About
ABOUT KREISCHER OPTICS, LTD
Up to the challenge
Up to the challenge
We offer the very best services in our field. We never settle for second best, and always have your satisfaction as our top priority. It’s who we have tried to be since 1948 and we are proud of it.
Strategies & Plans
Strategies & Plans
We customize every one of our plans to fit your unique specifications. Whether a small strategy or a comprehensive effort, we’ll take the time to listen to your needs and prepare a customized plan just for your project. Because we can combine 70+ years of experience and the skills of Master Opticians using traditional conventional methods with a wide variety of state-of-the art CNC machines, we will find the perfect process to produce your optical component or assembly to meet your precise requirements.
Our Story!
In 1933, seventeen-year-old Emil Kreischer
designed and constructed his own telescope, spending a grand total of $6 for various parts. He delighted in grinding the glass lens and developed an interest in optics. This interest drew him to work for Bell and Howell
in the model shop during World War II. He then began Kreischer Optics, Ltd., manufacturing test plates in a one room apartment in Evanston, Illinois in 1948.
Emil's son, Cody Kreischer
began young, mopping floors and cleaning his father's shop in fifth grade, completed his Masters Degree at the University of Arizona's Optical Sciences Center, then worked as a Senior Engineer at Recon Optical
in Barrington, Illinois before taking over as President of Kreischer Optics, Ltd.
in 1986. He designed a line of transmission spheres to fill in the gaps left behind by others on the market and spent over 30 years building the company to become one of the most respected and beloved manufacturers of custom glass lenses in the country.
2019 brought a renewed passion to Kreischer Optics
when Barry Tyler
came aboard as President of the company. Together with Tina Miller Kreischer, who succeeded Cody as CEO, they work with a dream team of talented Master Opticians to keep Kreischer Optics
the preferred world leader, continuing the legacy of setting American standards high. Already taking steps to strengthen and grow the company we see nothing but a bright future ahead for Kreischer Optics! We participate in industry fundraisers and provide the photography for the WNY Optics Golf Tournament
benefiting Golisano Children’s Hospital.
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Our experience has taught us that one thing ultimately matters. Satisfying you.
Over 70 years after our initial start, with significant growth and clients including medical imaging companies, the entertainment industry, defense and more, Kreischer Optics has always been on the leading edge when it comes to precision optics. Innovations and continuous improvements in technology are what we understand. We pride ourselves at staying ahead of the technology curve by closely working with machine manufacturers. These relationships keep us at the forefront of optical design and manufacturing.
Our vision is to continue to utilize these technological advances to grow our product line of transmission spheres and producing custom spheres, cylinders, aspheres and freeforms as well as provide calibration services, and test plates. At Kreischer Optics, we know that continued customer satisfaction is the key to our success. How can we best serve you today?
