>> Bright View Technologies designs,
innovates,
and manufactures micro lens arrays
for use in a wide variety of applications.
So anything from LED lighting to
high dynamic range displays
to self-driving cars. [MUSIC]
>> We design a manufacturer solutions
for people in the visual
intelligence space that lets them
grow and enhance their technology platforms
to meet the needs of not
just today, but also tomorrow.
We're able to print small lenses,
micro lens arrays onto various substrates.
And then those substrates are
utilized in everything from
phones to displays to gesture recognition,
to all those new things
that need to have eyes.
We can help in a variety of ways for
them to be able to make those better. [MUSIC]
>> We're a group of very engaged,
passionate employees that really
believe in the power of
micro lens arrays and what
visual intelligence is going to do.
To be at the forefront
of something that's going to have
a meaningful change to help
people live their lives it's
very exciting. [MUSIC]
>> The pandemic for us,
we got hit early because we deal with Asia,
we were very concerned.
So we pivoted to face shields
because 3/4 of everything
we needed to make a face shield we
had already in the building. [MUSIC]
>> We knew we had the resources to make PPE.
We didn't know how to sell those,
how to access entities that might need PPE.
So we reached out to
North Carolina Manufacturing
Extension Partnership.
[MUSIC]
>> I worked with the North Carolina State
University industry expansion solutions team
where the North Carolina MEP,
which is part of the MEP National Network.
>> MEP to bright view has always been the
go-to source when you just
don't know who else to call.
>> What we did was we would try to match
up companies that were making PPE.
We're trying to make it
with the supply chain.
And then also, once they have
finished these PPE products,
trying to match them up with
hospital groups, their state agencies.
To me, they were ahead of the curve.
>> We built kits of
raw materials and we
hired 30 independent contractors.
We also gave preference to anyone that
had lost their job due to pandemic reasons.
Each camp was 250 face shields.
They would go home and they
would assemble the kids
at home and we would quality inspect them,
we would finalize the pack
and then we'd ship them out.
>> What made them a hero was
the way they pivoted to help make PPE,
to give their workforce as safe as
environment to work in as possible.
They're a company that doesn't
come in a unique position but they're
actually manufacturing and exporting
components that go into
devices that people use every day.
Of course, it brings
notoriety to this area to have
a company that level that can put
products into the supply chain
and in other parts of the world.
>> This metaverse of
artificial intelligence and Internet
of Things is exploding.
And one of the key components to that are
micro lens array structures
that help visual intelligence.
>> We're investing in clean rooms that
will elevate
our capabilities to manufacturer,
that allows us to enter new markets.
Whether it's trying to get an
automotive or trying to do things
with display companies and
new opportunities with 3D sensing.
By doing the things internally,
we're building that to be able to really
be the growth engine
for the company going forward. [MUSIC]
>> I'm so proud of the work that we do here,
the people that we employ,
passion that we have for our business,
and also the fact that we are an example of
how you can cost-effectively manufacture in
the US and export around the globe.
We create new technologies,
new opportunities
for a very exciting future. [MUSIC]
>> Bright View Technologies
makes the world a better place by
being able to help
customers realize their vision. [MUSIC]