Phillips Safety Products

The Phillips family has a history of more than 100 years in the optical business. We started producing Glasses for Bausch & Lomb in 1905. In 1914 Phillips Lens was founded, working out of the basement of our grandfather's home in Rochester, New York. The company reworked the lenses that Bausch & Lomb rejected due to production errors and sold them back to Bausch & Lomb. When the ultex lens went off-patent in 1916, the company moved to Middlesex, New Jersey and started production of ultex bifocals, selling them to optical labs for prescription lenses.

From 1916 to 2000, the Company made optical lenses for the military, semi-finished lenses for optical labs to make into prescription Glasses, and we produced sunglass lenses and specialty bifocal lenses.

With the creation of Phillips Safety products in 2001, our marketing focus changed. We moved out of the optical manufacturing business and entered the occupational safety market business, serving clients in the laser, x-ray, glassblowing and other safety markets. In 2003, Rx-Safety was established as a division of Phillips Safety. The Company produces the RXSafety line and distributes (both wholesale and retail) prescription safety Glasses for the military and other safety markets. Due to a growing demand for our products and a lack of space, we moved in 2006 to a new location in Middlesex County, New Jersey.

With our top quality CNC (computer numeric control) edging facility, Rx-Safety produces the highest quality prescription wrap around frames. Our CNC generator ensures a high level of accuracy and efficiency and can produce both spherical and aspheric lenses.

President Robert Phillips has been in the optical manufacturing business since 1968. Vice President Ryan Phillips is a graduate of Monmouth University and he has worked in the optical industry since 1996.

Our company is a family in more ways than one. Our owners - Robert Phillips and his son, Ryan Phillips - launched Phillips Safety in 2001 in Middlesex, NJ, after the Phillips family had already been in the optical industry for almost 100 years. In 2001, the company had four employees (including the owners) and ran only a few jobs a day. Today, our company has grown to over 40 employees and we ship between 100 and 200 packages daily. We are proud of our ability to produce high-quality prescription safety glasses in a timely manner, and it's all thanks to our loyal and dedicated team. Phillips Safety encourages a "family" atmosphere, because we know that our team's positive attitude and dedication is what will keep us growing. Our employees are our strength, and we would not have grown to where we are today if it wasn't for them. We are proud of our family.