Thorlabs
Thorlabs develops and manufactures photonics technologies for scientific research and industrial applications.
Thorlabs, founded in 1989, is a developer and manufacturer of photonics technologies dedicated to accelerating scientific research and product development. The company employs more than 3,000 people worldwide and operates in technical domains such as photonics, optics, imaging systems, motion control, fiber optics, light sources, and light analysis.
Thorlabs offers a product portfolio of over 20,000 items, including imaging systems, optomechanics, motion control equipment, optics, fiber optics, light sources, and light analysis instruments. Its vertically integrated manufacturing approach supports its operational scale across nine countries, including the United States, Brazil, Canada, China, France, Germany, Japan, Sweden, and the United Kingdom.
The company serves industry verticals in research, manufacturing, and biomedical sectors. Thorlabs began in a spare bedroom in Freehold, New Jersey, and is named after the founder's black Labrador retriever, Thor.