Rochester Precision Optics

Rochester Precision Optics is a vertically integrated manufacturer of precision optical product solutions, covering design, prototyping, fabrication and assembly of lens components, optical assemblies and electro-optical sub-systems. The company describes itself as the premier manufacturer of precision optics for night vision applications, and it serves defence, industrial and commercial markets. It is headquartered in the Greater Rochester, NY area and operates globally.

Its manufacturing capabilities are unusually broad for the sector and are held in-house: precision glass molded aspheres, injection molded plastic optics, optical diamond turning, CNC optical fabrication, thin film coating, optical assembly and electro-optical systems integration. The company states that it offers the widest range of in-house manufacturing capabilities of any precision optics supplier.

Products range from precision lens components produced by fabrication, molding and diamond turning, through assembled optical systems built in-house from design to prototype, to integrated electro-optical sub-systems. Performance targets emphasise supplier reliability, with a stated aim of ranking first in on-time delivery.

For engineers and technicians, work spans optical design and prototyping through to systems integration, across market-leading defence, industrial and commercial programmes. Rochester Precision Optics reports that it is among the fastest-growing companies in the Rochester area.