Name

Ross Optical

Legal name

Ross Optical Industries

Website

https://rossoptical.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1991

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Optical Components Manufacturing

NAICS

Ophthalmic Goods Manufacturing (339115), Other Pressed and Blown Glass and Glassware Manufacturing (327212)

SIC

Ophthalmic Goods (3851), Optical Instruments & Lenses (3827), Glass Products, Made Of Purchased Glass (3231)

akta.pro primary industry

Optical Dispensing & Eyewear Devices (Frames, Lenses, Lens Edging/Finishing Equipment) (HLAHAJAD)

akta.pro secondary industries

Optoelectronics & Photonics (LED/Laser/Optical ICs) (HDAHAAAH), Injection Molded Optical & Transparent Parts (Lenses, Light Guides) (IMANAFAL), Optical Dispensing & Eyewear Retail (Glasses/Frames/Lenses) (HLAKAKAL), Eyewear Manufacturing & OEM/ODM (Frames & Sunglasses) (CRAAAKAJ)

Keywords

• Optical components manufacturing
• Custom optics fabrication
• Optical coating services
• Precision optical assemblies
• OEM optics supply

Headquarters

HQ city

El Paso

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Supply Chain, Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Catalog Optical Components Sales: One-time sales of stock optical components (lenses, prisms, mirrors, windows, polarizers, filters, beamsplitters, waveplates, etc.) via online catalog storefront with same-day shipment for in-stock items. Includes a large catalog of hard-to-find and specialty optics.
2. Custom Optics Fabrication & Assembly: Project-based custom optics engineering, fabrication, coating, and assembly for OEM customers. Includes opto-mechanical design, prototyping, and production runs with full documentation for medical devices, defense, automation, semiconductor, and aerospace customers.
3. Optical Coating Services: In-house optical coating services (anti-reflection, V-coating, Rmax, beamsplitters) for 250-2400 nm wavelength range, offered both for Ross Optical's own products and as a service for customers' lenses. Includes large optics coating.
4. Inventory Management Programs: Recurring inventory management services including consignment programs, JIT (just-in-time) delivery, vendor-managed inventory (VMI), and blanket purchase orders that improve customer supply chain performance.
5. Endoscope Testing Equipment: Sales of endoscope testing equipment (including the EndoLume line) for healthcare facilities to verify illumination and image quality of rigid and flexible endoscopes.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels9 records

Core offering

Ross Optical Industries manufactures, coats, and assembles precision optical components and sub-systems for OEM customers. The company runs an online catalog of stock lenses, mirrors, prisms, windows, polarizers, beamsplitters, and waveplates sourced through 21 overseas vendors, and provides custom optics design, fabrication, in-house optical coating (250-2400 nm), white-room assembly, and inventory management programs for medical device, defense, aerospace, automation, and scientific instrument customers.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Standard Optics Catalog Stock optical components including lenses, windows, mirrors, prisms, beamsplitters, waveplates, filters, and polarizers, sourced from 21 overseas manufacturing partners and ready to ship, including hard-to-find and micro optics down to 1.0 mm.
• Custom Optics Custom-designed optics fabricated from under 1 mm to over 150 mm in diameter for OEMs in medical devices, automation, aerospace, and other industries, supported by in-house engineering, coating, and assembly.
• Micro Optics Catalog micro lenses with diameters from sub-millimeter to 6.0 mm, including micro prisms, micro achromats, and micro plano/bi-convex/concave lenses used in medical devices, data center communications, and augmented reality.
• Optical Coatings In-house optical coating services (anti-reflection, V-coating, Rmax, beam splitters) for wavelengths from 250 to 2400 nm delivered in as little as 3 days, applicable to Ross-supplied or customer-supplied lenses.
• Optical Assembly White-room optical assembly service covering fabrication, coatings, quality assurance, and multi-element assembly for complete optical sub-systems.
• Optical Engineering Complete optical and opto-mechanical design and engineering services, from requirements definition and reverse engineering to part elimination and performance improvement.
• Inventory Management Programs Customer optics inventory management, vendor-managed inventory, JIT delivery, and consignment programs to reduce supply chain risk and cash flow burden for OEMs.
• Doublets and Triplets (Achromats, Aplanats, Steinheil Triplets) Catalog of achromatic doublets, precision aplanats, negative achromats, laser achromats, and Steinheil triplets that cancel chromatic and spherical aberrations.
• Aspherical Lenses Aspheric lenses (ground and precision-molded) used to reduce the size, weight, cost, and spherical aberration of optical systems in mobile cameras, medical devices, illumination, and laser applications.
• Simple Lenses Standard plano-convex, bi-convex, plano-concave, bi-concave, fused silica, and ball lenses in a wide range of diameters and focal lengths.
• Cylindrical Lenses Positive cylinder, negative cylinder, and rod lenses for line-focusing applications such as laser line generators, spectroscopy, and bar-code scanning.
• Optical Windows Optical windows in BK7 precision and standard grades, fused silica, sapphire, and infrared substrates for visible through IR wavelength systems.
• Optical Mirrors Round, square, and elliptical mirrors in stock for beam steering, folding, and imaging applications.
• Prisms Stock right-angle, equilateral, dove, amici, wedge, penta prisms, and corner-cube retroreflectors for beam deviation, dispersion, and image erection.
• Beamsplitters Plate and cube beamsplitters for splitting or combining optical beams in instrumentation and laser systems.
• Waveplates Zero-order, true zero-order, and low-order waveplates (and ring holders) for polarization control of laser and broadband light.
• Polarizers Glan-Taylor, Glan-Laser, Glan-Thompson, Wollaston, and Rochon polarizers for polarization control in optical systems.
• Large Optics (100mm+ Diameter) Specialty catalog of standard large lenses 100mm and above in diameter, including achromats, plano convex, and bi-convex lenses, among the largest in-stock selections of large optics available, with diameters extending up to 300mm+.
• EndoLume Endoscope Testing Equipment Endoscope testing equipment for healthcare facilities to verify illumination and image quality of rigid and flexible endoscopes, quantitatively measuring light output of endoscopic light sources, fiberoptic light cables, and optical fibers.
• Ross Optical Calculator App Free native mobile optical calculator application published on the Apple App Store and Google Play Store for engineers performing optical design calculations.

Quantifiable outcome

• 3-day in-house coating turnaround (250-2400nm)
• +9 more outcomes

Named customers5 records

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles6 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature7 records

Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered flagship / parent company, sister company / strategic, core / flagship, major customer / partner (flagship case study) and notable reference customer / scientific project partner.

• Precision Optics Corporation (POCI)flagship / parent companyStrategic or Co-development PartnerRoss Optical is a division of Precision Optics Corporation (POCI). The two entities share branding (Ross Optical | part of the Precision Optics Family), customer service infrastructure, and likely engineering/technical resources. POCI sister companies include Lighthouse Imaging. POCI received a $678,000 product development order for a high-end jet engine borescope from a large aerospace and defense company (Nov 2025).
• Lighthouse Imagingsister company / strategicStrategic or Co-development PartnerLighthouse Imaging is a sister company under Precision Optics Corporation (POCI), focused on endoscope testing equipment (EndoLume). Ross Optical sells and promotes endoscope testing equipment via its catalog and blog (https://www.lighthouseoptics.com/), indicating close product/marketing coordination between the two POCI divisions.
• 21 Overseas Optical Manufacturing Partnerscore / flagshipChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorRoss Optical sources from 21 optical manufacturing partners around the world to deliver hard-to-find optics that Ross does not custom-fabricate at its El Paso facility. This global network enables cost-effective catalog breadth and supply chain resilience for customers.
• Microtracmajor customer / partner (flagship case study)Strategic or Co-development PartnerMulti-year strategic partnership (case study) where Ross Optical provides custom optics, optical coatings (including a dual-laser coating solution), full lens assemblies, illumination systems, and consignment inventory management for Microtrac's particle analysis instruments across two facilities. Includes joint engineering collaboration and shared quality processes.
• Keck Observatory / Caltech (KCWI instrument team)notable reference customer / scientific project partnerTechnology or IntegrationRoss Optical supplied a 6" coated plano-convex field lens for the guider camera on the Keck Cosmic Web Imager (KCWI) at W.M. Keck Observatory in Hawaii, in collaboration with Caltech Instrument Scientist Matt Matuszewski. Project enabled multispectral imaging of distant galaxies (e.g., Messier 3, M51 Whirlpool Galaxy).

Scale indicators8 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights7 records

Direct peers

• OptoSigma (Sigma Koki): Manufacturer and distributor of optical components, lenses, prisms, mirrors, and optomechanical assemblies. Directly comparable catalog + custom optics model targeting industrial, research, and OEM customers in similar niches to Ross.
• Knight Optical: UK-based custom optics and catalog components manufacturer serving medical, life sciences, aerospace, and industrial OEMs. Highly comparable in size, capability set (custom fabrication, coatings, assemblies), and target customer profile.
• Sill Optics: German manufacturer of precision optical components, large optics, and laser-grade lenses. Comparable custom optical fabrication capability with particular strength in large-format optics — directly competing with Ross's 100mm+ lens offerings.
• Edmund Optics: The largest catalog distributor and manufacturer of optical components in North America. Overlaps directly with Ross's stock catalog (lenses, filters, polarizers, mirrors), custom optics services, and broad OEM customer base across medical, industrial, and research end markets.
• Thorlabs: Vertically integrated photonics manufacturer and distributor with an extensive catalog of optical components, optomechanics, and custom fabrication capabilities. Direct overlap with Ross on lenses, prisms, waveplates, polarizers, and OEM custom optical assemblies.

Broad incumbents

• Newport / MKS Instruments: Broad photonics and optics platform offering optical components, motion control, and light sources. Overlaps with Ross on standard optics, optical assemblies, and OEM supply to industrial and research customers, though typically at much larger scale.
• CVI Laser Optics (IDEX): Specialty laser optics manufacturer (part of IDEX) producing high-precision lenses, mirrors, windows, and waveplates for laser and photonics OEMs. Comparable product overlap with Ross in laser-grade optics and IR/specialty substrates.
• Jenoptik: German photonics and optics group with strong positions in semiconductor, medical, and defense optics. Competes with Ross on custom optical assemblies and coating, though at much larger scale and with broader system-level offerings.

Emerging players

• Avantier: Custom optics manufacturer specializing in prototype-to-volume optics, lens assemblies, and coating for medical, life sciences, and industrial customers. Similar niche custom-optics positioning with comparable customer profile.
• Shanghai Optics (SOPTOD): Chinese custom optics manufacturer offering catalog and custom lenses, prisms, mirrors, and coatings for OEM customers globally. Comparable on custom optics and coatings, often positioned as a low-cost alternative that could compete with Ross's overseas-sourced catalog.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/RossOptical
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/ross-optical-industries

Compliance4 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

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