For more than 50 years, Rochester-based Navitar has designed and manufactured optical imaging systems, lenses and integrated camera solutions for demanding industrial, scientific, defense and immersive-media applications. Its consultative engineering model carries projects from feasibility and custom optical design through precision assembly, testing and production, with Pixelink cameras and Special Optics joining Navitar’s modular lens systems under one integrated group. Navitar became part of AMETEK’s Ultra Precision Technologies Division in 2022 while continuing its established imaging and projection business.
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Applied Image, IncFounded in Rochester in 1978 by Bruno Glavich, Applied Image manufactures precision-imaged optical components and calibration standards for optics, photonics, and imaging systems. Its custom work ranges from image-analysis test targets to photomasks, with products used even in NASA camera systems for Mars rover missions. Applied Image operates an ISO 9001:2015-certified facility and an ISO/IEC 17025:2017-accredited calibration laboratory, including the world’s only laboratory accredited for barcode measurement.ROCHESTER, NY
OptiPro Systems, IncFor more than 40 years, OptiPro Systems has been a Rochester-area manufacturing company known for combining machine-tool expertise with hands-on engineering support. Founded in 1982, it grew from serving New York manufacturers into a U.S. builder of specialized equipment for precision optics and advanced ceramics, with an Advanced Process Development lab for difficult applications. The company also collaborates with defense agencies, universities, and national laboratories through SBIR work.ONTARIO, NY
Universe Kogaku (America), IncUniverse Kogaku (America), Inc. designs and manufactures precision optical lenses and lens assemblies for industrial, medical, electronic and high-tech systems. Its Oyster Bay operation combines more than 1,600 lenses in stock with custom design support that runs from concept and prototype through production, including plastic optics and barrels. The company is particularly distinctive for deep-UV imaging lenses optimized around 250 nm and application-specific optics for systems such as machine vision, surveillance and 3D laser scanning.OYSTER BAY, NY
Photon Gear, IncFor two decades, Photon Gear has built high-precision custom optical systems, taking difficult designs from optical engineering through prototype and production lens assembly. Its small, flexible team pairs complex lens design with a specialized clean facility and multi-wavelength testing spanning deep UV to mid-IR. Led by optical experts Gary Blough and John Bowen, the Ontario, New York company is also registered for ITAR-controlled work.ONTARIO, NY