What Lida Optical And Electronic Co., Ltd does

Lida Optical And Electronic Co., Ltd (南阳利达光电有限公司) is a China-based manufacturer of precision optical components, publicly listed on the Shenzhen Stock Exchange (stock code 002189) since 2007 and operating as a subsidiary of state-owned COSMO Optics Group under China South Industries Group Corporation. The company's core technology is optical thin-film coating, around which it has built a relatively complete in-house industry chain spanning precision optical components, optical thin-film products, optical lenses, optical engines, digital projection products, optical accessories, photoresistors, and optoelectronic instruments. Two in-house-developed technologies — a micro-nano optical AR diffractive waveguide and a vacuum plasma spray silicon-based target material — have been formally certified through the parent group's science-and-technology achievement appraisal.

The company sells its components under a "big customer strategy" through a dedicated market department and regional sales managers covering Japan, Korea, Europe, the Americas, and all major regions of China, with products exported to Japan, the USA, Germany, South Korea, Hong Kong, and Taiwan (over 65% of photoresistor products are exported). Revenue is generated almost entirely through direct B2B hardware sales; no public pricing is disclosed. The customer base spans digital cameras, projectors, and DVD systems (consumer imaging), TFT-LCD, photovoltaic, optical communication, and semiconductor manufacturing (coating target materials), as well as smart-home and security surveillance optics. More recently the company has expanded into automotive optics, including AR-HUD system modules and LiDAR covers developed with strategic partners such as Minth Group, alongside awards as Strategic Supplier from AVIC Optoelectronics Institute and Best Innovation Supplier from Sichuan Changhong in 2023.

Operationally the company runs two Nanyang (Henan) sites — an industrial road headquarters and a High-Tech Zone complex including a third-phase factory under construction since 2022 — and holds AEO Advanced customs certification (granted February 2022), ISO 9001, ISO 14001, and OHSAS 18001 certifications. As of the input data, the company reports only 113 employees, suggesting heavy reliance on outsourced or contract manufacturing capacity. Leadership transitioned in 2023-2024, with Zhang Dongyang as Executive Director and Zhang Hao appointed General Manager effective 2024, succeeding Fu Yong. The company is operating and has posted continuous production growth for ten consecutive years through 2019, with counter-trend revenue and profit growth in 2022.

Name

Lida Optical And Electronic Co., Ltd

Legal name

南阳利达光电有限公司

Website

https://lida-oe.com

Company type

Public

Founded year

2007

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

Lida Optical And Electronic Co., Ltd is a Shenzhen-listed Chinese manufacturer of precision optical components, optical thin-film products, lenses, prisms, photoresistors, UV detectors, and projection engines, exporting primarily to Japan, the USA, Germany, and Korea and increasingly supplying automotive AR-HUD and LiDAR optics.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Optical Components Manufacturing

NAICS

Search, Detection, Navigation, Guidance, Aeronautical, and Nautical System and Instrument Manufacturing (334511), Audio and Video Equipment Manufacturing (334310)

SIC

Optical Instruments & Lenses (3827), Semiconductors & Related Devices (3674)

akta.pro primary industry

Machine Vision & Optical Sensing (Cameras, 3D vision, LiDAR, illumination) (IMAGAFAB)

akta.pro secondary industry

Optoelectronic Components (LEDs, photodiodes, optocouplers, optical sensors) (IMAGAJAF)

Keywords

• Precision optical components
• Optical thin-film coating
• Optical lenses manufacturing
• Photoelectric new materials
• Photoresistor sensors

Headquarters

HQ city

Nanyang

HQ country

China

HQ region

Asia

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Optical Components Manufacturing and Sales: Design, development, production and sales of precision optical components, optical thin-film products, optical lenses, optical engines, digital projection products, optical accessories, photoresistors, and optoelectronic instruments. Products exported to Japan, USA, Germany, South Korea, Hong Kong, Taiwan and other countries and regions.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

Lida Optical And Electronic Co., Ltd designs, manufactures and sells precision optical components, optical thin-film products, optical lenses, optical engines, digital projection products, optical accessories, photoresistors, and optoelectronic instruments. Its product applications span digital cameras, digital projectors, HD projection TVs, DVDs, automotive AR-HUD and LiDAR systems, security and surveillance imaging, and TFT-LCD/photovoltaic/semiconductor coating processes. The company operates an integrated optical thin-film technology industry chain from R&D and design to large-scale production, exporting the majority of output to Japan, USA, Germany, South Korea, Hong Kong, Taiwan and other international markets.

Product overview

Lida Optical And Electronic Co., Ltd is a manufacturer of precision optical components featuring multiple interconnected product lines: (1) Core optical elements including precision optical components, optical thin films, and optical engines forming the foundation; (2) Lens and prism product lines including lens elements, prism series, OLPF filters, and special components; (3) Optical lens applications covering surveillance, vehicle-mounted, special imaging, projection, and reversing cameras; (4) Photoelectric new materials including sputtering targets, evaporation materials for TFT-LCD, optical communication, and semiconductor industries; (5) Photoresistor and photosensor products including various UV detectors (GaN, SiC, AlGaN series); (6) Projection products including digital projectors and optical engines. Products serve digital cameras, digital projectors, HD projection TVs, DVDs, and other high-precision optical systems, exported to Japan, USA, Germany, Korea, Hong Kong, and Taiwan.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Optical Lens Series (透镜系列) Comprehensive optical lens portfolio manufactured with advanced coating and grinding technologies, supplying surveillance, smart home, vehicle-mounted, projection and reversing camera applications for industrial customers.
• Prism Series (棱镜系列) Optical prism products including TIR cemented prisms, PBS prisms, PSC prisms, color-combining prisms and DVD prisms used in projection and display systems for industrial customers.
• OLPF Products (OLPF产品) Optical low-pass filters used in image processing applications for digital cameras and imaging systems.
• Special Components (特种元件) Specialized optical components manufactured for specific industrial and commercial customer applications.
• Optical Lenses (光学镜头) Assembled optical lens products including lenses for security monitoring, smart home, intelligent transportation and special imaging applications.
• Photoelectric New Materials (光电新材料) Vacuum coating targets, sputtering targets, evaporation materials and optical grinding materials including large-size targets, optical communication targets, semiconductor targets and diamond products for TFT-LCD, photovoltaic, optical communication and semiconductor manufacturing customers.
• Photoresistors (光敏电阻) Photoresistor products including A90 series, glass-packaged, epoxy-resin encapsulated, metal-housed, optocouplers, photoelectric assemblies, environmental-friendly types, SMD types, photosensors and UV detectors (AlGaN, GaN, SiC series) sold globally for sensing applications.
• Projection Series (投影系列) Digital projectors and projection optical engines including T725ST, T60X, LD300 and LD200 models using DLP technology for education, entertainment and rear-projection applications.
• Automotive AR-HUD System Module In-house developed automotive augmented reality head-up display system module for smart vehicle cockpit applications.
• Micro-nano Optical AR Diffractive Optical Waveguide Self-developed micro-nano optical AR diffractive optical waveguide component for AR display and waveguide applications, certified by China South Industries Group Corporation.
• Vacuum Plasma Spray Silicon-Based Target Material Self-developed vacuum plasma spray silicon-based target material for thin-film deposition processes, certified by China South Industries Group Corporation.
• Precision Optical Components (精密光学零件) Core precision optical components including optical lenses, prisms and coated products for high-precision optical systems in digital cameras, projectors, HDTVs and DVD equipment.
• Optical Thin Film Products (光学薄膜产品) Optical coating products including AR coatings, reflection coatings, band-pass filters, cutoff filters, polarizers and anti-reflective films for downstream optical and electronic manufacturers.
• Optical Engines (光学引擎) Projection optical engines for DLP projectors, LED portable projectors, LCOS projectors and 3-DLP systems supplied to projection equipment manufacturers.

Quantifiable outcome

• 20 patents applied for in 2023 including micro-nano optical AR diffractive optical waveguides and vacuum plasma spray silicon-based targets
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers3 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature6 records

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• 敏实集团 (Minth Group)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 30 June 2022Cooperation on LiDAR cover project. Minth Group awarded Lida 'Best Partner' recognition on June 30, 2022, for two years of R&D investment, technical breakthroughs, and project coordination. The project has achieved key performance verification with broad market opportunity. Both parties expressed willingness to strengthen cooperation in the automotive field.
• 中光学集团股份有限公司 (COSMO Optics Group Co., Ltd.)minorOthersRelated company within the same group. Listed as a friendly link partner on Lida's website.
• 河南镀邦光电股份有限公司 (Henan Dubang Optoelectronics Co., Ltd.)minorOthersRelated company. Listed as a friendly link partner on Lida's website. Lida's new materials division cooperates with Dubang for coating target material validation.

Scale indicators8 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Largan Precision: Taiwan-listed global leader in precision plastic optical lenses for smartphones and increasingly automotive. Comparable in lens manufacturing discipline and large-scale coating capacity, though primarily plastic lens vs. Lida's glass/precision optics mix.
• Genius Electronic Optical: Taiwan-listed precision lens maker serving smartphone, AR/VR, and emerging automotive applications. Comparable as a focused precision-optics specialist competing for similar Tier-1 OEM sockets.
• Sunny Optical Technology: Hong Kong-listed Chinese manufacturer of precision optical components, including smartphone, automotive (LiDAR, AR-HUD, in-cabin), and machine-vision lens sets. The closest scaled comparable to Lida, with overlapping end-markets in automotive and IoT optics and a similar focus on thin-film coating technology.
• Coretronic: Taiwan-listed designer and manufacturer of DLP optical engines and projectors. Directly competes with Lida's Projection Series (T725ST, T60X, LD300, LD200) optical engines in education, entertainment, and rear-projection markets.
• Zhejiang Crystal-Optech: China A-share optical thin-film and precision optics specialist serving smartphone cameras, automotive optics, and AR/VR. Direct competitor in optical coatings, prisms, and filter components, with a comparable state-affiliated background and AR optics roadmap.

Broad incumbents

• Hoya Corporation: Japanese optical glass and precision components maker serving semiconductor lithography, photonics, and medical optics. Comparable in optical substrate and precision component manufacturing, though with significantly broader product breadth and global scale.
• Hamamatsu Photonics: Japanese leader in photonic sensors including silicon, InGaAs, and UV-sensitive photodiodes. Directly comparable in the photoresistor and UV detector product line (Lida's GaN/SiC/AlGaN solar-blind UV detectors), though at much larger scale and broader sensor portfolio.
• Jenoptik: German broad-line precision optics and optoelectronic systems provider covering industrial metrology, semiconductor equipment, and automotive sensing. Comparable in optical thin-film expertise and automotive/semiconductor customer exposure, but with much broader portfolio and Western footprint.
• Viavi Solutions: US-headquartered incumbent in optical filters, thin-film coatings, and light-management technologies for 3D sensing, automotive, and consumer electronics. Comparable in thin-film coating depth, especially for sensing applications overlapping Lida's automotive LiDAR and AR-HUD programs.

Others

• Edmund Optics: US-based catalog optics distributor and custom optical component manufacturer serving industrial, research, and biomedical customers. Adjacent as a long-tail optics channel partner and competitor for low-volume precision optical components.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance4 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles5 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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