Working with Chroma
With over 30 years of experience serving the scientific, biomedical and photonics communities, we know how to design and deliver optical filters that do precisely what our customers need. Whether it’s long-term, high-volume production or a one-off custom solution, we create exactly what you need to help make your next product a success.
High-Volume Manufacturing
High-volume manufacturing is the core of Chroma’s business. For 20 years we've been major suppliers to the largest microscope manufacturers as well as to providers of light-based instrumentation, such as DNA sequencers, flow cytometers and plate readers. More recently, optical filters for point-of-care devices have become high-volume products.
Filter Design and Applications Expertise
High-content analysis and Raman spectroscopy are additional fields where Chroma has provided filter design and applications expertise for major manufacturers. Machine vision, industrial imaging, colorimetry and automated driver-assistance technology are examples of non-fluorescence-based imaging applications served by Chroma.
Small Quantities and Prototypes
If you require small quantities or prototypes, Chroma stands alone.
Since its inception, Chroma has partnered with scientists and engineers who need solutions but can’t afford the higher prices our competitors charge for custom work.
Purpose-Driven
We believe it’s a privilege to be chosen as your supplier and to provide the support to help realize your vision of improving the world through science.
By thinking of our customers as stakeholders in this way, we’ve earned the distinction of being named a certified B Corporation. As a B Corp, we’re required to value more than just the bottom line, and we do this through serving the greater scientific community every day.
Our Process
Chroma does more than simply design filters for you – we help you solve your optical problems.
Chroma’s process of working with you begins with effective communication. To develop precise optical filters meeting your specific needs, we first work to understand the application the filters will be used in.
Our Engineering and OEM sales teams ask the right questions to help guide the filter design process. Then our manufacturing team crafts a reliable finished product that is exactly what you need and that performs to the highest standards of Chroma Technology.
This process is often a back-and-forth conversation. For example, we might realize in the early stages that your application could benefit from changes to the requested specifications, or we might notice that some specifications add unnecessary costs to the filter.
Good communication means that problems are solved in the design phase, resulting in a product that works as desired, and at the best price.
