Name

Shanghai Optics

Legal name

Shanghai Optics

Website

https://shanghai-optics.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1960

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Custom Optical Manufacturing

NAICS

Glass and Glass Product Manufacturing (32721)

SIC

Optical Instruments & Lenses (3827)

akta.pro primary industry

Optoelectronics & Photonics (LED/Laser/Optical ICs) (HDAHAAAH)

Keywords

• Custom optical manufacturing
• Precision optics components
• Optical engineering services
• Lens design assembly
• Thin-film optical coating

Headquarters

HQ city

Clark

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices8 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Custom Optical Component Manufacturing: Design and manufacture of custom optical components including lenses, prisms, mirrors, windows, filters, and assemblies. Revenue generated through project-based pricing with quotes for custom specifications.
2. Optical System Design and Engineering Services: Consulting services including optical system design, reverse engineering, feasibility studies, and Design for Manufacturing (DFM) input. Services provided throughout prototype to volume production phases.
3. Stock Optical Products: Sale of standard stock optics including windows, lenses, filters, and optical assemblies with published pricing for immediate delivery
4. Rapid Prototyping Services: Expedited manufacturing services for rapid optical prototyping with reduced lead times, typically with additional expedite charges

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Shanghai Optics designs and manufactures custom optical components and assemblies, including lenses, prisms, mirrors, windows, filters, and beamsplitters. The company provides vertically integrated optical manufacturing services from design and prototyping through volume production, plus optical engineering services such as opto-mechanical design, thin-film coating, metrology, and reverse engineering for industries including medical, defense, automotive, and machine vision.

Product overview

Shanghai Optics is a custom optical manufacturing company offering a comprehensive portfolio of optical components and assemblies combined with full-service optical engineering capabilities. The company provides stock optical products including spherical lenses, aspheric lenses, achromatic lenses, cylindrical lenses, optical prisms, mirrors, beamsplitters, optical windows (sapphire, fused silica, CaF2, MgF2, BK7, fused quartz), infrared optics, micro optics, optical filters (bandpass, shortpass, longpass, neutral density, notch), laser optics, freeform optics, Fresnel lenses, polymer optics, and specialized components like TIR lenses, axicon lenses, and Powell lenses. These are complemented by optical lens assemblies including microscope objectives, IR lenses, F-Theta lenses, telecentric lenses, zoom lenses, fisheye lenses, beam expanders, collimating lenses, projection lenses, wide angle lenses, SWIR imaging lenses, and fixed focal length lenses. The company also offers design services including optical design, opto-mechanical design, optical coating, volume production, optical metrology, rapid prototyping, reverse optical engineering, and custom optical solutions. With over 60 years of experience and ISO 9001:2015 and ISO 13485:2016 certifications, Shanghai Optics serves industries including medical and life sciences, automotive, defense, telecommunications, machine vision, and research. The product portfolio is unified through vertical integration, with all design and manufacturing (dicing, grinding, polishing, coating, assembly, and inspection) performed in-house.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Stock Optical Assemblies Pre-built optical lens assemblies including microscope objectives, IR lenses, fixed focal length lenses, F-Theta lenses, beam expanders, telecentric lenses, fisheye lenses, zoom lenses, and endoscopes for OEM and research customers.
• Stock Optical Components Standard optical components including bandpass filters, longpass filters, dichroic filters, shortpass filters, colored glass filters, neutral density filters, IR aspheric lenses, off-axis parabolic mirrors, sapphire windows, germanium windows, aspheric lenses, and optical domes.
• Spherical Lenses Lenses with spherical surfaces including ball lenses, BK7 spherical lenses, calcium fluoride lenses, fused silica spherical lenses, magnesium fluoride spherical lenses, optical domes, plano-concave lenses, plano-convex lenses, precision strip lenses, sapphire lenses, SF11 spherical lenses, and biconvex lenses.
• Aspheric Lenses Lenses with non-spherical surfaces designed to eliminate spherical aberration and improve image quality, manufactured via diamond turning for precision applications.
• Achromatic Lenses Lenses designed to correct chromatic aberration by combining two or more lens elements with different dispersion properties.
• Cylindrical Lenses Lenses with cylindrical curvature that focus light in one dimension, including rod lenses, used for applications such as laser line generation and optical beam shaping.
• Optical Prisms Precision prisms for light deflection, reflection, and image orientation including Amici prisms, corner cube prisms, dove prisms, half penta prisms, micro prisms, polygon-shaped prisms, penta prisms, right-angle prisms, and UV fused silica right-angle prisms.
• Optical Mirrors Reflective optical components including lightweight Zerodur mirrors, broadband dielectric mirrors, cold mirrors, convex spherical mirrors, copper and aluminum mirrors, metallic mirrors, off-axis parabolic mirrors, spherical mirrors, silicon carbide mirrors, and high reflectivity mirrors.
• Beamsplitters Components that split or combine optical beams including broadband polarizing beamsplitters, broadband non-polarizing beamsplitter cubes, dichroic polarizers, laser line non-polarizing plate beamsplitters, laser polarizing beamsplitter cubes, and narrowband beamsplitter cubes.
• Optical Windows Transparent optical plates that protect sensors or separate environments while allowing light transmission, including BK7 windows, CaF2 windows, fused silica windows, MgF2 windows, sapphire windows, metalized sapphire windows, and fused quartz windows.
• Infrared Optics Optical components for infrared applications including germanium lenses, germanium windows, silicon spherical lenses, silicon windows, ZnSe lenses, and ZnSe windows.
• Optical Filters Filters for wavelength selection including bandpass filters, narrow bandpass filters, longpass filters, shortpass filters, dichroic filters, fluorescence filters, laser line filters, neutral density filters, notch filters (OD4/OD6), Raman filters, and optical filter glass.
• Laser Optics Optical components designed for laser systems including laser lenses and Powell lenses for line generation and uniform illumination.
• Freeform Optics Optically surface shapes that are not rotationally symmetric, enabling compact system designs and improved optical performance for specialized applications.
• Microscope Objectives High-precision objective lenses for microscopes, available in achromatic and apochromatic designs, with various magnifications (5x to 100x) for biological and materials research.
• IR Lenses Infrared imaging lenses including LWIR (long-wave), MWIR (mid-wave), NIR (near-infrared), and SWIR (short-wave infrared) lenses for thermal imaging and sensing applications.
• F-Theta Lenses Specialized lenses designed for laser scanning and marking systems where image height is proportional to scan angle, used in laser engraving, cutting, and drilling applications.
• Optical Design Services Professional custom optical design using industry-standard tools including Zemax, CODE V, and ASAP for simulation and modeling of lens systems and optical assemblies.
• Optical Coating Thin-film coating services including anti-reflection coatings, high-reflection coatings, and specialized coatings using FilmStar and TFCalc design software for UV, visible, and IR wavelengths.
• Volume Production Large-scale manufacturing services for optical components and assemblies with capacity to scale from prototype to high-volume production.
• Optical Metrology Precision measurement and testing services using state-of-the-art equipment including Zygo interferometers, TriOptics MTF stations, Shimadzu spectrometers, and coordinate measurement machines for quality control.
• Rapid Optical Prototype Fast-turnaround prototyping services using diamond turning (1-2 weeks delivery), CNC machining, and proto-molding to reduce product development cycles.
• Reverse Optical Engineering Analysis and recreation of existing optical components through disassembly, mapping, optical characteristic measurement, and redesign to replicate or improve optical systems.
• Custom Optical Solutions End-to-end custom optical manufacturing services from design through production, providing complete solutions for unique optical requirements.
• Medical Optics Design Specialized optical design services for medical device applications, including lenses for diagnostic equipment, surgical instruments, and life sciences imaging.
• Opto-Mechanical Design Mechanical design services for optical systems using SolidWorks, Pro/ENGINEER, and COSMOS for thermal analysis, structural analysis, and opto-mechanical integration.
• Medical Device Assembly Assembly services for medical optical devices and instruments, meeting healthcare industry quality standards and regulatory requirements.
• Optical System Integration Integration services combining optical and mechanical components into complete optical systems, including active alignment and assembly.
• Optical Engineering Services Comprehensive engineering consulting for optical system development, including feasibility studies, design optimization, and manufacturing support.

Named customers4 records

Segments7 records

Ideal customer profiles7 records

Technology focussed No

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Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature5 records

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Coherent Corp (formerly II-VI): Coherent is a large diversified photonics and electronics materials company with substantial optical components, laser optics, and IR optics businesses serving industrial, defense, and semiconductor end-markets. A much larger incumbent overlapping Shanghai Optics' defense, laser, and IR optics segments.
• Jenoptik: Jenoptik is a global integrated photonics company offering optical components, laser systems, and metrology solutions across semiconductor, life sciences, and industrial markets. Much larger and broader in scope than Shanghai Optics, but overlaps significantly in optical component manufacturing for the same end-markets.
• Newport / MKS Instruments: Newport (part of MKS Instruments) is a leading photonics supplier of optical components, motion control, and light sources for research and OEM applications. Established global brand and broad portfolio make it a broad incumbent peer to Shanghai Optics' custom optics business.

Direct peers

• Thorlabs: Thorlabs is a vertically integrated US manufacturer of optical components, lenses, mirrors, filters, and optomechanical assemblies serving research, life sciences, and OEM customers globally. Directly comparable to Shanghai Optics in both stock and custom optical manufacturing, with overlapping product lines (lenses, prisms, windows, IR optics).
• Sydor Optics: Sydor Optics manufactures custom precision optical flats, mirrors, and lenses for industrial and research applications, including sapphire and fused silica products. Comparable in specialty glass precision optics and prototype-to-volume manufacturing services.
• CVI Laser Optics: CVI Laser Optics manufactures precision laser optics including lenses, mirrors, beamsplitters, and waveplates with thin-film coating expertise for high-laser-damage-threshold applications. Directly comparable to Shanghai Optics' Laser Optics product line and high laser damage threshold coating capability.
• OptoSigma Corporation: OptoSigma manufactures optical components including lenses, filters, polarizers, and optomechanical assemblies for research, semiconductor, and industrial automation markets. Comparable product breadth and custom optical manufacturing capabilities to Shanghai Optics.
• Edmund Optics: Edmund Optics is a major global supplier of stock and custom optical components including lenses, filters, mirrors, beamsplitters, and assemblies across industrial, life sciences, and semiconductor markets. Identical business model and target customer base to Shanghai Optics, making it the closest head-to-head competitor.
• LightPath Technologies: LightPath Technologies is a US manufacturer of custom optical components including molded glass optics, IR lenses, and assemblies for industrial, defense, and laser applications. Overlaps with Shanghai Optics in precision IR optics, custom lens design, and high-volume optics manufacturing.
• Optimax Systems: Optimax is a US-based custom optics manufacturer specializing in precision lenses, prisms, and aspheric optics for defense, medical, and industrial laser customers. Highly comparable in custom optical manufacturing services, prototype-to-production transitions, and metrology capabilities.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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