Our success story: three centuries, thousands of ideas
From a one-man glass grinding shop to a global company with 160 employees: The history of Sill Optics is also a journey through the rapid growth of precision optics, laser technology, and photonic technology. It is an ever exciting field, and Sill Optics is continuously growing.
2021 - today
- Investment in cleanroom (assembly)
- expansion of capacities in field of large lenses (up to 600 mm in diameter)
- DPE acquires majority stake in Sill Optics
2016 - 2020
- Investment of Pinova
- Anniversary 125 years Sill Optics
2011 - 2015
- Start of a production facility for large precision lenses
- Expansion of optical measurement technology for precision lenses and aspheres
- Capacity expansion for aspheres and very large lenses
2001 - 2010
- Construction of an extension for administration, assembly and quality management
- Acquisition of Optolyth Optik
- Start of an own coating department
- Construction of an extension for mechanics production
1991 - 2000
- Purchase of the location in Wendelstein
- Reprivatisation
- Anniversary 100 years Sill Optics
1980 - 1990
- Takeover by Melles Griot
- Start of a department for optical design
- First production of lenses for laser optics
Before 1980
- Development of lenses for profil projection
- Production of Correctal eyeglasses and industrial illumination lenses
- Foundation of a glass grinding mill by Julius Enrst Sill (1894)
