Overview
- Summary
- Auer Lighting is a leading partner in the development and manufacturing of precision glass components and coating solutions for the lighting industry. The company acts as a key supplier to the digital projection, automotive lighting, architectural lighting, and professional entertainment markets. Customers across various industrial sectors enhance their material engineering competitiveness through Auer's SUPRAX® borosilicate glass. These technical glass products demonstrate superior performance even under challenging conditions such as large temperature variations, corrosive environments, and high-pressure applications. Founded in 1948, the company has built a worldwide reputation for innovation and high quality in specialty glass manufacturing for over 75 years.Auer Lighting is a leading partner in the development and manufacturing of precision glass components and coating solutions for the lighting industry. The company acts as a key supplier to the digital projection, automotive lighting, architectural lighting, and professional entertainment markets. Customers across various industrial sectors enhance their material engineering competitiveness through Auer's SUPRAX® borosilicate glass. These technical glass products demonstrate superior performance even under challenging conditions such as large temperature variations, corrosive environments, and high-pressure applications. Founded in 1948, the company has built a worldwide reputation for innovation and high quality in specialty glass manufacturing for over 75 years.
- Key Products/Technologies
- SUPRAX® 8488 Borosilicate Glass: A special borosilicate glass characterized by chemical durability, exceptional purity, and homogeneity. Its low thermal expansion coefficient (4.1 x 10-6/K) combined with thermal prestressing (tempering) ensures high resistance to sudden temperature changes. Used in the manufacturing of MAXOS® safety sight and level gauge glasses, capable of operating at process pressures up to 400 bar, temperatures up to 300 °C, and media with pH values from 2–13.SUPRAX® 8488 Borosilicate Glass: A special borosilicate glass characterized by chemical durability, exceptional purity, and homogeneity. Its low thermal expansion coefficient (4.1 x 10-6/K) combined with thermal prestressing (tempering) ensures high resistance to sudden temperature changes. Used in the manufacturing of MAXOS® safety sight and level gauge glasses, capable of operating at process pressures up to 400 bar, temperatures up to 300 °C, and media with pH values from 2–13.
- Precision Glass Optical Components: Includes Fresnel lenses, PAR lenses, reflectors, collimators, beamsplitters/recombiners, and lenses for various light sources. Development and production of glass light guides, especially for high-power LED applications. The company's μ-treat technology improves light distribution and color mixing capabilities.Precision Glass Optical Components: Includes Fresnel lenses, PAR lenses, reflectors, collimators, beamsplitters/recombiners, and lenses for various light sources. Development and production of glass light guides, especially for high-power LED applications. The company's μ-treat technology improves light distribution and color mixing capabilities.
- High-Performance Coating Solutions: Expertise in vacuum coating technologies, including MicroDyn® sputtering and PICVD coating. Anti-reflective coatings optimized for laser wavelengths and multi-layer coatings for LiDAR components. Achieving residual reflection below 0.5% at high incidence angles, significantly increasing system efficiency and collision avoidance safety. High-temperature resistant coating technology with laser damage thresholds of 1.63 J/cm2 @ 532 nm (thin film coating) and > 4 kW @ 532 nm CW (glass).High-Performance Coating Solutions: Expertise in vacuum coating technologies, including MicroDyn® sputtering and PICVD coating. Anti-reflective coatings optimized for laser wavelengths and multi-layer coatings for LiDAR components. Achieving residual reflection below 0.5% at high incidence angles, significantly increasing system efficiency and collision avoidance safety. High-temperature resistant coating technology with laser damage thresholds of 1.63 J/cm2 @ 532 nm (thin film coating) and > 4 kW @ 532 nm CW (glass).
- Advanced Glass Forming Technologies: Proprietary glass pressing technologies for complex geometries, higher shape accuracies, and smaller replicable features. MATRIX light guides combine multiple light functionalities in a single piece, reducing system components and increasing performance. Micro structuring of glass surfaces addresses challenges for smooth hard cut-off lines.Advanced Glass Forming Technologies: Proprietary glass pressing technologies for complex geometries, higher shape accuracies, and smaller replicable features. MATRIX light guides combine multiple light functionalities in a single piece, reducing system components and increasing performance. Micro structuring of glass surfaces addresses challenges for smooth hard cut-off lines.
- Special Filters and Gobos: Color filters utilizing precisely defined edge positions to create vivid colors. Innovative gobos capable of creating breathtaking projections.Special Filters and Gobos: Color filters utilizing precisely defined edge positions to create vivid colors. Innovative gobos capable of creating breathtaking projections.
- Core Advantages
- Unique Material Technology: SUPRAX® borosilicate glass offers exceptional durability and reliability under extreme temperature variations, corrosive environments, and high-pressure conditions, representing a core competitive advantage.Unique Material Technology: SUPRAX® borosilicate glass offers exceptional durability and reliability under extreme temperature variations, corrosive environments, and high-pressure conditions, representing a core competitive advantage.
- Advanced Manufacturing Processes and Facilities: Equipped with state-of-the-art machines for specialty glass production and decades of experience in vacuum coating. Introduction of injection molding technology for glass optics, enabling additional design features in glass light guides. High-efficiency oxy-fuel melters and hybrid furnace systems contribute to production flexibility and reduced CO2 emissions.Advanced Manufacturing Processes and Facilities: Equipped with state-of-the-art machines for specialty glass production and decades of experience in vacuum coating. Introduction of injection molding technology for glass optics, enabling additional design features in glass light guides. High-efficiency oxy-fuel melters and hybrid furnace systems contribute to production flexibility and reduced CO2 emissions.
- Optical Design and Coating Expertise: Strong product development capabilities based on cutting-edge optical design software and an extensive patent portfolio. Ability to coat various substrates with high-temperature resistant coatings and high laser damage thresholds.Optical Design and Coating Expertise: Strong product development capabilities based on cutting-edge optical design software and an extensive patent portfolio. Ability to coat various substrates with high-temperature resistant coatings and high laser damage thresholds.
- Global Production and Distribution Network: Headquartered in Germany with additional production sites in India and sales and distribution centers across all continents, ensuring excellent global customer service.Global Production and Distribution Network: Headquartered in Germany with additional production sites in India and sales and distribution centers across all continents, ensuring excellent global customer service.
- Customer-Centric Solutions and Innovation Drive: Provides customized solutions that help customers achieve faster time-to-market, improved quality, and cost advantages. Continuous research and development focused on intelligent and advanced light sources, efficient light distribution, excellent light quality, and optimal design.Customer-Centric Solutions and Innovation Drive: Provides customized solutions that help customers achieve faster time-to-market, improved quality, and cost advantages. Continuous research and development focused on intelligent and advanced light sources, efficient light distribution, excellent light quality, and optimal design.
- Target Industrie
- Digital Projection: Reflectors and precision lenses for high-performance projection systems, coated lens arrays for laser projectors.Digital Projection: Reflectors and precision lenses for high-performance projection systems, coated lens arrays for laser projectors.
- Automotive Lighting: MATRIX light guides, special prisms, filters, and converter solutions for laser headlights, anti-reflective coatings for LiDAR components.Automotive Lighting: MATRIX light guides, special prisms, filters, and converter solutions for laser headlights, anti-reflective coatings for LiDAR components.
- Architectural Lighting: Hybrid glass optics for interior and exterior lighting, free-form lenses, 360° lenses, and lens arrays.Architectural Lighting: Hybrid glass optics for interior and exterior lighting, free-form lenses, 360° lenses, and lens arrays.
- Professional Entertainment and Stage Lighting: Fresnel lenses, PAR lenses, reflectors, glass light guides, color filters, and gobos.Professional Entertainment and Stage Lighting: Fresnel lenses, PAR lenses, reflectors, glass light guides, color filters, and gobos.
- Industrial and Technical Applications: Inspection glasses for water meters, washing machines, ovens, high-performance industrial machines, MAXOS® safety sight and level gauge glasses.Industrial and Technical Applications: Inspection glasses for water meters, washing machines, ovens, high-performance industrial machines, MAXOS® safety sight and level gauge glasses.
- Medical Technology: Optical glass components and coating solutions for medical applications.Medical Technology: Optical glass components and coating solutions for medical applications.
- Major Markets
- India (production sites)India (production sites)
- Germany (headquarters), Across Europe (sales and distribution centers)Germany (headquarters), Across Europe (sales and distribution centers)
- North America (sales and distribution centers)North America (sales and distribution centers)
- Certifications/Patents
- ISO 14001 Environmental Management System Certification: Certified for the development and production of technical products manufactured from borosilicate glass and glass ceramics, as well as coatings based on CVD and PVD processes.ISO 14001 Environmental Management System Certification: Certified for the development and production of technical products manufactured from borosilicate glass and glass ceramics, as well as coatings based on CVD and PVD processes.
- Extensive Patent Portfolio: Holding patents in various fields such as lighting, lamps, reflector lamps, headlights, reflector lamps, and mixing devices.Extensive Patent Portfolio: Holding patents in various fields such as lighting, lamps, reflector lamps, headlights, reflector lamps, and mixing devices.
- U.S. Patent 6,899,451: Patent for an optical system for a Fresnel lens light, especially for a spotlight or floodlight.U.S. Patent 6,899,451: Patent for an optical system for a Fresnel lens light, especially for a spotlight or floodlight.
- MAXOS® Trademark: Registered trademark for safety sight and level gauge glasses.MAXOS® Trademark: Registered trademark for safety sight and level gauge glasses.
Introduction
Location
Hildesheimer Str. 35, 37581 Bad Gandersheim, Germany
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