About Us

From the day our first export was made in 1984 to now, when we are designing and manufacturing optical, opto-electronic and opto-mechanical assemblies, General Optics (Asia) Limited (GOAL) has come a long way in its continuing journey of excellence.

Being an export oriented unit, GOAL's quality standards meet the most demanding international requirements.Our skilled and highly talented work-force of over 180 employees (comprising over 50 engineers) has over 27 years of experience in precision mechanical engineering and precision optics design and fabrication.

Today we are known for our complex customized jobs. Our focus on quality and professionalism has earned us our customers' trust and confidence. As a result over 80% of our business comes from long standing customers with whom we are associated for over 15 years.

Milestones

• 1982:

Foundation of GOAL on October 8th,1982

• 1984:

First export to USA

• 1987:

Night Vision Devices for Indian Defense

• 1994:

Design and manufacture of Handheld Thermal Imaging Cameras for Indian Navy

• 1997:

ISO Quality System certification under the 1994 series

Design and manufacture of LASER Range Finders for Battle Tanks

• 1999:

Delivery of space qualified lenses and filters

• 2000:

Supply of Star Sensor lens assemblies

• 2001:

ISO 9001 - 2000 certification for Quality Management Systems

• 2002:

Design and realization of test and evaluation systems for ground checkout of satellite payloads

Design and fabrication of space borne filters

• 2004:

Proprietary process development and delivery of superpolished optics made from Zerodur® and fused silica (Patent pending)

Design and development of Laser Based Imaging And Surveillance Systems

• 2006:

Delivery of complex Glass Monoblocks for Gyros

• 2008:

Contract to build boundary layer LIDARs

Contract to build ground based telescopes

• 2009:

Design and fabrication of Space borne Optical Solar Reflectors (Patents Pending)

• 2010:

ISO 9001 - 2008 certification for Quality Management Systems