NanoOpto Corp. and Sumitomo Metal Mining partnership yields first product
JANUARY 30, 2007 -- NanoOpto Corp., which is applying novel design methods and proprietary nano-fabrication technology to produce a range of optical components that enable higher quality, low-cost optical components and systems, and Sumitomo Metal Mining (SMM), developer of optical isolators and related components for fiber-optic network applications, have announced that their joint-development partnership has resulted in first product shipments to SMM's customers.
The teaming of NanoOpto (search for NanoOpto) and Sumitomo Metal Mining (search for Sumitomo Metal Mining) and their collaboration on the development of new, integrated telecommunications components--primarily packaged optical isolators and custom WDM filters--will enable smaller, more highly integrated devices at very competitive price points not feasible through traditional technologies, claim the companies. This relationship enhances both companies' abilities to address optical networking component providers' increasing demand for hardware, they say.
The new components enable triple-play (voice, data, and video) services through fiber infrastructure and end user premise equipment.
"SMM's Communications Components business is a very synergistic partnership with NanoOpto," contends Barry Weinbaum, president and CEO of NanoOpto Corp. "SMM's market-leading position gives them keen insight into the direction of the end user. We are excited to make the announcement of our close working relationship, and we are now shipping optical isolator products to customers," he reports. "We are collaborating on new products [that] will give SMM and their customers a real competitive advantage."
Products resulting from the SMM and NanoOpto relationship will be generally available during 2007.
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