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Optics and photonics

Optics and photonics

Succeeding as a community

01 Jun 2017
This article first appeared in the 2017 Physics World Focus on Optics and Photonics

Mike Mandina and Rick Plympton talk about the factors that have helped their small-town optics manufacturing firm, Optimax, survive and thrive in an often difficult climate

An Optimax employee examines a prototype optic
Rapid manufacturing: An Optimax employee examines a prototype optic. (Courtesy: Optimax)
What led you to start Optimax? Mike Mandina, Optimax president I lost my job so I had a choice: I co

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