With the opening of the first machine shop in 1877 in Würzburg , the company was by Josef Rodenstock Rodenstock , son of George and Mary Elizabeth Rodenstock founded Althaus. No one could have guessed at the time that it should be a world-famous founder Josef Rodenstock optical company.

LINOS found a new partner with the Qioptiq Group, an organization existing since 2005 by the world’s leading optics companies with locations in Europe , Asia and the USA. With the integration of LINOS 01, July 2010 Rodenstock Photo Optics has become a trademark of Qioptiq Photonics GmbH & Co. KG.