Founded in 1975, Quantum Instruments is a Bartlett, Illinois manufacturer that entered the photography business in 1978 and has kept production in the United States. Its staff of about 75 serves professional and serious photographers with purpose-built lighting equipment, while the company’s own craftsmen also handle repairs at its manufacturing plant.
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Bristol Instruments, IncFounded in 2005 by three photonics veterans from Burleigh Instruments, Bristol Instruments is a Rochester-area precision-instrument maker with roots in scientific instrumentation dating to the early 1970s. The company develops measurement equipment for researchers and engineers working in photonics, telecommunications, and optical metrology, with customers on all seven continents.VICTOR, NY
Solar Light Company, LLCSince inventing the world’s first solar simulator in 1967, Solar Light Company, LLC has built nearly 150 years of group experience around the science of creating and measuring light. The Glenside-based company serves research professionals worldwide, supporting more than 65,000 customers with laboratory-grade instruments and related technical services.334516GLENSIDE, PA
Excelitas TechnologiesWith more than 140 years of technology expertise, Excelitas Technologies is a global photonics manufacturer headquartered in Pittsburgh and serving customers in demanding technical markets. Its 7,500-plus employees develop sophisticated solutions for applications where dependable performance matters, including medical systems, industrial automation and semiconductor production. Excelitas operates manufacturing facilities across the Americas, Europe and Asia, with quality systems certified to standards such as ISO 9001, AS9100D and ISO 13485.GAITHERSBURG, MD
Nikon Instruments IncBorn in 1917 from the merger of three Japanese optical manufacturers, Nikon has spent more than a century developing ways to harness light. Nikon Instruments Inc. carries that heritage into microscope-based imaging for scientific and clinical users, with the distinctive ability to manufacture its own optical glass. Its Americas operation also maintains a service network that combines local certified providers with factory-trained technicians.MELVILLE, NY