Our Optics Company
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Early Years
Fred Ferson, great-grandfather of recent PFG management, founded Ferson Optics in the nineteen-forties stemming from a hobby of amateur telescope making.
That company achieved impressive growth and after more than two decades of operation, it was sold to Bausch & Lomb in the late sixties.PFG optics founding
PFG Precision Optics was launched almost a decade later when husband and wife, Don and Janet Green, daughter of Fred Ferson, established the company together with John Plummer, founder of Plummer Precision Optics in Pennsburg, Penn.
Reputation for Quality
Throughout its history, PFG has built an exceptional reputation for manufacturing and optically coating extremely high-quality, difficult-to-manufacture, precision optical components.
The company is committed to the continual improvement and expansion of its manufacturing capability to be a more complete solution to its customers. Manufacturing capability, combined with an energetic dedication to customer service, has been the key to the company’s success.VISION & VALUES
×To satisfy our customers and ourselves through continual improvement of the processes we own.
Vision statement
To consistently impress our customers, to have people who truly enjoy what they do, and to have leadership that is committed to individual and corporate achievement.Core values
- Quality #1 reason our customers do business with us… year in, year out.
- Precision Defines us… from the type of optics we make to how we must think and act to make them. And with us, it’s continuous… pushing ourselves to do better, to excel.
- Integrity We do what we say and we always get the job done! We are consistent in our actions, methods, measures, principles, expectations, and results.
- Hard Work A minimum requirement of ourselves… it’s our fuel for success.
- Respectful The proper treatment of our customers, employees, and suppliers for the value they create in the Company.
- Fair-Minded The right way to deal with one another so that we all achieve long-term success.
Professional Affiliations
Certifications & compliance
State-of-the-Art Spherical Centering & Shaping
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