What Photonics Solutions Group does

Photonics Solutions Group LLC is a privately held American precision optics manufacturer, founded in 2013 and operated from Rio Rancho, New Mexico with a 1-10 employee headcount under founder leadership (Edward/Lou Primaveri). The company designs and fabricates custom and standard optical components across the deep-UV through long-wave-IR spectrum, including optical flats, lenses, mirrors, prisms, polarizers/beamsplitters, waveplates, optical filters, windows, and eyepieces/reticles. Its manufacturing capabilities span prototype through mass-production volumes, with precision specifications up to Lambda/10 flatness and 10-5 scratch-dig on components as large as 609 mm in diameter, supported by proprietary thin-film coating services (single-layer MgF2 AR, laser-line V-coats, broadband multi-layer, hot/cold mirrors, and short/long wave-pass filters) and N.I.S.T.-traceable calibration via a 12-inch interferometer.

The company sells exclusively through direct quote-based channels (phone, email, website) to a global customer base spanning defense and homeland security, aerospace (including space programs), medical and bioscience, industrial laser/material processing, microelectronics, cinema, research, and commercial sensing. Named customer references include Eotech (helmet-mounted and night-vision optics) and an unspecified space programs customer. PSG also offers coating and fabrication services on customer-supplied substrates, positioning itself as a flexible specialty supplier rather than a high-volume catalog vendor.

Revenue is generated one-time per order on a quote basis, with pricing not publicly disclosed except for a downloadable Optical Flats price list. The company has no external institutional funding, no subsidiaries, no disclosed M&A activity, and no public certifications, indicating a lean, founder-operated specialty manufacturing business with broad vertical reach but limited visible scale.

Name

Photonics Solutions Group

Legal name

Photonics Solutions Group LLC

Website

https://photonicsllc.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2013

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Photonics Solutions Group is a privately held American precision optics manufacturer in Rio Rancho, New Mexico, producing custom and standard lenses, mirrors, prisms, waveplates, filters, and coatings for defense, aerospace, medical, industrial laser, and microelectronics customers worldwide via direct quote-based sales.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Precision Optics 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

• Precision optics manufacturing
• Optical components fabrication
• Thin-film coating services
• Custom optical assemblies
• UV to IR optics

Headquarters

HQ city

Longmont

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Optical Component Sales: Photonics Solutions Group generates revenue through the sale of optical components including lenses, mirrors, windows, prisms, waveplates, polarizers, beamsplitters, optical filters, and optical flats. Products range from standard off-the-shelf optics to high precision complicated optics and optical assemblies. The company also offers coating services on customer-provided substrates.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Photonics Solutions Group manufactures and sells precision optical components covering wavelengths from deep UV to long-wave IR, including optical flats, lenses, mirrors, prisms, waveplates, polarizers, beamsplitters, optical filters, windows, and eyepieces/reticles. The company also offers optical component fabrication services (cutting, edging, shaping, grinding, polishing, prototyping, mass production) and thin-film coating services for both their own products and customer-supplied substrates.

Product overview

Photonics Solutions Group offers a comprehensive portfolio of precision optical components spanning from deep UV to long-wave IR wavelengths. The core product line includes Optical Flats, Lenses, Mirrors, Prisms, Polarizers/Beamsplitters, Waveplates, Optical Filters, Windows, and Eyepieces/Reticles. These products serve high-precision markets including defense and homeland security, microelectronics, life and health sciences, and industrial laser material processing. The company also provides complementary Fabrication and Coating services, enabling customers to order uncoated substrates, coated optics, or coating-only services on their own substrates. Products range from standard off-the-shelf optics to high-precision custom optics and optical assemblies, with size capabilities from 3.0mm to over 609mm diameter.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Optical Flats Precisely polished flat surfaces used with monochromatic light to determine the flatness of other surfaces. Available from 1.0 inch to 16.0 inch diameter, polished single or double-sided to Lambda/4, Lambda/8, Lambda/10, and Lambda/20 flatness, produced from high-quality Fused Quartz with N.I.S.T. traceable calibration.
• Lenses

Named customers2 records

Segments8 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature5 records

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Sydor Optics: Sydor Optics manufactures custom precision flat optics, mirrors, and laser optics with similar flatness and surface quality specifications to PSG. Both firms serve defense, laser, and semiconductor customers with quick-turn custom manufacturing.
• Optics Balzers: Optics Balzers specializes in thin-film optical coatings and precision optical components for laser, life sciences, and aerospace markets. PSG competes in both coated optics and optical component fabrication, particularly in laser line coatings and high-damage-threshold products.
• Thorlabs: Thorlabs is one of the largest independent suppliers of photonics components including lenses, mirrors, prisms, waveplates, and optical filters across UV to IR wavelengths. PSG competes directly in the same precision optics catalog space but at a much smaller scale and with a more custom/quote-driven motion.
• Precision Optical: Precision Optical is a custom optics manufacturer producing lenses, mirrors, prisms, and assemblies with similar quote-based custom manufacturing model to PSG. Both target industrial laser, defense, and scientific instrument customers.
• Edmund Optics: Edmund Optics is the leading independent global optics manufacturer and distributor with a catalog spanning precision lenses, mirrors, filters, and optical assemblies. PSG offers overlapping standard and custom optics products targeting the same industrial, research, and defense buyers.
• Rocky Mountain Instrument (RMI): Rocky Mountain Instrument manufactures precision laser optics including mirrors, windows, and coatings for defense, medical, and industrial laser applications. PSG competes in the same high-damage-threshold laser optics niche.
• Knight Optical: Knight Optical supplies custom and stock precision optical components including lenses, mirrors, prisms, and filters for industrial, scientific, and defense applications. PSG and Knight Optical overlap heavily in custom precision optics for laser and imaging systems.

Broad incumbents

• Newport Corporation (MKS Instruments): Newport, part of MKS Instruments, supplies precision optics, motion control, and photonics instruments to industrial and research customers. While Newport carries similar precision optical components, it operates as a much broader photonics platform rather than a focused custom optics fabricator like PSG.
• Jenoptik: Jenoptik is a German photonics company with significant precision optics manufacturing serving semiconductor equipment, medical technology, and defense markets. While much larger and globally diversified, Jenoptik competes in similar high-end optical component fabrication.
• Materion Corporation: Materion produces optical materials, thin-film coatings, and precision optical components for aerospace, defense, and semiconductor applications. PSG overlaps with Materion's optical coatings and component businesses but at a much smaller scale.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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