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• April 1973. Incorporated in New Jersey as Inrad Inc.

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• September 2003. The Company changed its name to Photonic Products Group Inc. (PPGI).

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• November 2003. The Company purchased the assets and certain liabilities of Laser Optics Inc. of Bethel, CT. In business since 1966, Laser Optics was a custom optics and optical coating services provider. The acquisition enhanced PPGI’s ability to offer custom optics and optical coating services.

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• October 2004. The Company acquired MRC Precision Metal Optics Inc., a manufacturer of precision metal optics and diamond-turned aspheric optics located in Sarasota, FL. MRC’s specialties included CNC- and single-point diamond machining, optical polishing, nickel plating of aluminum, AlBeMet™ and beryllium.

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• January 2012. Following a review of its brand position within the marketplace, the Company concluded that the “Photonics Products Group” brand name had not achieved the anticipated level of brand equity since its inception in 2003. The Company developed and is implementing a strategic marketing plan around the brand name Inrad Optics (TM). Changing the Company’s name to “Inrad Optics Inc.” leverages the positive historical and current brand equity of the Inrad name and more clearly communicates the Company’s principal business activities to both our marketplace and the investment community.

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Inrad Optics Inc. has long been known as one of photonic industry’s seminal crystalline products companies. In operation since 1973 and formerly known as Photonics Product Group, we initially built a reputation on our ability to grow and fabricate crystalline materials to exceptional quality levels. Today, we are a vertically-integrated photonics manufacturer offering:

• Crystal-based optical components and devices
• Custom optical components from both glass and metal
• Precision optical and opto-mechanical assemblies

We specialize in applying advanced manufacturing systems to crystal, glass and metal substrates. Our manufacturing competencies include:    

• Solution and high-temperature crystal growth
• Precision diamond turning
• Thin-film and other optical coatings
• Large substrate production
• In-process metrology expertise
• Optical systems assembly

We serve a global customer base of technology firms, research universities, and governments–among them the U.S. Military and National Laboratories. Our components and value-added photonic devices are used in a wide variety of defense, aerospace, laser, medical, process control and metrology applications.

Our corporate headquarters, engineering department and manufacturing operations share a 42,000 square foot facility in Northvale, NJ.  Additional engineering and manufacturing operations take place in a 25,000 square foot facility in Sarasota, FL.

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