A UK manufacturer whose lenses have been used on some of the biggest blockbusters in cinema history has opened a second site as it builds its share of the global market. Cooke Optics has put £1 million into the new site, close to its existing home in north Leicester, and expanded its team.
The second site was commissioned to help with growing sales of a new specialist lens brought out last year and there are plans for another new which will allow their lenses to be used by an even broader market of film and documentary makers.
Cooke lenses have been highly regarded in the movie business for more than a century thanks to their quality, reputation and the distinctive “Cooke Look” which they create on film – which is said to be more pleasing on the eye.
