GREEN BAY, Wis.—Global Optics, based here, announced that Sunburst Optics has become the latest addition to its group of independent laboratories.

Founded in 1979 and located in Syracuse, New York, Sunburst Optics is an independently owned wholesale optical laboratory. Started by Norman Perry, the laboratory was purchased by Richard Sapia in the fall of 2000. Two years later, Jeremy Gnade joined as partner to Richard.

Sunburst Optics is committed to staying as technologically advanced as possible. In April of 2002, they were one of the first VisionWeb laboratories. Their 28 full and part-time employees process approximately 275 Rx orders per day and they continue to grow each year. Experiencing a 15 percent increase in 2007, they have grown another 5 percent so far in 2008, according to partner Jeremy Gnade.