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An established world leader in the manufacture of integrated optical solutions

As an established world leader in providing opticalsolutions, the core of Qioptiq’s business lies in manufacturing the highest specification optical components. During its 100-year heritage, the Group is proud to have mastered some of the most advanced optical component manufacturing capabilities in existence. This expertise in component manufacture spans virtuallyevery known optical material, ranging from the latest in infrared and exotic materials through to visiblecomponents, in both glass and polymers. Qioptiq’s capability is virtually unlimited by manufacturingcomplexity or size. The company has developed highlevels of expertise in producing traditionally challenging formats, including aspheric, freeform, diffractive, cylindrical, and toric forms. In addition, Qioptiq hasdeveloped considerable IP in manufacturing micro optics in both glass, and moulded plastic. The drive to reduce package sizes of optomechanicalmodules whilst increasing the functionality and optical performance has led to significant advances in manufacturing techniques. Diamond Turning and Ultra Precision machining is one at the forefront of this revolution, and enables optical designers to create single, highly complex lenses where previously, multi elementswould have been required. Qioptiq offers one of Europe’smost advanced ultra-precision machining facilities, routinely exceeding the most extreme specifications, both in IR through visible and UV materials.A key strategy to Qioptiq’s growth has been thedevelopment of a scalable international manufacturingcapability which is able to offer economical massmanufacture of virtually any complexity of component, including IR and polymer whilst simultaneously maintaining high yields and compliance to the most extreme specifications. Qioptiq’s international optical design teams haveconsistently achieved worldwide recognition for their excellence in technical design solutions, made possibleby a Group-wide strategy to invest in its personnel, ensuring the highest academic standards are maintained.In any optomechanical solution, a balance in applyingboth optical and mechanical innovation is critical. Throughout the Qioptiq Group, the company employssome of the industry’s most experienced mechanicaldesigners from a diversity of backgrounds ranging from robotic systems through to material failure analysis. Increasingly, electronic integration is the critical commonelement to the total optomechanical solution. Qioptiq’selectronic design teams have the knowledge andexperience to realise the most complex solutions.