Meade Instruments

The Meade Instruments (also shortened to Meade) is an American multinational company headquartered in Watsonville, California, that manufactures, imports, and distributes telescopes, binoculars, spotting scopes, microscopes, CCD cameras, and telescope accessories for the consumer market. It is the world's largest manufacturer of telescopes.

Meade Acquisition Corp dba Meade Instruments
Company typePrivate
IndustryManufacturing
Founded1972
HeadquartersWatsonville, California, United States
Key people
Peter Moreo, President
Deborah Woodward "VP Ops"
ProductsOptical and electromechanical instruments
OwnerOptronic Holding Corp
Websitemeade.com

Besides selling under its "Meade" brand name, the company sells solar telescopes under the brand "Coronado".

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