Our Team
Dr. Ken Pollitt - Managing Director
The company was founded in 1991 by Dr. Ken Pollitt who has over 25 years experience in the field of lens design and the production of high quality optical systems. After obtaining his doctorate at the University of Birmingham England, he worked for the British Glass Research Association in Sheffield and then Rank Taylor Hobson in Leicester, where he headed up the optical research and development team. Here he gained an intimate knowledge of the requirements of the TV and cine industries. He now runs Abakus.
Dr. Kath Langley C.Eng. - Manufacturing Director
Dr. Langley became a Chartered Engineer in 1976 and is a Member of the Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining. Prior to joining Abakus, Kath was an academic lecturer running degree courses in the Engineering Department at Northampton University. She was also chairman of the Engineering Council Education Subcommittee in the East Midlands. She joined Abakus in 1996 to do organization, procurement and assembly of the increasing number of Abakus optical products.
Teams based off site
Abakus is well served by an extended team of specialists based off-site. In this modern day and age we feel that there is no need for workers to commute everyday. Time and money can be saved by working from, or close to home. This avoids commuting stress, cuts down on pollution and saves time for more productive activities.
The teams include:
- mechanical design
- prototype metal manufacture.
- electronic circuit design and manufacture
- toolmakers
Glass manufactures
All our individually designed glass products (lenses, prisms, optical flats) are made by specialist lens manufacturers. We currently use four UK based companies and two European companies.
Metal manufacturers
Our production metal manufacture is done by three high quality specialist companies based locally in the East Midlands UK.
Optical Testing
Optical testing of all Abakus products is done, in house, on our premises at Grange Farm.