Optimax builds the optics behind the latest breakthrough technologies in aerospace, defense, and consumer electronics. For small volume, high precision optics, Optimax is set up to manufacture, test, and deliver with the speed and performance your programs require. We’ve invested in the technology and research that will enable your next program, but remain the people who are committed to:
Optimax has developed highly engineered processes as well as superior fabrication and coating capabilities for advanced optics for high power that result in:
• Lower Absorption
• High laser damage threshold
• Long lifetime
While confidentiality prevents us from sharing most of the successes we’ve helped to create, here are a few public examples of our work:
Empire State Development (ESD) today announced that optics manufacturer Optimax Systems Inc., located in the Town of Ontario, Wayne County, is again expanding its operations. The company will invest $20 million to attach a 36,000 square-foot addition to its existing facility on Dean Parkway. The expanded operations, with support from ESD, will allow Optimax Systemshttps://www.optimaxsi.com/news/optimax-systems-inc-will-expand-operations-again-in-wayne-county
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Firms are using 3D printing to create unique tools, parts and other objects right here in Rochester, allowing for new approaches to manufacturing that increase efficiency and provide more material and design flexibility than was possible as recently as a decade ago. Hear from Jessica DeGroote Nelson, Director of Technology & Strategy at Optimax tohttps://www.optimaxsi.com/news/rochester-firms-embrace-3d-printing-for-multiple-purposes
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Optimax President Joe Spilman recently interviewed with Greater Rochester Enterprise to discuss the future of Optimax, why Rochester is an optimal location for the optics industry, and how Optimax “carries the Rochester optics flag around the world and beyond” (RochesterFirst.com). Joe stated in the interview, “This is an exciting time at Optimax…Earlier this year wehttps://www.optimaxsi.com/news/optimax-president-joe-spilman-featured-in-why-roc-with-greater-rochester-enterprise
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Join us in congratulating Joseph Spilman on being appointed president of Optimax. He is the second president of Optimax in its 30-year history and brings more than 20 years of experience in the optics and photonics industry, including 10 years at Optimax, most recently as the organization’s Director of Sales & Marketing. “It is trulyhttps://www.optimaxsi.com/news/optimax-appoints-new-president-joseph-spilman
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We’re pleased to announce that Alejandro Mendoza, Human Resources Director at Optimax, has been appointed by National Skills Coalition and Business Leaders United for Workforce Partnerships to serve on a national Industry Recovery Panel that will advise the Biden administration and Congress on federal recovery policies in the coming months. Different industries have experienced the pandemic in different ways, we need industry specific solutions to build an inclusive recovery.
Read moreOptimax achieves operational excellence by investing in cutting-edge technology, advancing its people, and sharing 25% of monthly profits with employees, but don't take just our word
Optimax capabilities incorporate a wide range of manufacturing technologies from which we can choose the best process for your requirements. Fabrication capabilities range from conventional machinery to highly deterministic CNC machining, including:
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Optimax has developed a robust freeform optical fabrication CNC process that includes generation, high speed VIBE polishing, sub-aperture figure correction, surface smoothing and testing of freeform surfaces
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Optimax achieves operational excellence by investing in cutting-edge technology, advancing its people, and sharing 25% of monthly profits with employees, but don't take just our word
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