One of the highlights of this year’s OPTATEC for Pureon was the depth of engagement with OEM partners. These relationships are at the heart of how Pureon develops and refines its solutions. Working closely with leading original equipment manufacturers allows us to push the boundaries of what’s technically achievable – and Frankfurt provided an ideal environment to strengthen those partnerships, align on future developments, and explore new collaborative opportunities.

“The conversations at our booth confirmed what we see in our day-to-day work: OEMs are facing increasingly demanding surface quality requirements, driven by applications in AR/VR displays, high-resolution imaging, semiconductor optics, and defense”, says Peter Deisling, Technical Sales Manager at Pureon. “Pureon’s vertically integrated approach – from in-house R&D through to application testing – resonates strongly in this context.”

Three Products at the Center of Attention

Pureon’s booth featured three products that drew particularly strong interest from visitors across the three days:

• AlumaGem – our innovative alumina-based suspension specially formulated for polishing optical crystals, including calcium fluoride. AlumaGem has been developed to address the precision demands of crystal optics, where surface integrity and sub-surface damage are critical performance factors. Visitors working with crystalline materials found it directly relevant to their processes.
• Ultra-Sol® C100 – our advanced nanoceria polishing slurry, engineered for extreme low surface roughness and sub-angstrom surface requirements. With its narrow particle size distribution and nanoceria formulation, C100 enables superpolishing on fused silica, BK7, and other optical glasses – meeting the most stringent demands in high-end optical manufacturing. It drew particular attention from engineers working on high-resolution lenses and precision flat optics.
• Ultra-Sol® OPTIQ PRO – Pureon’s next-generation cerium oxide polishing slurry, optimized for particularly demanding optical glass components. OPTIQ PRO builds on proven chemistry with enhanced suspension characteristics and superior polishing performance, making it a versatile tool across a wide range of optical materials. Process specialists appreciated its versatility and reliability across multiple polishing steps.

“Together, these three products reflect Pureon’s commitment to addressing the full spectrum of precision polishing needs in modern optical manufacturing – from standard glass substrates to the most challenging crystalline and high-purity materials”, says Peter Deisling.