Background


ChG Southampton Limited is a spin out company from the world-renown Optoelectronics Research Centre (ORC) at the University of Southampton.

Over 40 years of R & D in Speciality Glass and Fibre

The products of ChG Southampton Ltd are based on a platform technology - a novel family of glasses that have many applications. We have IP protection on our materials, its fabrication and many of its applications.

Tweasers holding a block of GLS glass

No other Commercial Source of the High Quality Glass We Produce

Unlike our competitors, our glass compositions are non-toxic, mass producible and more thermally stable. Their purity is unrivalled, with state of the art clean room preparation, verified melt to melt reproducibility and rigorous quality control.

Medical, Military, Memory, Telecom and other Applications

Our glasses transcend many and varied applications, in the form of bulk glass, optical components, thin films, microspheres and optical fibres. We are currently working with Guy's Hospital, London developing optical fibre endoscopes for laser surgery at wavelengths for which current fibre technology is not adequate. Other applications with enormous market potential include the military, where our fibres are already in Ministry of Defence test platforms.

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