Ingenuity & Integrity: The Hamar Laser Story

Our company was born quietly, in a small suburban town.

As an enterprising and extremely talented young engineer employed by Perkin-Elmer, Martin Hamar helped design the world’s first laser alignment system. In 1967, intent on designing the most accurate laser alignment systems possible and marketing them with integrity, Hamar raised a modest amount of capital with the help of friends and founded the company that bears his name. Nurtured with Hamar’s determination and ingenuity, the inspired enterprise took root and grew.

Fast-forward to the present: Today, Danbury, Connecticut-based Hamar Laser Instruments manufactures laser alignment systems that address virtually any alignment challenge, from complex multi-axis, machine tool geometry applications to simple shaft alignment applications, and serves a large and highly diversified global customer base. Martin Hamar is chairman of the board, and the holder of 26 U.S. and foreign patents. His son, Rod Hamar, as president, is leading the company into the future.

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So how did Hamar Laser, born a geometry company, get into shaft alignment?

In the 1990s, Martin and his team saw that a competitor had come out with a shaft alignment system that looked “okay” but which they quickly realized could be much better. So they thought: Why not apply the company’s more than 25 years of geometry know-how to common shaft alignment problems? It would be good for the customer and Hamar Laser, and it would serve industry.

Using insights gained from decades of geometry alignment experience, Hamar Laser designed and built the S-640, the first 4-axis shaft alignment system, the progenitor of the Stealth Series brand. The product line grew steadily and today includes a variety of shaft alignment tools including the brand’s flagship, the S-680 5-Axis Laser Alignment System.

Made in America

Hamar Laser was born in Connecticut, and grew up proudly American.

Today, while serving customers on six continents, Hamar Laser maintains its unique American character: equal parts of “Yankee ingenuity” and doggedness in its relentless pursuit of technological innovation, key qualities of the founder! At the same time, we’ve earned a global reputation for “Made in America” quality and reliability.

Hamar Laser is also very proud of its ties with the U.S. Military. Martin Hamar and a number of the talented staff are military veterans, including a master-chief, submariner and infantry lieutenant, helping to keep our nation and allies safe, and preserving the free-enterprise system that makes America the greatest and most prosperous country in the world.

In short, Hamar Laser’s Stealth Series offers customers and distributors a distinctive blend of global prowess and national pride. Learn more about what “Made in America” quality and reliability mean for our customers.

For more information, send an e-mail to info@stealthalignment.com or give us a call at
203-730-4600.
We’re here to help you solve your toughest alignment problems!