United Lens Company, Inc.

Are you worried about tariffs, customs delays, and high freight costs? United Lens Company is and always has been proud to be an American manufacturing company. We are appreciative of our roots, stemming back to 1916 when we first broke ground on American soil. Our business model has always encompassed the American values of hard work, integrity, and service. Our large raw material inventory, full range of capabilities, and vertical integration under one roof keeps our pricing competitive. We are often able to meet or exceed pricing expectations when our customers want to bring their optics back to the USA. Consider re-shoring your optics with us today.

Are you worried about tariffs, customs delays, and high freight costs? United Lens Company is and always has been proud to be an American manufacturing company. We are appreciative of our roots, stemming back to 1916 when we first broke ground on American soil. Our business model has always encompassed the American values of hard work, integrity, and service. Our large raw material inventory, full range of capabilities, and vertical integration under one roof keeps our pricing competitive. We are often able to meet or exceed pricing expectations when our customers want to bring their optics back to the USA. Consider re-shoring your optics with us today.

Did you know that ULC has MRF capabilities? We are performing uniform removals and wavefront corrections on a variety of materials. Check out our MRF eBook and send your request in today! Advantages of Magneto-Rheological Finishing (MRF) | United Lens Company https://hubs.ly/Q02WZd_l0

Our team had an incredible time this week at the 2024 APOMA Technical Workshop, and even had the amazing opportunity to tour LIGO! Thanks to all who made this event possible!

Did you know that ULC has its own full capacity machine shop? We have been supporting our internal tooling and fixturing needs for 108 years. Do you have a need for metal components or assemblies? Give us a call today.

Polaris Dawn launch from SpaceX, captured early this morning over the utility building at United Lens.

United Lens Company has been building custom optics for over a century with customers from medical to aerospace, and in the past ten years has seen a marked increase in the desire for material testing and traceability.?Initially, internal efforts to dispose of?raw materials, long un-used and untraceable, were met with some skepticism from our financial leadership; but, as Joe Buccino, spokesperson for a Boeing supplier was?quoted in a recent Reuters article saying “Documentation compliance is critical in the aviation industry”, and we at ULC believe it is critical in?all?of the precision manufacturing world.? In the article Lambert and Shepardson state “Boeing asks suppliers for decade-long titanium paper trail as check for forgeries widens” – this is not an unfamiliar scenario for us at ULC. As consumers we want to believe that the manufacturers have done their due diligence with integrity, from purchasing through final inspection.? Lambert and Shepardson write “reports of forged documentation initially raised concerns about the structural integrity of some aircraft”.?Unfortunately, counterfeit material and paperwork is also something we’ve become quite familiar with.?In the best cases, we’ve been able to help our customers with the material testing they required to set their supply chains to right.?At the worst, we’ve lost customers by refusing to supply or edit erroneous records. We do our best to educate our customer base material substitutions when they’re possible, and especially for questioning suppliers whose prices seem “too good to be true”.?Let’s face it, custom optics are expensive and material requirements are not always well defined.?Here, we do our best to quote what we are being asked for and offer cheaper alternatives if they exist, but we will never intentionally certify a material as something it isn’t.?In the event our customers are able to command better material prices, we’re happy to have them send that material to us for manufacture, too—fully traced from receiving to shipment.

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Are you struggling with surface figure on a tough project? Did you know ULC has MRF capabilities? Let us help you finish the job! https://hubs.ly/Q02G-w9V0

Congratulations and many thanks to Bob for his years of dedication and service!