Syntec Optics (Nasdaq: OPTX) Expands Optics Product Lines in Growing Space Market
ROCHESTER, NEW YORK, March 17, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Syntec Optics Holdings, Inc. ('Syntec Optics' or the 'Company') (Nasdaq: OPTX), a leading provider of mission-critical products to advanced technology defense, biomedical, and communications equipment manufacturers, today announced a significant expansion of its space products offering to add optomechanicals for satellite optics and ground networks. These products are in the development and Production Part Approval Process (PPAP). Such diverse products further position Syntec to benefit from the rapidly expanding global satellite market, now forecasted by Goldman Sachs to become seven times bigger.
Building upon its expertise in ultra-high precision optics for Low Earth Orbit (LEO) and recognizing the critical role of increasing ground-based infrastructure in satellite communications to reduce latency, Syntec is starting to make a new line of custom optomechanicals for earth-based stations, enabling high-bandwidth data transmission and signal processing.
'The global satellite market is experiencing high growth, and with that growth comes the need for more precise and diverse optical and optomechanicals,' said Dean Rudy, CFO of Syntec Optics. 'Our expanded product portfolio, encompassing not just satellite optics but also integrated mechanical sub-assemblies and ground station optics, allows us to offer our customers a comprehensive suite of solutions to meet their evolving needs. Adding base station optics is a natural extension of our LEO satellite optics production, as both are critical to the overall communications infrastructure. We are excited to play a pivotal role in enabling the next generation of satellite communications.'
Syntec Optics' commitment to vertical integration, including in-house preform production and advanced manufacturing techniques, ensures the highest levels of precision and quality. This has enabled a reduction in the weight of optics to meet the stringent requirements of demanding applications in space.
Dean Rudy added, 'We are committed to providing our OEM with innovative and reliable optical solutions that enable them to achieve their goals.'
The growth of the LEO satellite market is driven by the desire to secure the best orbits with the ideal altitudes for the most efficient coverage. These satellites now serve cellular services, air, land, and sea transport where the internet cannot be reached, and provide emergency response when infrastructure is disrupted by disaster. According to a Goldman Sachs report, in the most optimistic scenario, the market could grow to be worth as much as $457 billion by 2035, up from the current $15 billion.
About Syntec Optics
Syntec Optics Holdings, Inc. (Nasdaq: OPTX), headquartered in Rochester, NY, is one of the largest custom and diverse end-market optics and photonics manufacturers in the United States. Operating for over two decades, Syntec Optics runs a state-of-the-art facility with extensive core capabilities of various optics manufacturing processes, both horizontally and vertically integrated, to provide a competitive advantage for mission-critical OEMs. Syntec Optics recently launched new products, including Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite optics, lightweight night vision goggle optics, biomedical equipment optics, and precision microlens arrays. To learn more, visit www.syntecoptics.com.
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This press release contains certain 'forward-looking statements' within the meaning of the United States Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the 'Securities Act') and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, including certain financial forecasts and projections. All statements other than statements of historical fact contained in this press release, including statements as to the transactions contemplated by the business combination and related agreements, future results of operations and financial position, revenue and other metrics, planned products and services, business strategy and plans, objectives of management for future operations of Syntec Optics, market size, and growth opportunities, competitive position and technological and market trends, are forward-looking statements. Some of these forward-looking statements can be identified by the use of forward-looking words, including 'may,' 'should,' 'expect,' 'intend,' 'will,' 'estimate,' 'anticipate,' 'believe,' 'predict,' 'plan,' 'targets,' 'projects,' 'could,' 'would,' 'continue,' 'forecast' or the negatives of these terms or variations of them or similar expressions. All forward-looking statements are subject to risks, uncertainties, and other factors (some of which are beyond the control of Syntec Optics), which could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. All forward-looking statements are based upon estimates, forecasts and assumptions that, while considered reasonable by Syntec Optics and its management, as the case may be, are inherently uncertain and many factors may cause the actual results to differ materially from current expectations which include, but are not limited to: 1) risk outlined in any prior SEC filings; 2) ability of Syntec Optics to successfully increase market penetration into its target markets; 3) the addressable markets that Syntec Optics intends to target do not grow as expected; 4) the loss of any key executives; 5) the loss of any relationships with key suppliers including suppliers abroad; 6) the loss of any relationships with key customers; 7) the inability to protect Syntec Optics' patents and other intellectual property; 8) the failure to successfully execute manufacturing of announced products in a timely manner or at all, or to scale to mass production; 9) costs related to any further business combination; 10) changes in applicable laws or regulations; 11) the possibility that Syntec Optics may be adversely affected by other economic, business and/or competitive factors; 12) Syntec Optics' estimates of its growth and projected financial results for the future and meeting or satisfying the underlying assumptions with respect thereto; 13) the impact of any pandemic, including any mutations or variants thereof and the Russian/Ukrainian or Israeli conflict, and any resulting effect on business and financial conditions; 14) inability to complete any investments or borrowings in connection with any organic or inorganic growth; 15) the potential for events or circumstances that result in Syntec Optics' failure to timely achieve the anticipated benefits of Syntec Optics' customer arrangements; and 16) other risks and uncertainties set forth in the sections entitled 'Risk Factors' and 'Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements' in prior SEC filings including registration statement on Form S-4 filed with the SEC. These filings identify and address other important risks and uncertainties that could cause actual events and results to differ materially from those contained in the forward-looking statements. Nothing in this press release should be regarded as a representation by any person that the forward-looking statements set forth herein will be achieved or that any of the contemplated results of such forward-looking statements will be achieved. You should not place undue reliance on forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date they are made. Syntec Optics does not give any assurance that Syntec Optics will achieve its expected results. Syntec Optics does not undertake any duty to update these forward-looking statements except as otherwise required by law.
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