6/16/03

ARO Breaks Ground on New Production Facility

Alpine Research Optics (ARO, Boulder, CO) has begun construction on a new 35,000 square foot building located in Boulder, Colorado. The facility’s purpose built production area will include provisions for up to 16,000 square feet of cleanroom space for substrate fabrication, coating and optomechanical assembly. The building, planned for completion by the end of 2003, will house all of ARO’s production, management and administrative functions.

“This expansion will enable us to continue growing our optical polishing and coating business, as well as provide space for our developing optomechanical assembly enterprise,” reports ARO President David Collier. “We already have planning permission for an additional 35,000 square feet of manufacturing and research space, and ultimately envision a state-of-the-art campus on the property. This will give us all the resources necessary to continue developing cutting edge deep ultraviolet and high damage threshold laser optics and sub-assemblies.”