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The company was formed in 1985 to address the optical industry’s requirement for hard coatings and tintable coatings for plastic and polycarbonate lenses. Today, LTI is a world leader in ophthalmic hard coatings with a major market share of the optical laboratory market and has received two Awards of Excellence from the Optical Laboratories Association for best in class coating equipment.

LTI has an extensive and experienced technical staff that is able to provide qualified coating development and support. In addition, LTI has a staff of mechanical personnel for design and support of coating application equipment.


History of Coating Product Innovation in the Optical Industry

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Introduced the first semi automatic UV cure spin coat system

Introduced the first sunglass tintable coating for polycarbonate

First company to use 100% solids coating technology in the optical industry

Introduced the first fully automated UV cure spin coating system with Coburn Optical

Introduced the first high volume spin coating system for lens manufacturers

Introduced the first coating system to fully integrate an automated steam cleaning system with a spin coater

Introduced the only UV curable coatings qualified for use with the Satis SP-200 sputter coating system