Company profile
Graticules Optics
Tonbridge manufacturer of precision photolithographic micropatterns and glass photomasks produced with electron beam and direct write laser systems, serving semiconductor and micro-device lithography.
Company overview
Graticules Optics specialises in the manufacture of precision photolithographic images, or micropatterns, on substrates including glass, film, and metal foil. The company's product portfolio includes photomasks, reticles, calibration scales, precision apertures, and grids for transmission electron microscopy (TEM). In addition to micropattern creation, its manufacturing capabilities encompass deposition, coating, etching, electro-forming, glass cutting, and optical assembly. Graticules Optics serves a diverse range of industries globally, providing components for applications in light and electron microscopy, metrology, defence, aerospace, photonics, analytical instrumentation, and for use in photolithography processes. Part of the SDI Group, the company's production and sales facilities are located in Tonbridge, Kent, with a registered office in Cambridge.
Semiconductor activity
Primary capability: Front-End Semiconductor Manufacturing. Supply-chain role: Component Manufacturer, Photomask Supplier, Materials Supplier.
Technologies and capabilities
- Silicon
- MEMS
- Photolithography
- Thin Film Coating
- Etching
- Electro-Forming
- Optical Assembly
- Glass Grinding
- Glass
- Film
- Metal Foil
- Silicon Nitride
Photomasks; Reticles; TEM Grids; Calibration Scales; Precision Apertures; Micropatterns
Markets served
- Light Microscopy
- Electron Microscopy
- Metrology
- Defence
- Aerospace
- Analytical Instrumentation
UK presence
Tonbridge. Other UK sites: Cambridge.