Looking at labs: Consistency and quality

Kennet Lahti Optical Glazing is located a few miles south-east of Leeds in the village of Oulton. Housed in a converted school building, the lab is run by a small team headed by owner Kennet Lahti.

Lahti grew up in Sweden and, after attending university in Stockholm, began working for Carl Zeiss.

‘I basically started from ground zero there – doing stock picking and the like – and became the lab manager before I left. I’ve worked my way through the whole system really. That’s where I learned the basics of glazing skills from the more experienced people in the lab. At that point they were still doing a lot by hand and about half the jobs were glass.’