I visited Hamamatsu Co in a professional setting in 2004 and was very impressed. Their attention to detail was second to none and what we needed at the time.

I visited Hamamatsu Co in a professional setting in 2004 and was very impressed. Their attention to detail was second to none and what we needed at the time. We were building brand new optical sensors for robots and they had lots of experience in the area. They walked through our specs and needs and found the right part and helped us integrated. It was white glove service all the way. That definitely comes at a cost. When you are prototyping, that cost is expected. If you cross into the millions of units, I can understand how their approach and offering doesn't scale well. Hard to match the other Asian mfgs when numbers are huge.