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Meade Instruments
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| Company type | Private |
|---|---|
| Industry | Manufacturing |
| Founded | 1972 |
| Headquarters | Watsonville, California, United States |
Key people | Peter Moreo, President[1] Deborah Woodward "VP Ops" |
| Products | Optical and electromechanical instruments |
| Owner | Optronic Holding Corp |
| Website | meade |
The Meade Instruments (also shortened to Meade) was an American multinational company headquartered in Watsonville, California, that manufactured, imported and distributed telescopes, binoculars, spotting scopes, microscopes, CCD cameras, and telescope accessories for the consumer market.[2] It was, at one point, the world's largest manufacturer of telescopes.[3]
Besides selling under its "Meade" brand name, the company sells solar telescopes under the brand "Coronado".[4]
In July 2024, Sky and Telescope magazine reported that Optronic Technologies, the owner of Meade Instruments and Orion Telescopes, had closed their facilities in California and had laid off all of their employees. As of July 15, there had been no official announcement from the company, and S&T said they were trying to get more information from their sources. As of December, 2024, the Sky&Telescope website announced that the assets of Meade, Coronado and Orion Telescopes and Binoculars would be listed for auction and that these companies were ceasing operations. [5]
- ^ "directory listing". bloomberg.com. Bloomberg. Retrieved September 2, 2016.
- ^ Smith, Gordon V.; Parr, Russell L. (March 30, 2009). Intellectual property, by Gordon V. Smith, Russell L. Parr, page 167. John Wiley & Sons. ISBN 9780470286548. Retrieved November 20, 2011.
- ^ "fundinguniverse.com, Meade Instruments". Fundinguniverse.com. Retrieved November 20, 2011.
- ^ Meade Instruments Announces Sale of Meade Europe Operations for Gross Cash Proceeds of US$12.4 Million[permanent dead link] Retrieved Jan 29, 2009
- ^ "Meade and Orion Cease Operations, Go to Auction". December 1, 2024.
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