| | Founded in 1946 as Stocker & Yale, Inc., StockerYale introduced diverse lighting applications to the optical and metrology industries. Today, StockerYale is an independent designer and manufacturer of structured light lasers, specialized fiber optic, fluorescent, and LED technologies as well as phase masks, specialty optical fiber, and diffractive optics. Through this diverse product mix, the company serves a wide range of markets including the machine vision, industrial inspection, defense, telecommunication, sensors, and medical markets.
StockerYale is organized into two core operating business groups: illumination and optical components. This corporate strategy has allowed the company to advance its strategic initiatives within the optical component markets while maintaining its leadership position within the specialized illumination markets.
The Company's illumination group is at the forefront of delivering innovative, specialized illumination products to its customers around the world for their critical, high-technology applications. StockerYale is a leading supplier of high-quality fiber optic, fluorescent, light-emitting diodes (LEDs), and Lasiris™ brand structured light laser products for the most discerning industries including machine vision, semiconductor, defense and medical. The Company also designs and manufactures custom and OEM lighting solutions, as well as quartz and glass bulk fiber for precision applications.
Since the onset of the Internet revolution, the proliferation of services such as on-line video, high-resolution graphics, digital television, web services, and high-speed data communications will continue to create an increased need for high-capacity, fiber optic networks that can expand the bandwidth available for communications. As a result, StockerYale has utilized its photonics and manufacturing expertise to develop high-quality, leading-edge optical components, which include specialty optical fibers, phase masks and diffraction gratings. The company's optical components are marketed to some of the world's leading OEMs within the telecommunications industry and well as the sensors, gyroscope, and medical markets.
To remain an innovative leader, and to continue growing its high-technology markets, StockerYale invests a significant portion of its earnings into research and development. The company is committed to growing its photonics based business solutions so that its worldwide customers can successfully compete in today's highly competitive technology markets. | |
