- CEO
- Daniel Oancea
- Full Time Employees
- 249
- Sector
- Electronic technology
- Industry
- Electronic equipment/Instruments
- Address
- Bucharest Romania
- IPO Date
- Jan 15, 1997
- Business
- IOR SA is a Romania-based precision optics and optoelectronics manufacturer that designs, develops, and produces optical, optomechanical, and optoelectronic instruments and components for military, medical, industrial, and sporting markets. Founded in 1954 and headquartered in Bucharest, Romania, the company operates manufacturing, assembly, and testing facilities in Romania and distributes its products domestically and internationally across Europe, North America, and other global regions.
The company offers a comprehensive portfolio of products and services structured into four primary business categories: defense and tactical optical systems, including tactical rifle scopes, sniper scopes, illuminated reticle optics, competition scopes, collimator and red dot sights, night vision equipment, thermal imaging devices, military binoculars, artillery sights, armored vehicle periscopes, and rangefinding apparatus; medical and ophthalmic devices, including diagnostic slit lamps, surgical microscopes, ophthalmoscopes, keratometers, colposcopes, dental examination instruments, and corrective ophthalmic lenses; industrial optical components, including precision spherical and aspherical lenses, prisms, optical flats, mirrors, optical bandpass and interference filters, custom reticles, autocollimators, and laboratory microscopes; and specialized engineering and manufacturing services, including custom optical design, prototyping, anti-reflective and dielectric thin-film coating deposition, high-precision CNC metal machining, optical component fabrication, calibration, and instrument maintenance.
In recent developments, IOR SA has focused on modernizing its production capabilities and expanding its tactical optics lines to meet increased NATO-aligned defense procurement and European security demand. The company has upgraded its CNC precision machining centers and optical coating cleanroom infrastructure to increase output capacity for specialized defense contracts and precision medical hardware. In addition, IOR SA has strengthened its international distribution networks, particularly for its specialized long-range tactical rifle scopes sold across North American and European sport and tactical markets under the IOR Valdada brand partnership, while continuing strategic operational alignment with Romanian defense and industrial modernization programs.