Does Your Business Need an ERP System?

IRD Glass is in the process of rolling out an automated scheduling and accounting software called an Enterprise Resource Planning system, or ERP system. ERP systems are business process management software that allow companies to use a system of interconnected...
A Quick Distinction: Machine Vision versus Computer Vision

A Quick Distinction: Machine Vision versus Computer Vision

Technology moves a thousand miles a minute, and it’s difficult to stay up to date. New words are added to the dictionary and new phrases constantly enter the lexicon. Two such phrases are computer vision and machine vision. They’re used interchangeably, but they...

Three Reasons You Should Care about Company Values

Employees at the most successful companies would have no trouble enumerating and explaining their company values. That’s because they are pervasive, worked into the very fabric of what the company does on a daily basis. At IRD Glass, for example, we believe in...

U.S. Manufacturing can be revived, but it will look different

In March we had our first $1 million month. It was the culmination of recent growth that has included a hiring spree in which we brought 24 people, including 2 new engineers, into the IRD family. As it turns out, we aren’t an exception; U.S. manufacturing is on the...

Just How Strong are Sapphire Windows?

IRD Glass manufactures a variety of sapphire components, including sapphire windows, for industry leading companies like Honeywell. Here’s what you need to know about this amazing material and the components that can be made from it. What are Sapphire Windows?...

LiDAR is Archaeology’s Most Amazing Discovery

As a company that creates custom laser optics that are essential to LiDAR systems, we like to share the technology’s many novel applications as they arise. Among the most interesting ways LiDAR is being used is in the field of archaeology. In just a few years, it has...