Our Company

Vytek designs and builds the majority of the equipment it builds. The company utilizes its extensive in-house manufacturing ability to rapidly design and build both its prototype and production systems. This capability has been the corner stone to its success.

At Vytek’s core is its ability to adapt computerized controls to mechanical devices. Vytek developed an expertise in this area, to include:

• 3 generations of knife cutting, roll feed plotters, deploying over 1500 units in the field
• 5 models of CNC routers, deploying over 1000 units in the field
• 2 generations of CNC large format drilling systems for the ship and bridge building industry
• 7 generations of CO2 laser cutting, marking and engraving systems 

Vytek now offers a wide range of laser systems in a broad range of wavelengths from 10.6 um through 355. This range is based on common technologies that allow rapid changes to accommodate unique markets and customers. Vytek’s primary products are based on XY gantry style positioning systems and Galvo based scanning systems.

Although the product lines have evolved, Vytek's mission remains to manufacture quality equipment supported by a knowledgeable staff.

Vytek distributes nationally and internationally from its own 25,000 sq ft facility plant in Fitchburg, Massachusetts.

Key Strengths:

  • Designs and manufactures the majority of what it sells 
  • Manages control system technologies 
  • Develops products on a platform basis for broad market appeal
  • Controls IP to enhance the value of its products and market share 
  • Invests in research and development for next generation products and markets 
  • Uses a sophisticated sales management system to identify customer opportunities 
  • Invests heavily in sales and marketing activities 
  • Has a lean productive workforce 
  • Produces its own working capital from sales and leverages no long term debt 
  • Manufactures almost everything it sells in house

Company History

Vytek traces its roots back to 1968 with the founding of Burrowes Research by Curt Burrowes. This organization specialized in the building of electrically conductive fiber optic plates and specialty fibers. Mr. Burrowes was instrumental in the early days of the fiber optic industry, first as a partner with Mosaic labs (later Bendix) which he continued in his own company Burrowes Research. When Curt’s son, Dirk, became involved in the business in 1981, he brought with him the mechanical engineering knowledge which was used for the custom machine building side of the business.

Notable accomplishments include:

  • The first high volume oxygen permeable hard contact lens processing system for Polymer corp. (Later Bausch and Lomb)
  • Source radiation X-Ray system for the study of Osteio perousisi for MSE labs including a NEW glass drawn collimator for high resolution images with a 90% clear aperture. 
  • A production polarizer film making system for early CRT filters
  • Custom ground based antenna for Essco for military applications. 
  • High speed computerized tangent knife cutting systems for stencil cutting.

In 1989 an opportunity existed to further the manufacturing capabilities of Burrowes Research into a focused product line and so a new company was formed, Vinyl Technologies, Inc/Vytek. The initial emphasis of this company was to provide computerized cutting equipment to the sign industry. Later, as the company grew, other products and markets were added. In 1995 Burrowes Research was merged with Vytek to create one entity for the manufacturing of the Vytek product line.