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1999

- MLOptic Corp. was founded.

2003

- Optics manufacturing & metrology business was launched.

2004

- Moonlight (Nanjing) Instrument Ltd. was founded.
- Optical module and industrial inspection business was launched.
- Imaging system business was launched.

2006

- ISO 9001 certification was achieved.
- Biometric business was launched.

2009

- Bio-medical business was launched.
- Opto-mechatronic engine project for PCR applications was launched.

2012

- Capabilities were expanded to include UV–Infrared, aspherical, ultra-precision, and large-scale optics manufacturing.
- Aviation project was launched.

2014

- Gene sequencing opto-mechatronic engine was launched.

2015

- Customized metrology applications were launched.

2016

- ML Metrology System Co., Ltd. was founded.
- ISO 13485 certification was achieved.
- AR/VR metrology business was launched.

2018

- MLOptic Corp. U.S. R&D Center in Seattle was opened.
- AS9100D certification was achieved.

2019

- MLO, MLI, and MLM business divisions were officially established.
- Comprehensive opto-mechatronic solutions for multi-industry applications were launched.
- MLOptic (Thailand) Co., Ltd. was founded.
- ISO 14001 certification was achieved.

2020

- IATF 16949 certification was achieved.

2022

- Shenzhen Laboratory was established.
- U.S. Application Laboratory in San Jose, California was opened.
- ML Photonic Ltd. was founded.

2023

- Company was listed on the STAR Market of the Shanghai Stock Exchange (688502: 茂莱光学).

2025

- New factory of MLOptic (Thailand) Co., Ltd. was launched.
- ML Shenzhen facility was founded.
- ML Beijing facility was founded.