Vacuum Innovations designs and manufactures precision optical coating components, custom coating systems, and custom precision optical coatings using electron-beam deposition. Its offerings support aerospace and defense, scientific research, government, private-sector, medical, laser, and academic applications.
Optimax Systems, IncOptimax Systems, Inc. manufactures custom high-precision optical components, optical coatings, and optical systems. Its capabilities include conventional and CNC fabrication, freeform polishing, metrology, laser-grade optics, and engineered coating solutions for aerospace, defense, semiconductor, space, medical, and high-power laser applications.ONTARIO, NY
Genvac Aerospace, IncFounded by Gerald T. Mearini in 1994, Genvac Aerospace is a Highland Heights, Ohio, company known for solving demanding optical-coating challenges for defense and aerospace customers. Its work includes custom infrared coatings for optical domes, supported by proprietary deposition methods developed over decades. Genvac is ISO 9001:2015 certified and ITAR registered.HIGHLAND HEIGHTS, OH
Universal Thin Film Lab CorpSince 1997, Universal Thin Film Lab Corp. has manufactured precision optical thin-film coatings for the photonics industry, including custom-coated optics made to customer drawings. Its 7,500-square-foot laboratory uses four dedicated coating chambers and can handle optics from 0.5 to 400 millimeters in diameter. The Newburgh, New York company is veteran-owned and operated, supports defense work under ITAR registration, and has earned the HIRE Vets Gold Award.NEWBURGH, NY
North American Coating LaboratoriesFounded in 1974, Mentor-based North American Coating Laboratories develops and applies thin-film optical coatings for glass and polymer optics, serving applications from ophthalmic lenses to aerospace, medical and automotive systems. NACL is one of the few organizations offering both vacuum- and dip-applied coating solutions under one roof, including custom infrared coatings spanning ultraviolet through long-wave infrared. Its 42,000-square-foot facility supports work ranging from single-piece research runs to production volumes of up to one million pieces, backed by ISO 9001:2015 certification and ITAR registration.MENTOR, OH