Century Precision OpticsCentury Precision Optics is an American lens manufacturing firm. It was founded in 1948 in North Hollywood, California as Century Photo Optics. Steven Manios Sr.[1] purchased the company in 1973 and created many of the optics.[2][3] Century Optics makes a variety of digital, broadcast, projection, and industrial lenses. They have offices in Hauppauge, New York and Van Nuys, California.[3] The company received a Academy Award for Technical Achievement in 1991.[4][2] Manios Sr. sold the company to Tinsley Laboratories in 1993.[5][2] In 2000 it was then acquired by Schneider Optics, the U.S. subsidiary of the German firm Schneider Kreuznach.[3] The Century name continues as a Schneider brand. Manios Sr. died in January 2021 from COVID-19 at age 82.[2] References
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