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March 5, 2014
Precision Optical is happy to announce that Bill Gagliano was January’s employee of the month! Bill began his career in optics at Melles Griot in 1979, working as a coating and assembly technician. He was hired at Precision Optical in December of 1986 by Al Lambert Sr, the General Manager at that time. Bill is one of our longest-tenured employees.
Read MoreFebruary 1, 2014
Precision Optical recently acquired a NanoCam Sq dynamic surface profiler from 4D Technologies. This lightweight, portable profilometer has dynamic surface acquisition. This means rather than placing optics underneath the instrument, the instrument itself can be moved to, or on top of the optic under test.
Read MoreJanuary 8, 2014
Precision Optical recently supported Irvine Valley College (IVC) in the production of lab videos for labs from OP-TEC’s precision optics technician (POT) course 1: Quality Assurance of Precision Optics. Precision Optical provided much of the hardware (light sources, optics, tools) and lab equipment (granite tables, dark room, lab space) to shoot the videos.
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Precision Optical recently acquired a custom-designed Goniomat M5 XL from Vermont Photonics. This compact, high precision goniometer, manufactured by Moller-Wedel Optical, is ideal for making in-process measurements within our polishing department.
Read MoreJanuary 6, 2014
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.
Read MoreJanuary 2, 2014
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.
Read MoreJanuary 1, 2014
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.
Read MoreDecember 31, 2013
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.
Read MoreDecember 5, 2013
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.
Read MoreNovember 22, 2013
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.
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