Micro-Vu Corporation

Micro-Vu was founded in 1959 in the San Fernando Valley in Southern California. The goal was to provide precision optical comparators at an affordable price. Small machine shops needed to improve the quality of their parts. Most measurement and inspection systems on the market were too expensive for the average small shop.

Micro-Vu's first product was a portable optical comparator. Micro-Vu designed a special lens system that offered bright images at a low cost. The comparator was an instant success.

Over the years, Micro-Vu expanded its product line to fill the needs of customers developing larger and more accurate measuring machines. In the 1970's Micro-Vu offered a full line of optical comparators with advanced features like thru-the-lens surface illumination and integrated digital readouts (DROs)