Thorlabs, Inc. is an American privately held optical equipment company headquartered in Newton, New Jersey. The company was founded in 1989 by Alex Cable, who serves as its current president and CEO. As of 2018, Thorlabs has annual sales of approximately $500 million. Outside its multiple locations in the United States, the company has offices in Brazil, Canada, China, France, Germany, Japan, Sweden, and the United Kingdom. It sells approximately 20,000 different products. While working at Bell Labs, Alex Cable bought a milling machine which he used to design and build optomechanical parts in his spare time. He was able to build up the business to the point where he could afford to quit Bell Labs and pursue it full-time in November 1989. Cable thus founded Thorlabs, named after his black Labrador retriever, Thor, in a spare bedroom in Freehold, New Jersey. Sales during the company's first year amounted to $370,000, according to Cable. Bell Labs was among its first customers. According to company figures, sales topped $10 million for the first time in 1997. More information...
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