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Addoptics: Who Are We?
We are Addoptics, a Rotterdam based optical component manufacturing company specialising in complex optical design production. Our process is a first of its kind, and something we are very proud of. But how did Addoptics start? Our co-founders Joris Biskop and Lucas...
Traditional Manufacturing vs. Digital Manufacturing
Traditional Manufacturing: What is it? The traditional way of manufacturing optics is known as injection moulding. This is a process that uses a special machine which three parts: the injection unit, the mould and the clamp. Molten plastic is injected into an aspheric...
Custom Optics: From Prototyping to Series Production
Addoptics Manufacturing - Then and Now We have always valued our fast lead times, cost-effectiveness, and ability to create complex, custom optics. However, there was something missing. We decided to work towards being able to offer series production to our customers,...
Addoptics bridges the gap between prototyping and series production!
We are happy to announce that we can now scale to series production! We have been continuously improving our production process at our headquarters. Until recently we only focused on lightning-fast prototyping, but we were always looking into ways to expand on our...
Custom optics manufacturing: where to buy freeform and custom optics?
When you are working on innovative products you will encounter the need for custom optics. These might be hard-to-manufacture freeforms or other custom optics. You have a couple of options. You could either modify stock optics, pay a heavy price for a custom mold for...
OEM optics: Custom optics for OEMs
It can be hard to source custom optics for your products. There are many different OEMs, factories, and manufacturing methods. In this article, we will take a closer look at how Addoptics can help you with custom optics for OEMs. OEM optics vs third-party vendors An...