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accession: "0001493152-24-001392"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "OPTX"
cik: "0001866816"
company_name: "SYNTEC OPTICS HOLDINGS, INC."
filed_at: "2024-01-05T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-07T03:29:42.898863+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.65
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Syntec Optics CEO details entry into communications market, new products, and M&A strategy

## Summary
- CEO Joseph Mohr says Syntec entered communications end market in 2023; prototyping in Q1/Q2, production in H2.
- Announced space optics for satellite comms, microlens arrays for telecom; partnering with Univ. of Rochester on biomedical sensing.
- New products in development: Viper and 3X magnifier scope, thermal augmentation device for day scopes.
- Syntec is a supplier for a NIST-funded R&D project focused on the sensing end market.
- Acquisition strategy targets complementary photonics firms to build unifying platform and add end-markets.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001493152-24-001392
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: OPTX
- cik: 0001866816
- company_name: SYNTEC OPTICS HOLDINGS, INC.
- filed_at: 2024-01-05T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.65
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1866816/000149315224001392/0001493152-24-001392-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1866816/000149315224001392/form8-k.htm

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