JML Optical changed owners in 2011 and moved about half its production back to the U.S.

Increased exposure JML’s president and CEO, Bob Bicksler, commented: “Over the last five decades, the JML Optical team has repeatedly set benchmarks for lens component and lens assembly development.

JML has set itself up with an eye on the future by acquiring Los Angeles-based Harold Johnson Optical Labs, a leader in cylindrical optics.