Incom history

Since 1975, Incom has been a proud supporter of the United Way of Southbridge, Sturbridge, and Charlton.

Incom’s foray into night vision is launched in 1985 when the company begins to produce a fiber optic taper for image intensification in a viewer used by United States Army combat tanks.

In 1989, the department funded a national fair housing study.

A significant milestone for Incom occurs in 1994 when the company purchases a competitor’s fused fiber optics business.

In 2003, Incom manufactures the largest diameter fiber optic tapers ever made.

A 2006 Small Business Innovation Research grant (SBIR) from the National Science Foundation facilitates the development of Glass Capillary and Microwell fiber optic faceplates.

In November 2008, the genome of an extinct Wooly Mammoth is sequenced almost to completion with the key to success being an Incom microwell faceplate.

In 2011, Incom formally recognized a dedicated Research & Development organization, establishing laboratory and office space in the JRD Research Facility.

In February 2012, Incom completed its acquisition of Paradigm Optics.

In 2013, 23 percent of black renting families and 25 percent of Hispanic renting families spent at least half of their income on housing.

Edmund L. Andrews, “Stanford study finds black and Hispanics typically need higher incomes than whites to live in affluent neighborhoods,” Stanford Report, June 25, 2015, available at http://news.stanford.edu/2015/06/25/segregation-neighborhood-income-062515/.

HUDUser, “HUD Rule on Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing,” available at https://www.huduser.gov/portal/sites/default/files/pdf/AFFH_Final_Rule_Executive_Summary.pdf (last accessed December 2016).

The highest income tax rate was lowered to 37 percent for tax years beginning in 2018.

In January 2019 Incom completed the first phase of its nearly 10x expansion into a new 45,000 square foot facility, investing millions of dollars in new equipment and increasing its workforce to over 40 personnel.