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Business Profile

Enabling Innovative Optical Solutions


Today Optics Balzers is a globally recognized leader in customized optical thin-film coatings and components for the photonics industry. The company possesses a broad and in-depth knowhow in optical thin-film coating processes, complemented by sophisticated patterning, glass bonding and sealing, and further processing capabilities necessary for producing optical thin-film coated components up to optical subassemblies. Highly experienced and skilled development and engineering teams closely collaborate with customers to develop innovative solutions meeting their specific requirements. The combination of these capabilities and skills places Optics Balzers at the forefront of markets in the photonics industry such as Biophotonics, Lighting & Projection, Sensors & Imaging, Laser, Space & Defence, and Industrial Applications.

With its acquisition of mso jena Mikroschichtoptik GmbH in Jena, Germany, Optics Balzers is expanding its competencies and manufacturing technologies into a unique portfolio, generating added value for customers.

Optics Balzers Jena, formerly mso jena, was founded in 1998 as a spin-off from the Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Optics Jena. The use and further development of state-of-the-art coating technologies, and the close connection to industry and research institutions in the Jena optics cluster were key factors for its successful development. Optics Balzers Jena is focused on the development and manufacturing of high-performance interference filters for various applications.

Optics Balzers' continuous innovation, quality improvements, additions of expertise and production sites in Liechtenstein and the EU, will continue to support customers' novel product development efforts with Optics Balzers as a trusted, reliable, and innovative partner.