14.05.2026 Over the past three years, Shvabe has supplied medical equipment for obstetrics and gynecology to 17 constituent entities of the Russian Federation.
• 12.05.2026 A Shvabe holding company will support the Street Photography competition.
• 07.05.2026 Over 2,700 schoolchildren and students visited Shvabe's production facilities during Turnstile-Free Week.
• 06.05.2026 Shvabe trains personnel for medical instrumentation within Rostec's educational ecosystem.
• 05.05.2026 Glassmakers and quartz blowers: unique professions of the Shvabe holding
• 04.05.2026 Shvabe supported a professional master class on first aid using automated external defibrillators.
• 28.04.2026 The Shvabe holding company has supplied more than 30 anesthesia and respiratory devices to hospitals and maternity hospitals in the Moscow region.
• 27.04.2026 A photo exhibition about the first human spaceflight opened in Nizhny Novgorod with the participation of Shvabe.
• 24.04.2026 Smart traffic lights from Shvabe Holding will help combat traffic congestion in the Sverdlovsk Region.
• 23.04.2026 Contribution to national health: Shvabe employees donated over 200 liters of blood
• 14.04.2026 Shvabe enterprises have created thousands of products for space exploration.
• 06.04.2026 Rostec's unique laser microscope is helping create cancer treatments at Russia's largest medical center.
• 01.04.2026 Moscow's SAPPHIRE Plant: 95 Years of Leadership in the Optical Industry