Swift Glass among the Region’s Optical and Photonics Specialists

Date: 1 September 2015

Vice President Joe Biden recently visited Rochester, the “optics capital of the world,” to announce that our region has been chosen to host a new $600-million Integrated Photonics Center.

The creation of a national photonics institute means more than jobs and industrial growth; it’s the beginning of the next generation of American manufacturing.Photonics research contributes to the function of countless daily tools: smartphones, high-speed Internet and wireless controllers, to start.It is closely related to optics: technology harnesses light for the development of smaller, faster and more energy-efficient devices. Photonics touches a broad spectrum of industries: for example, manufacturing, global information technology, telecommunications, medicine, energy and national defense.

The idea is to transition devices from electron-based operations to using photons, or light. This includes the transfer of data from the internet, phones, TV, and radio with tools like lasers, fiber optics and optical detectors.

As a longstanding member of the optical community — and as a close neighbor to Rochester — Swift Glass is proud to have the specialized skills to bring new designs like these to life with working products and system components. Our glass materials alone carry unique traits applicable in modern technology, but our custom fabrication capabilities are where real innovation happens.

The skilled technical team at Swift specializes in every step of development, from prototyping to large-scale part production. Our state-of-the-art machining solutions and capabilities include:



  • Bending and Convexing

  • Chemical Strengthening

  • Beveling

  • Counterboring

  • Cutting and Drilling

  • Double Sided Lapping & Polishing

  • Flat Polish and Pencil Polish Edging

  • Milling

  • Pattern Cutting

  • Sagging

  • Seaming

  • Silk Screening

  • Surface Frosting

  • Tempering


We’re proud to have spent eighty years here in the Rochester area, sharing in the research, technology and thriving energy of the optical industry. As the oldest supplier of tempered glass in the United States, it’s inspiring to see these types of developments in the industry.

Lighting, appliances and optics are part of the Swift Glass DNA, and we can’t wait to see what technology is to come. If you’re working on a custom project or prototype of your own, reach out to the team today — they’d be happy to help.

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