No matter your role or the industry you work in, finding the essential tools, expertise and support you need to do your job shouldn’t be complicated and time-consuming.
In the world of eye care, Keeler sees the bigger picture. We empower our customers to play their own critical roles in fulfilling more successful outcomes in eye screening, diagnosis and treatment.
Never innovating for innovation’s sake, everything we do is driven by providing what our customers value most. We find solutions inspired by you.
This is what sets Keeler apart: we are focused on you. You’re at the heart of what we do, even if we haven’t met you yet.
Whether you’re an end user of our products, a distributor or purchaser, a student , a potential business partner or future employee – we’re ready to listen. We engage, adapt and deliver with a customer-centric mindset.
Alongside our existing products, we partner with those looking to turn innovative ophthalmic ideas into reality and manufacture own-branded, co-branded and unbranded eye care product solutions.
Need help finding or creating an eye care product or solution? Get in touch with our team of experts.
We combine a profound, specialist expertise and capability with over a century of industry and customer understanding to design and manufacture products of outstanding quality. Our durable, reliable equipment and instruments are reinforced by a fierce commitment to service excellence.
Our strong global presence means we can respond to the specific needs of different markets, and our experience places us at the very centre of the ophthalmology sector. The Keeler name is synonymous with credibility and trust, and we harness this legacy to help shape the future of eye care.
The primary goal of Keeler is to prevent vision loss by making safe, legal, and high-quality medical devices available to our customers and clients.
Our products meet all applicable regulatory requirements, including UK Medical Device Regulation 2002, Medical Device Directive 93/42/EEC, and Medical Device Regulation 2017/745. By affixing the CE and UKCA markings to our products, we certify that they are safe and meet all requirements for environmental, health, and safety.
Our certifications include ISO 13485, ISO 14001, Medical Device Single Audit Programme (MDSAP), UKCA and CE.
The most positive and productive partnerships are those based on trust, a shared purpose, and aligned goals, which is why everything we do is driven by what you need and value the most.
As a Keeler customer, here’s what you can expect:
We’re here to help our customers bring an end to preventable vision loss, and as industry leaders in the ophthalmic market, we deliver the life-changing products and solutions that enable them to make a difference.
Halma is a global group of life-saving technology companies, focused on growing a safer, cleaner, healthier future for everyone, every day.
Our purpose defines the three broad market areas where we operate:
We employ over 7,000 people in more than 20 countries, with major operations in the UK, Mainland Europe, the USA and Asia Pacific. Halma is listed on the London Stock Exchange (LON: HLMA) and is a constituent of the FTSE 100 index.
In January 2022, Halma was named one of Britain’s Most Admired Companies by Management Today.
Keeler has benefited from a broad and interesting history, spanning over 117 years! Discover our legacy and the key elements that made Keeler what it is today:
American-born Charles D Keeler, opened his first practice in Wigmore Street, London, supplying high quality dispensing services and spectacles to the patients of ophthalmologists.
After launching several practices in England and their first wide angle ophthalmoscope, the C Davis Keeler company was established with Charles H Keeler as its Managing Director.
Keeler moved its spectacle prescription factory from London, establishing a scientific laboratory tradition at Sefton Lawn alongside the family headquarters in Windsor.
Post war, Keeler moved ahead with the establishment of Keeler Optical Products Ltd to design, produce and sell ophthalmic instruments worldwide.
Keeler launched its Fison indirect ophthalmoscope
Keeler celebrated its 50th anniversary and launched the Keeler Award for Clinical Studies, assisting ophthalmologists with furthering their clinical experience.
Following Charles Keeler’s OBE for services to the partially sighted in 1969 and his honorary membership of the Contact Lens Society in 1977, Keeler won a British Design Award for its pocket diagnostic set hand instruments.
Dollond & Aitchison Group plc purchased Keeler Holdings Ltd. A year later, Keeler launched the Pulsair non-contact tonometer, a major innovation in glaucoma screening. Keeler went on to incorporate the Hamblin ophthalmic range and opened its Cumbernauld sales and servicing facility.
Keeler’sPulsairtonometer wona British Design Award as well as the Queen’s Award for Technical Achievement.
Two years after Keeler launched the Vantage, a top-of-the-range binocular indirect ophthalmoscope, Keeler was acquired by Halma plc.
During this time, Keeler Ltd repositioned itself in the UK ophthalmic andoptometric market, successfully launching:
• The Tearscope tearfilm analysis device
• The Spectra spectacle mounted binocular indirect ophthalmoscope
• The Pulsair 3000 non-contact tonometer
• The All Pupil II binocular indirect ophthalmoscope
• The Pulsair Easy Eye
• The Professional ophthalmoscope
• Lithium-ion slimline handles and chargers
• The first wireless indirect ophthalmoscopes
• The Cryomatic ophthalmic cryosurgery unit
• The Pulsair intelliPuff non-contact Tonometer
• The LED powered Spectra Plus binocular indirect ophthalmoscope
Keeler launched the world’s first headband LED powered wireless BIO – the Vantage Plus LED and a digital version of its popular Vantage Plus LED indirect ophthalmoscope. Keeler also launched a range of Symphony slit lamps.
Keeler celebrated one hundred years as leaders in the ophthalmic industry.
Keeler continued to innovate with the launch of its Cryo single-use probe, Tonoclear and Konnect software with Dicom capability.
Keeler continued to innovate with the launch of its Cryosingle-use probe, Tonoclear and Konnect software with Dicom capability.
Keeler continued to innovate with the launch of its Cryosingle-use probe, Tonoclear and Konnect software with Dicom capability.
As part of our commitment to helping customers bring an end to preventable vision loss, we combine our expertise to support you far beyond your purchase. As industry leaders in the ophthalmic market, we are recognised for our high standards of planning, design and manufacture, but our people are at the heart of our business. They bring a wealth of knowledge, experience and capability with them, allowing us to offer technical support and training to ensure that your equipment benefits from the best set up and care. We also provide a range of educational resources such as workshops, webinars and blogs to keep students and practitioners updated with the latest advancements in the industry, new technologies, diagnostic methods, and treatment options.
Our sustainability programme focuses on 6 key areas; energy use, waste management and recycling, packaging, transport and supply chain, people and business, and products. We seek to continuously reduce the energy we use through technologies and our behaviours, while our sustainable practices in product design and manufacturing involve minimising waste. As a business, we’re committed to reusing and recycling where possible and we seek to reduce our carbon impact through select materials and reduced power consumption. We also work with our suppliers and customers to reduce waste from the packaging of our products and components.
Please note products can only be sold to licensed medical personnel. If you are not a licensed medical professional your order will not be processed.