1. Executive Forum

    Boosting position as laser optics maker, Edmund Optics buys Quality Thin Films

    Nov. 11, 2020
    Quality Thin Films offers optical components with high laser damage and laser crystal coatings from the UV to the far-infrared.
    (Credit: Edmund Optics)
    Edmund Optics announces the acquisition of Quality Thin Films, which is located outside of Tampa, FL.
    Edmund Optics announces the acquisition of Quality Thin Films, which is located outside of Tampa, FL.

    Optical and imaging components maker Edmund Optics (Barrington, NJ) has acquired Quality Thin Films (QTF; Oldsmar, FL), which offers several optical components with high laser damage and laser crystal coatings from the UV to the far-infrared.

    The acquisition, with its 14,000-sq-ft. facility and laser optics experts, supports Edmund Optics to further expand its laser optics manufacturing capabilities across crystal and glass fabrication, polishing, metrology, high laser damage and diamond-like carbon coatings, inspection, and testing.

    As part of this acquisition, Karl George Sr., President and CEO of QTF, will retire and his son, Karl George Jr., will continue to oversee the facility and its 30 employees. 

    For more information, please visit edmundoptics.com and qtf.com.

    Source: Edmund Optics press release via PR Newswire – November 10, 2020

    Continue Reading

    Sponsored Recommendations

    Advancing Neuroscience Using High-Precision 3D Printing

    March 7, 2025
    Learn how Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Used High-Precision 3D Printing to Advance Neuroscience Research using 3D Printed Optical Drives.

    From Prototyping to Production: How High-Precision 3D Printing is Reinventing Electronics Manufacturing

    March 7, 2025
    Learn how micro 3D printing is enabling miniaturization. As products get smaller the challenge to manufacture small parts increases.

    Sputtered Thin-film Coatings

    Feb. 27, 2025
    Optical thin-film coatings can be deposited by a variety of methods. Learn about 2 traditional methods and a deposition process called sputtering.

    What are Notch Filters?

    Feb. 27, 2025
    Notch filters are ideal for applications that require nearly complete rejection of a laser line while passing as much non-laser light as possible.

    Voice your opinion!

    To join the conversation, and become an exclusive member of Laser Focus World, create an account today!