Edmund Optics® Updates Catalog, Enhances Website to Showcase 2275 New Products & Volume Production


September 16, 2008, Barrington, N.J. - Edmund Optics® (EO) has announced major updates and enhancements to its award-winning Master Source Book catalog and website. Together, the vehicles cover nearly 17,000 innovative optical components and instruments, including 2,275 new optics and photonics advances. The new fact-filled Fall 2008 Master Source Book features new information about Edmund Optics' volume production capabilities, offers application guides and technical articles and continues to be a must-have resource for optical researchers, designers and OEM users.

To keep up to date with EO's product and company advances on a regular basis, improvements have been made to the EO website to bring online visitors and customers more optics, more technology and more service. In addition to the newest products offered, new site improvements include free technical support for site visitors and EO customers, including an interactive online discussion forum, online calculation tools, engineering downloads and FAQs to help take the guesswork out of the optics selection process, saving customers time and money.

EO has greatly enhanced and expanded its volume production capabilities and efficiencies. Manufacturing areas of expertise include precision prism production, molded aspheric optics and military grade optical assemblies. As a result of these improvements and because EO is equipped with research and development, skilled manufacturing staff and advanced metrology, EO can take projects from optical or mechanical design to prototype to volume production at a great price. Edmund Optics produces both stock and custom optics at its five global manufacturing locations.

Other website improvements include EO product releases, corporate news and tradeshow appearances, tabbed format product matrix to facilitate access to the most comprehensive content, and collapsible data containing additional product details.

Among new items the Edmund Optics' site and catalog offer and describe are broadband polarizing cube beamsplitters, telecentric illuminators and infrared aspheric lenses. Contents of the updated Fall 2008 edition of the new book cover 15 sections ranging from optics, fiber components, mechanics, lasers and electro-optics to imaging, machine vision electronics, microscopy, magnifiers and illumination, and more.

The book's application guides and articles are valuable tutorial sections covering such areas as selecting optics, laser and mirror coatings, edge blackening, polarized light, kinematic movement, electro optics, video electronics, imaging optics and other topics. Included are explanatory pages covering key steps in proper system integration for off-the-shelf and custom procedures for both imaging and non-imaging systems. For additional clarification, Edmund Optics offers both live telephone and e-mail access to the company's application engineers, plus its fully documented website at www.edmundoptics.com

EO's first-edition 2007 Master Source Book was awarded the Silver Award by Multi Channel Merchant Magazine at the ACCM show this past May. Edmund Optics' new Fall 2008 edition, is expected to be much sought-after during this last quarter of 2008. The Fall volume is the latest from Edmund Optics, featuring more products and technical primers from the world's largest inventory of optical components than previous editions. This newest volume is available on a first come, first served basis while supplies last. To request a free copy of the new Fall 2008 Master Source Book visit www.edmundoptics.com/catalogrequest or call 800-363-1992.

About EO:

Edmund Optics® (EO) is a leading producer of optics, imaging, and photonics technology. Supporting the R&D, electronics, semiconductor, pharmaceutical, biomedical, and military markets around the globe; EO products are used in a variety of applications ranging from DNA sequencing to retinal eye scanning to high-speed factory automation. EO's state of the art manufacturing capabilities combined with its global distribution network has earned it the position of the world's largest supplier of off-the-shelf optical components. Customers can purchase items by contacting EO at 1-800-363-1992, via the catalog, or via the website at www.edmundoptics.com.

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Marisa Edmund
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Edmund Optics, Inc.
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Phone: 1-800-363-1992
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email: medmund@edmundoptics.com

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