How Rodenstock Uses Embrosa to Empower Local Marketing Across 85 Countries
How do you launch international campaigns that still feel local and support thousands of opticians worldwide? That's where Embrosa comes in.
Rodenstock is one of the world’s leading high-tech manufacturers of ophthalmic lenses. With products sold in 85 countries, the company’s marketing team faces a familiar global challenge: How do you launch international campaigns that still feel local: and support thousands of opticians worldwide?
From Global Campaigns to Local Stories
“Every market is unique,” says Stephanie “Steffi” Blab, Online Communication Manager at Rodenstock.
“The culture in Asia is different from Europe. Customers are in different stages of digital maturity. And not every market has the same product portfolio.”
To manage these differences, Rodenstock relies on Embrosa’s Marketing Control Tower™. The platform allows their team to upload global campaigns once, translate them automatically into dozens of languages, and let each market nuance or adjust the content.
It’s the perfect balance between automation and local nuance. Our markets can edit translations, hide products not yet launched, or adapt posts for local needs while everything still stays on brand.Stephanie Blab
Online Communication Manager
Supporting Thousands of Opticians
Before using Embrosa, local opticians often had to download images from shared drives and figure out captions themselves. Now, they simply open the social media brand portal on their desktop or log into the Embrosa App, choose the content they want, and publish directly to their social media channels.
“For opticians, it’s so much easier,” Steffi explains.
“They don’t have to download and re-upload files. Everything is right there: prepared, ready to be shared, and on brand.”
The platform doesn’t just save time for opticians; it also reduces workload for Rodenstock’s marketing team:
Without Embrosa, it would be impossible to support all markets manually. We’d spend countless hours on one-by-one uploading and file sharing. Embrosa makes us more efficient, faster, and closer to our partner opticians..Stephanie Blab
Online Communication Manager
A Partnership Built on Trust and Speed
Beyond technology, Steffi emphasizes the human side of the collaboration:
I’m really happy to work with you and your team. You’re always quick, forward-thinking, and supportive — not only to us, but also to our customers. I get great feedback from all markets.Stephanie Blab
Online Communication Manager @Rodenstock
For Rodenstock, Embrosa is more than just a tool. It’s a partner that helps them bridge the gap between global and local marketing: making every campaign truly come to life.
Rodenstock is a prominent medical device company and a global leader in ophthalmic lenses. The company's headquarters are located in Munich, Germany. It is represented by sales offices and distribution partners in over 85 countries worldwide. Rodenstock Belgium serves as the local office for the Belgian and Luxembourg market.
More about the marketer
Nathalie van den Bergh is Marketing Manager at Rodenstock Belgium. Stephanie "Steffi" Blab is the Online Communication Manager working at Rodenstock Headquarters in Munich.
More about the Customer Case
Read the story about the partnership for local advertising campaigns between Rodenstock Belgium and Embrosa here. Watch the interview with Stephanie Blab to learn how Rodenstock HQ uses Embrosa's Marketing Control Tower™️ for automatic translation and distribution of marketing content in 85 global markets.
More about the Brand
Rodenstock understands that each person and each eye is unique. They do not settle for standard eye tests, but always go a step further by offering a higher level of biometric precision lenses. They do so using an exact biometric model of each eye measured by a DNEye® Scanner. Rodenstock is constantly striving to pioneer to craft even more precise lenses.
More about the Campaign
Embrosa is constantly running campaigns for Rodenstock Belgium. From single campaigns during local events to bigger campaigns in spring and fall.
Customer Since
Rodestock Belgium is a customer since 2017. Rodenstock Headquarters is a customer since 2019.