Umicore has been a trusted partner in the long-wave infrared market for over three decades. Leveraging our materials expertise and collaborating with design, prototyping, and high-volume manufacturing teams, we deliver lens assemblies that strike the perfect balance between cost and performance. Our lenses are used in various industries worldwide, including automotive, firefighting, security, medical diagnostics, and smart sensing, ensuring top performance for your products.
As a fully vertically integrated manufacturer, we produce our own germanium and GASIR® chalcogenide glasses. Our lenses are rigorously qualified to military specifications during prototyping, and our custom high-speed production testing ensures all lenses meet the same stringent standards. With over a million lenses shipped globally, we’ve earned the trust of satisfied customers worldwide.
We offer a full range of compact, lightweight, athermalized LWIR imaging assemblies, compatible with the latest sensor formats. Our products serve diverse infrared imaging applications, from automotive and thermography to security, firefighting, and more.
In addition, we provide raw materials and blanks for the infrared imaging market. Our GASIR® glass can be conventionally finished with DPT or molded into complex geometries. We’ve developed specialized coatings for GASIR®, including iDLCTM equivalents and solar rejection filters.