Opt-Sciences Corporation, through its subsidiary, O and S Research, Inc., deposits anti-glare and/or transparent conductive optical coatings on glass used primarily to cover instrument panels in aircraft cockpits.
The company also provides full glass cutting, grinding, and painting operations, which augment its optical coating capabilities. Majority of its products are designed to enable pilots to read aircraft instruments in direct sunlight or at night or in covert situations using appropriate...
Opt-Sciences Corporation, through its subsidiary, O and S Research, Inc., deposits anti-glare and/or transparent conductive optical coatings on glass used primarily to cover instrument panels in aircraft cockpits.
The company also provides full glass cutting, grinding, and painting operations, which augment its optical coating capabilities. Majority of its products are designed to enable pilots to read aircraft instruments in direct sunlight or at night or in covert situations using appropriate night vision filters or to protect the instruments from electromagnetic interference. This is a niche business primarily dependent on the needs of new and used aircraft for initially installed parts, spare parts, replacements, and upgrades.
Products
The company’s primary coatings are for aircraft cockpit display applications and consist of its anti-reflection coating used for glare reduction and its transparent conductive coating used for electromagnetic interference shielding. It applies either or both coatings to different types of glass face plates, which are mounted on the front of liquid crystal displays, cathode ray tubes, light emitting diode displays, and electromechanical displays.
Ancillary Products and Services
In addition to coated glass, the company offers a range of other specialty instrument glass, including night vision filter glass, circular polarizers, touchpads, and glass sandwiches for liquid crystal displays, as well as other custom designed specialty glass components and assemblies.
The company is a vendor for major aircraft programs. It continues to be a major supplier for the antiglare face plates covering the flat panel displays on the Boeing 777 and the 737 Next Generation models of commercial aircraft and the long range Gulfstream and Dassault Falcon business jets. The company is also a vendor for instrument glass used on various military aircraft platforms, including the C5 Galaxy and the C130. The company also manufactures wedge glass lenses for electro-mechanical displays. These lenses are manufactured from large glass sheets.
Marketing and Sales
The company maintains sales Websites at osresearch.com and optsciences.com.
Suppliers
The company’s major suppliers are Europtec, Corning, and Schott Glass.
Strategy
The company continues to re-evaluate and adjust its growth strategy pertaining to sales and marketing, taking into account its production facilities and its staffing methods to improve the value of its financial and human resources.
Competition
The company’s major competitors include JDSU, Dontech, Schott Glass, Quantum, TFD, and Hoya Optics.
History
Opt-Sciences Corporation was founded in 1956.