Optical Systems Technology, Inc. (OSTI), the founding member of the OmniTech Partners Group, was incorporated in 1995 as a Pennsylvania "S" Corp with a mission to design and develop multi-spectral optical systems and stabilized gimbaled optical platforms for military and law enforcement applications. In 1996, Optical Systems Technology, Inc. acquired the Star-Tron® Night Vision product line formerly a business area of the Smith & Wesson corporation. In the Spring of 1997 Optical Systems Technology, Inc. began operations at its Freeport facility (see below) with 6 personnel. In 2001, Keystone Applied Technologies, Inc. (KATI) was incorporated in Pennsylvania as a partner group to design, develop and prototype new electro-optical surveillance systems, small arms | night vision weaponsights, and stabilized gimbaled products. Early in 2003 OmniTech Partners, Inc. was founded to consolidate both operating groups (OSTI & KATI) and other assets under a single holding company. 2003 also marked the founding of FrigiLite, Inc., a "commercial products" corporation with a mission to design and manufacture high performance, cost effective remote source lighting solutions for refrigerated merchandiser display cases. Today the OmniTech Partners Group employs 65 full-time and 3 part-time employees that include 16 engineers with 5 advanced degrees and 2 PhDs, 4 designers/draftsmen and 2 Journeyman Machinists. |
