Mirror Technology has experience in the vacuum coating industry going back to 1970. Formed as Craswell Scientific Ltd, the company supplied vacuum products mainly to laboratories, but soon diversified into coating products, initially acrylic mirrors.

After developing a wide range of traffic and industrial convex mirrors the company started a development project with British Rail for the newly introduced Driver Only Operated trains. In 1985 the first trials were completed and these mirrors are now used widely in the UK and Europe. Aircraft parking mirrors were soon introduced, and also a range of decorative coatings initially for automotive dealership signs.

Other applications followed and to reflect the new direction the company formally changed its name to Mirror Technology in 2001.
The business now operates in the a number of defined markets, and offers traffic mirrors for domestic customers wishing to enable easier use of their roads and driveways.