News - Kyburz Sapphire

Supply chain security and production capacity

Industrial production capacity for microlenses achieved

18. September 2024

Thanks to innovative processing technology and optimized processes, we have expanded our production capacity and are now in the position to produce over 1,000 microlenses per month.

Microprocessing of cover glasses

Innovative processing technologies for cover glasses

30. October 2023

Innovative microprocessing technologies are enabling new and expanded functionalities for sapphire glass in the medical technology sector. KYBURZ SAPPHIRE produces these novel components down to the smallest dimensions into nanoscale. An industrialised process enables large production capacity at the highest levels of accuracy.

New production technologies

Surface modifications to sapphire optical windows

23. May 2023

At KYBURZ SAPPHIRE, we feel especially comfortable when we’re developing innovative, efficient production technologies. Recently, we’ve been engaged with carrying out precise “modifications” to sapphire surfaces, both polished and transparent, and with a matt finish.

Thanks to new optical measurement systems

A marked increase in centring precision

30. January 2023

When it comes to precision, KYBURZ SAPPHIRE is always exploring new limits. The integration of new optical measuring systems by TRIOPTICS will in future make it possible to measure centring precision in the range of just a few angular minutes.

Swiss pioneers for 100 years

Kyburz Sapphire on tracks of 100 year pioneer works

21. July 2022

The Kyburz Sapphire management team recently met at the Bad Horn Seminar Hotel on the beautiful shores of Lake Constance to discuss strategies and investments. To complement this two-day workshop, a visit was organised to the anniversary exhibition “100yrs Innovation Heerbrugg”.

LASER World of Photonics – Messe München, 26 – 29 April

Can it be made even smaller?

4. April 2022

The demand for ever smaller sapphire components is leading Kyburz Sapphire to develop creative solutions. In recent years, the company has made extensive investments in process technologies for the production of sapphire micro-lenses.