VALDADA-IOR HISTORY
VALDADA-IOR HISTORY! 85 YEARS OF PERFORMANCE, QUALITY AND INNOVATION
VALDADA-IOR PREMIUM EUROPEAN OPTICS SINCE 1936!
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SUPERIOR QUALITY GERMAN OPTICAL GLASS AND ROMANIAN HIGH PRECISION CRAFTMANSHIP WITH OVER 100 YEARS TRADITION, ARE JOINED UNDER ONE ROOF, AT IOR-BUCURESTI. THE ROMANIAN TRADITION IN MANUFACTURING HIGH QUALITY OPTICS STARTED IN THE LATE 1800'S. DURING THE 60.s, 70’s and 80’s, AS THE "SISTER"AND PARTNER COMPANY TO THE ORIGINAL CARL ZEISS-JENA FROM GERMANY, IOR-BUCURESTI DEVELOPED SOME OF THE MOST ADVANCED TECHNOLOGIES IN THE OPTICAL FIELD.
IN 1936, MALAXA - CARP, OPTIQUE DE LE VOLLOIS AND BERNARD-TURNNE, 3 OF THE MOST DYNAMIC EUROPEAN COMPANIES AT THE TIME, JOINED FORCES AND FORMED IOR - BUCURESTI, THE LEADING MILITARY OPTICS MANUFACTURER IN CENTRAL EUROPE.
1937 - 1945: DURING THE DARK DAYS OF WAR AND GERMAN OCCUPATION, MOST OF THE PRODUCTION AT IOR WAS STRUCTURED ON MANUFACTURING HIGH PRECISION MILITARY FIELD OPTICS (BINOCULARS, SNIPER SCOPES, ALTIMETERS AND COMPASSES) AND AIMING APPARATUS FOR FIGHTER PLANES, SUBMARINE PERISCOPES, GIANT NAVAL ANTI-AIRCRAFT BINOCULARS, ARTILLERY TRENCH RANGEFINDERS, ETC.
1967: IOR STARTS EXPANDING ITS COLLABORATION WITH GIANT GERMAN MANUFACTURERS CARL ZEISS-JENA, PENTACON, AND SCHNEIDER.
1975: IOR IS COMPLETELY REFURBISHED WITH THE LATEST TECHNOLOGY. A SECOND PLANT IS OPENED (IOR II) AND IOR BUCURESTI STARTS A NEW LEVEL OF COLLABORATION WITH GERMAN COMPANIES: CARL ZEISS-JENA, LEITZ AND LEICA PRODUCING A WIDE VARIETY OF OPTICAL SYSTEMS AND ASSEMBLIES, AT THE HIGHEST QUALITY STANDARDS IN THE WORLD.
1978: IOR IS ONE OF THE LARGEST SUPPLIERS OF MILITARY OPTICS.
1989: IOR ENTERS NEW FIELDS OF OPTO - ELECTRONICS, THERMOVISION (INFRARED TECHNIQUES) ETC.
1992: IOR and VALDADA JOIN EFFORTS AND INTRODUCE THE SPORTING PRODUCT LINE TO THE US MARKET.
1995: IOR - VALDADA INTRODUCES THE MP-8 RETICULE, THE FIRST EVER TO INCORPORATE TICK MARKS IN ½ MIL MARKS AND ELIMINATING THE THICK BAR AT THE BOTTOM OF THE RETICULE, TO MAKE THE MILRADIAN RETICULE SYSTEM MORE EFFICIENT AND EASIER TO USE SINCE LINES DO NOT OBSCURE THE TARGET LIKE DOTS.
1996: IOR-VALDADA INTRODUCE THE FIRST EVER 35mm TUBE RIFLESCOPE, 6x30 35mm SUPER M2.
2003: IOR-VALDADA INTRODUCES THE FIRST EVER 6x ZOOM MULTIPLIER IN A 35mm TUBE TACTICAL SCOPE SYSTEM: 1.5-8X26, 2-12X32 AND 3-18X42 SCOPES. THE TECHNOLOGY IS REGARDED AS AN UNPRECEDENTED ENGINEERING MARVEL WITHIN THE OPTICS INDUSTRY.
2004: IOR-VALDADA INTRODUCES THE FIRST EVER 40mm TUBE RIFLESCOPE: 4-14x50 40mm ULTRA, WITH 125 MOA OF ELEVATION ADJUSTMENT.
2007: IOR-VALDADA INTRODUCES THE FIRST 7x ZOOM SCOPE 4-28x56 40mm MX-7 AND ALSO THE FIRST 6x ZOOM FFP TACTICAL SCOPE: 3-18x50 35mm TACTICAL FFP Mil/Mil with our MP-8 MODIFIED RETICLE AND LARGE TURRETS THAT OFFERED 100 CLICKS PER REVOLUTION (10 MILS TOTAL PER COMPLETE TURN).
2010: THE FIRST EVER 10x ZOOM SCOPE IS INTRODUCED: 1-10x26 35mm WITH 2 RETICLES.
THE 1-10x26 35mm WAS A GROUNDBRAKING EVENT IN RIFLESCOPE OPTIC DESIGN, ESPECIALLY AFTER NO LESS THAN 3 VERSION WERE INTRODUCED: MODEL WITH 2 RETICLES AND 2 DIGITAL ILLUMINATION SYSTEMS AND 2 COLORS: RED ON THE SFP CENTER DOT, AND GREEN ON THE LONG RANGE FFP RETICLE, MODEL WITH ONE RETICLE IN SFP AND MODEL WITH ONE RETICLE IN FFP, ALL Mil/Mil.
2010: TERMINATOR SUPER SCOPE IS INTRODUCED AS WELL, THE FIRST IN OUR NEW 40mm TUBE SCOPE SERIES. TERMINATOR WAS FOLLOWED IN 2013 BY THE 4-28x50.RECON, IN 2014 BY THE 5.8-40x56 CRUSADER AND IN 2016 BY THE 9-36x56 PATRIOT.
2016: VALDADA START WORKING INDEPENDENTLY ON THE NEW 4.8-30x56 40mm G2
2018: VALDADA 4.8-30x56 G2 ARRIVES AND IS INTRODUCED TO THE US MARKET, BECOMING VERY QUICKLY THE BEST-SELLING SCOPE IN OUR HISTORY, ENJOYED BY SHOOTERS THROUOUGHT THE WORLD, FROM THE USA, TO EUROPE, AUSTRALIA, NEW ZEALAND AND SOUTH AFRICA.
2022 THE SECOND INDEPENDENTLY DEVELOPED SCOPE PROJECT ARRIVES IN THE USA: 4.5-28x50 34mm MINI G2. MUCH SMALLER, LIGHTER AND OVERALL A VERY COMPACT SCOPE, THIS MODEL WAS DEVELOPED WITH THE MODERN SHOOTER IN MIND. THE MODERN SHOOTER IS PRACTICING ON MEDIUM RANGE, LONG AND ULTRA LONG RANGE TARGETS, PARTICIPATES IN VARIOUS TYPES OF COMPETITIONS THROUGHOUT SPRING, SUMMER AND EARLY FALL AND LOVES TO HUNT WITH THE SAME SCOPE THAT HAS THE TACTICAL FEATURES HE LOVES: RANGING RETICLE, PRECISE MECHANICS, GREAT TURRETS HE CAN FEEL AND HEAR EVERY CLICK ON, SUPREME QUALITY OTICAL PERFORMANCE ESPECIALLY IN LOW LIGHT, RUGGEDNESS, TON OF ELEVATION ADJUSTMENT, GREAT EYERELIEF, GREAT FIELD OF VIEW, BEAUTIFUL DESIGN AND FINISH. THAT’S THE MINI G2! BEST PRICED SCOPE ON THE MARKET.
2022: IOR-VALDADA CELEBRATES 85 YEARS OF TRADITION AND 30 YEARS IN THE USA.
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