Company Background / History

Docter Optics looks back to more than 30 years of experience in the manufacture and development of customized optical components, optomechanical and optoelectronic systems and has excellent references in various industries such as automotive, illumination optics, digital projection, biometrics, printing, security/surveillance, machine vision and medical devices.

The modular structure of our five competence centers (Automotive, Optical Systems, Express Glass Services, Precision Components and Polymer Optics) offers – regardless from the material - an exceptional deep value chain. This includes all development services, i.e. optical design, verification, prototyping, testing, qualification, tool and mold construction as well as the corresponding documentation.

Our team of specialists understand the physics of the materials we work with, has know-how in the design of optical components up to complex systems and especially excellent experience in process engineering. The successful, economical and high-quality series production of optics is based on various process technologies that Docter Optics is able to offer and on the knowledge of how the design of the tool must be arranged in order to guarantee the required optical functionality.

An example is the introduction of our patented glass molding process that uses glass gobs for high precision moulded aspheres and free-form lenses with finished optical surfaces on both sides in fully automated operation. This represented a milestone not only in terms of economic large-scale production, but also in terms of lens design, stability and quality.