In our continued celebration of 30 years of manufacturing, we have compiled an overview of the History of Crystran
1993-2023
1973
BDH Chemicals acquired furnaces and crystal growing experts from Hilger and Gulton Industries.
1973
BDH acquired by Merck Ltd.
1986
First edition of “The Crystran Handbook” (as BDH Ltd).
1990
BDH name changed to Merck.
1993
Crystran Ltd formed as MBO (1st November).
1986
ISO9002 Quality Standard gained.
Acquisition of CNC dicing saw.
Crystran website and domain name registered www.crystran.co.uk(as BDH Ltd).
1995
Moved to leased factory premises in Factory Road, Upton.
1996
First double-sided polishing machines purchased.
1997
Installation of first computer analysed interferometer and optical table.
1998
First 48” Lapmaster pitch polishing machine installed.
1999
Second Double-sided polishing machine purchased.
IR & UV/VIS Perkin Elmer Spectrometers commissioned.
2000
Trioptics high precision prism angle test equipment installed.
2001
Second 48” Lapmaster.
2003
Purchase of land for new purpose built factory (March).
Moved to larger freehold factory completed in November.
2009
First time exhibiting at Photonics West.
2013
Purchase of bespoke chamfering machine.
2014
Mark Middleton was appointed as General Manager.
2015
First Summer outing, which became an annual event!
2018
Launch of webshop.
2019
Purchase of first low coherence interferometer on the market.
2020
Installation of 5 axis CNC machine.
2023
Building extension completed.
Launch of new website.
Crystran celebrates 30 years!
