Category: Latest News & Events

Precision Optical is pleased to announce that Keith Kitagawa is the recipient of our Founders’ Award for 2013. The Founders’ Award winner is elected annually by a popular vote of Precision Optical employees. The award is meant to give recognition to the employee who has best exemplified Precision Optical’s dedication to collegiality, team work, and excellence over the past year.

Irvine Valley College has been awarded its first National Science Foundation grant, a three-year Advanced Technological Education award of $190,000 to fund the IVC Photonics Initiative.

Precision Optical is proud to sponsor the enrollment of three of our employees in Irvine Valley College’s inaugural course offering for its Optics & Photonics Program.

On February 15, 2013, Precision Optical welcomed Dr. Brian Monacelli, Photonics Instructor at Irvine Valley College, for a visit of our facility. During his visit, he took photographs and gained insight into the optical fabrication, quality assurance, and metrology required to run our company.

Precision Optical is pleased to announce its employees of the month for September and October of 2013. John Hllywa was Precision Optical’s employee of the month for September. Sao Lo and Dou Thao (Yeng) are the employees of the month for October, and comprise one of our elite precision optical polishing teams.

Precision Optical recently contributed to the production of a new SPIE promotional film. SPIE interviewed several Precision Optical employees at our facility in order to capture the optimism, youth, and excitement that can be found in an optical shop work environment.

Precision Optical has appointed Rod Randolph as its new Director of Sales and Business Development. After more than 34 years in the optics and photonics industry, Rod will head the company’s efforts to identify and participate in new and emerging markets.

Precision Optical’s Employee of the Month for the month of July is Thuy Le. Thuy has been with Precision Optical since 2006. Thuy works in our coating department where she expertly prepares our precision optics for thin film coating deposition. Our Employee of the Month for August is Jennifer Sanchez. Jennifer has worked in Precision Optical’s Quality Control Department since 2007, where she administers the processing of all quality-associated documentation, including certificates of compliance, inspections reports, and quality records.

On Friday, May 24, Precision Optical and the ELOEP hosted a visit from McFadden Middle School AVID 7th and 8th grade students. The students received an in-depth presentation about physics, optics & photonics, and optics fabrication.

Nick Lambert, Precision Optical’s V.P. of Engineering, visited Ensign Intermediate School on May 17 to introduce AVID seventh and eight grade students to the fields of electromagnetism, optics, and photonics.