Holotools GmbH
Holotools is a manufacturer of high-quality micro- and nanostructure master plates and embossing tools. Our business is the design and the realisation of functional surfaces for light management and other fields of application. These applications include:
- Antireflection and antiglare for computer displays
- Holographic diffusers for light shaping
- Diffraction gratings for measurement systems, holographic security devices and packaging material
- Micro-optical structures like prism-arrays for lighting and day-lighting applications
Holotools was founded in 2001 by engineers and scientists of the Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems in Freiburg, Germany. Extensive technological know-how has been developed in micro optics, lithography processes, micro patterning techniques and optical design. A strong focus has been set on the realisation of uniform microstructures on large areas without any seam lines - the key success factor for the commercial use of microstructures in many applications.
Holotools uses interference lithography as exposure process to produce embossing tools for customers who transfer the structures into polymer products. Holotools is the only company in the world producing sub-wavelength antireflection structures on areas of up to 36” diagonal with the performance, the uniformity and the cosmetic quality required to be used in commercial production. This is just one of many examples demonstrating Holotools’ world-wide leading edge position. Holotools is your partner from the idea to production. We offer
- Development of concepts
- Design of microstructures
- Prototypes
- Master structures for production
- Support in quality control
Our customers rely on our high quality master structures for the production of film and polymer components in micro replication processes.
- Profile of Holotools GmbH (PDF, chinese)