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Since 1912, Illinois Tool Works Inc. (NYSE:ITW) has been a diversified and value-added manufacturer of highly engineered components. Today, with more than 854 business units in 57 countries around the world and revenue of $13 Billion, ITW has brought together three business units, Lumex, Inc., Cal Sensors, Inc. and Opto Diode Corp., to form the ITW Photonics Group. 


The ITW Photonics Group offers design engineers a committed resource of service, quality and innovative designs. The synergy of these industry frontrunners provides an unsurpassed range of photonic capabilities within a broad spectrum of markets, including:

  • Communications   

  • Flame & Safety

  • General Lighting

  • Industrial Controls

  • Medical

  • Military

  • Test & Measurement

  • Security

  • Environmental


In today's world of technology, photonics has become increasingly critical to product development, penetrating virtually all market segments. As such, optimum design solutions have become far reaching in scope, challenging every industry in the marketplace. Design engineers have great expectations for high impact results. Each business unit specializes in a key area of photonic design and integration with optical wavelength capabilities ranging from Ultraviolet to the Mid-Infrared range.  Our product families include:

  • LEDs:  through-hole and SMT packages emitting between 430nm and 1720nm

  • LCDs: with Backlights emitting between 430nm and 700nm (operating temps from -40˚C to +85˚C)

  • Detectors:  sensitivity between 350nm and 5.5 microns   

  • Detector Arrays:  sensitivity between 350nm and 5.5 microns

  • Emitters:  emitting between 2.5 microns & 10 microns (infinite without optical window)   

  • LED Arrays:  emitting between 390nm and 940nm       

  • High Power LEDs:  emitting between 470nm and 900nm

The synergy of these industry front-runners provides an unsurpassed range of photonic capabilities within a broad spectrum of markets.


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