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When you plan to purchase laser protection sheet products, you will find that the market shows a clear polarization: on one end, there is the high-end market dominated by manufacturers with verifiable certifications and leading technologies; on the other end, there are a large number of low-cost alternatives that lack certifications and have ambiguous performance indicators. How to choose truly qualified and safety-certified laser protection sheet products is a real dilemma for you.
Here, we can identify some of the most representative and leading global manufacturers in the laser safety protection field based on their technical strength, market influence, product range, brand awareness and innovation capabilities. They not only produce boards, but many also produce laser protection glasses and other safety products, yet they all have core competitiveness in the field of protective materials.
It should be noted that the "Top 10" ranking may vary due to factors such as the statistical scope (only boards or the entire product line including glasses, etc.), market share, revenue data, etc., and these data are often not made public.
Laservision is a subsidiary of the German UVEX Safety Group, headquartered in Germany. It is renowned worldwide for its German manufacturing excellence, strict compliance, and deep technical expertise. Its products integrate the UVEX Group's century-long experience in personal protective equipment (PPE), targeting the high-end market and enjoying strong brand influence and regulatory voice in the European market. Its US subsidiary, Laservision USA, is headquartered in St. Paul, Minnesota, and was established in 1995 (formerly Trinity Technologies), which is responsible for business in the North American market.
Laservision offers an extensive range of laser protection window products, including acrylic, polycarbonate, and glass materials. Its plastic protection window product line is particularly rich, providing solutions for almost all common laser types and wavelength combinations. A key feature of the products is their size flexibility, with certain materials available in super-large sheet sizes up to 3000mm x 2000mm to meet the needs of large laser rooms or equipment enclosures.
Honeywell is a global diversified technology and manufacturing enterprise. Its Safety Products division is one of the leaders in the personal protective equipment (PPE) field. Its laser safety product line was inherited from the well-known brand Sperian/Glendale, which has a long history dating back to 1968.
Honeywell offers laser safety windows made of both polymer and glass materials. Its products are mainly targeted at industrial, military, communication and medical markets. Besides standard-sized protective windows, Honeywell also provides a modular isolation system called "Laser-Gard Barrier System", which uses patented technology to conveniently build a safe laser experimental environment on optical platforms.
Plaskolite is one of the largest manufacturers of acrylic and polycarbonate sheets in North America, with its headquarters located in Columbus, Ohio, USA. Unlike the former two, Plaskolite's core business lies in the research and development as well as production of polymer sheets. Laser protection sheets are just one of its many high-performance specialty product lines. This positioning gives it a natural advantage in material science and large-scale production.
Plaskolite's laser protection products are sold under the brand name TUFFAK® LS, which is an optical-grade polycarbonate sheet specifically designed for laser shielding applications. TUFFAK® LS offers three standard transparent colors, each providing protection against different wavelengths: light gray for blocking infrared (IR) lasers, bright amber for blocking visible light, and yellow for blocking ultraviolet (UV) lasers.
Laser Safety Industries (LSI) is a professional supplier of laser safety products based in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA. Founded in 2008, it is a veteran-owned and family-operated business. LSI provides cost-effective safety solutions that comply with ANSI standards for laser users in the industrial, medical, educational, and research sectors in the United States. They work closely with Laser Safety Officers (LSOs), emphasizing compliance and professional support.
LSI offers a wide range of acrylic and glass laser safety windows. Their acrylic sheet product line is particularly comprehensive, providing a variety of filter options for different laser types (such as CO2, UV, Nd:YAG, fiber, etc.), and can be supplied in standard sizes as well as fully customized sizes and shapes.
Phillips Safety is a family-owned business based in New Jersey, USA, with a history in optics dating back to 1905. Since 2001, the company has shifted its focus to the occupational safety market, serving various fields such as laser, radiation, and glass processing.
Phillips Safety offers a wide range of products. In the area of laser safety windows, they provide three solutions: acrylic, glass, and removable laser safety films, catering to different application scenarios and budgets. This diverse product portfolio is a key feature, especially the removable films, which offer great flexibility for temporary or variable laser applications.
Thorlabs, headquartered in Newton, New Jersey, USA, is one of the most renowned suppliers in the global optoelectronic research and development field. Its business model is to provide researchers with a one-stop procurement platform ranging from optical components and mechanical parts to testing instruments. Laser safety products are an important part of its extensive product ecosystem, positioned to offer seamless integrated safety solutions for researchers using Thorlabs' optical platforms and enclosures.
Thorlabs' laser protection boards are mainly CE-certified light-absorbing acrylic boards. These protection boards are designed to be replaceable panels for its own brand of optical enclosures (Optical Enclosures), allowing researchers to observe the internal optical path of the enclosure safely. This reflects its strategy of deeply serving the research ecosystem.
NoIR Laser Company, L.L.C. (NoIR LaserShields) was established in 1996 and is headquartered in South Lyon, Michigan, USA. It was spun off from NoIR Medical Technologies. NoIR is renowned in the field of laser safety goggles for its innovative filter technology and comfortable design. In recent years, the company has extended its expertise in filter technology to the field of laser protective windows.
NoIR offers a range of acrylic Lasershield® protective windows.
These protective windows can be installed on equipment doors, room doors and windows or used to build independent laser demonstration enclosures. One of the highlights of their products is that they can provide large-sized plates up to 35 x 48 inches and can be custom-cut according to customer requirements.
Edmund Optics (EO) is a leading global supplier of optical and imaging products, boasting an extensive product catalog and a global distribution network. Unlike manufacturers, EO's role is more that of a high-quality, specialized distributor and integrator. In the field of laser safety products, they offer a one-stop purchasing service for customers by carefully selecting high-quality products from various manufacturers.
EO provides laser safety windows made of acrylic and polycarbonate. Their products are typically standard sizes, such as 200mm x 100mm or 304.8mm x 304.8mm, making them easy to integrate into the doors of small equipment or laboratory enclosures. These products are designed to provide protection against common laser sources such as Nd:YAG, CO2, and fiber lasers.
Headquartered in Pittsfield, New Hampshire, USA, Kentek Corporation is a company providing a full range of laser safety products and services, including goggles, protective windows, isolation systems, training, and auditing.
Kentek offers laser safety windows for medical, industrial, and research applications. Given its comprehensive product line and industry position, it should be able to provide a variety of solutions based on polycarbonate and acrylic. Some distributors, such as Cascade Laser, also sell laser safety window products that are often considered to be from Kentek or similar high-quality manufacturers.
Andisco is located in Changzhou, Jiangsu Province, China. It is an integrated manufacturer with capabilities in sheet production, surface hardening, and product processing. Its laser protection PC sheets have passed the ECS certification (EN 12254:2010 + AC:2011). Their standout products are anti-scratch, long-lasting anti-fog laser protection PC sheets that can be subsequently heat-bent and thermoformed, as well as custom-made goggles, protective windows, and fences using such sheets. Given that the processing difficulty and surface treatment technical requirements of PC sheets are higher than those of acrylic, and their application scenarios are more extensive, ANDISCO's laser protection PC sheets have a profound impact on enhancing the production capacity of complex-shaped laser PC sheets and related products.
ANDISCO, with the highest safety standards certified by EN 12254 and reliable customization capabilities for complex-shaped structures (such as custom goggles and protective windows), has surpassed traditional acrylic and standard PC suppliers. By achieving vertical integration in material science (plastic hard coating) and precision manufacturing (complex-shaped processing), it has become a leading solution provider in the high-specification industrial laser safety complex-shaped products market.
