Blue Ridge Crystal Technologies LLC

Blue Ridge Crystal Technologies, LLC (formerly Hoffman Materials, LLC) is focused on becoming the leader in growing and processing differentiated crystalline materials. Our team of experienced scientists, engineers and technical staff are continuously looking for ways to be innovative and improve our technologies. We build our success with the right people doing the right things in the right way to provide zero defect products on time to our customers. In the fall of 1932, Philip Reynold Hoffman built, as a hobby, saws for cutting petrified wood. At the request of a local “ham” radio operator who needed a quartz wafer to keep his transmitter on the frequency channels allotted to him by the government, P. R. made his first crystal. The demand for these precision-cut crystals became so great that in 1938, the P. R. Hoffman Company was founded. Over time, ownership changed hands and the company diversified into product lines having similar materials and processing requirements. In 1981 the P. R. Hoffman Company split into two divisions: P. R. Hoffman Materials Processing and P. R. Hoffman Machine Products. Former P. R. Hoffman Materials Processing operated under the name Hoffman Materials, LLC until changing to Blue Ridge Crystal Technologies, LLC in April of 2024.