TRIOPTICS
German optical metrology and test equipment manufacturer headquartered in Wedel, near Hamburg. Specialises in optical alignment, MTF testing, lens centration measurement, and quality control instrumentation across defence, automotive, semiconductor, consumer optics, and space sectors. Product line includes ImageMaster MTF benches, OptiCentric centration instruments, and a range of dedicated metrology tools that anchor the optical QA chain for instrument manufacturers globally. One of the principal optical metrology vendors alongside Optikos and Image Engineering.
TRIOPTICS GmbH is a German precision optical metrology and manufacturing equipment company, headquartered in Wedel near Hamburg and operating as a subsidiary of Jenoptik AG since September 2020. Founded on 1 December 1991 by Eugen Dumitrescu and two partners, the company grew to approximately 500 employees across subsidiaries in Europe, Asia, and North America.[^trioptics-about]
The company designs and manufactures instrumentation used to test, align, and qualify optical elements during production; it does not manufacture optical components or satellite hardware itself. Its product families span modulation transfer function (MTF) testing (ImageMaster series), lens centration and alignment (OptiCentric series), active camera module alignment (ProCam), wavefront measurement (WaveMaster), and lens-in-cell production tooling (ATS).[^trioptics-products]
In the Earth observation supply chain, TRIOPTICS instruments are used by optical instrument prime contractors during payload manufacturing and acceptance. The ImageMaster Universal and HR TempControl support MTF testing of satellite optics across the UV-to-LWIR spectral range (200-13,000 nm) and across thermal qualification ranges (-40C to +120C).[^trioptics-aerospace] OptiCentric systems, with centration precision below 0.1 micrometres, are used for alignment of space optics in VIS and IR, including large-aperture catadioptric telescope assemblies (configurations up to 800 mm diameter).[^trioptics-opticentric]
Jenoptik AG, listed on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange (SDAX), acquired TRIOPTICS in a two-step transaction announced July 2020 and fully completed December 2021. At acquisition, TRIOPTICS reported 2019 revenue of approximately EUR 80 million with a 27% EBITDA margin, having grown at 17% CAGR over four preceding years. More than half of revenue was generated in Asia.[^jenoptik-adhoc]