Molex Incorporated announced the expansion of their fiber optic technology platform following the acquisition of Oplink Communications. A wholly-owned subsidiary of Koch Industries, Molex will manage Oplink, a provider of optical communication components, intelligent modules and subsystems for a wide variety of customer applications.
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According to Doug Busch, Vice President and General Manager of the Molex optical solutions group, Molex collaborates closely with customers to address their fiber optic design challenges through innovative electronic solutions. Oplink’s capabilities, expertise and proven technologies combined with their optical product portfolio and global engineering and manufacturing platform will put Molex in a unique position to deliver complete fiber optic solutions to their customers worldwide.
Molex supplies advanced fiber optic interconnect systems, including connectors and adapters, optoelectronics, optical assemblies, backplanes, optical circuitry and integrated systems for telecommunications, datacom, medical, military/aerospace and other industries. Oplink’s record in supplying passive optical products, OMS (Optical Manufacturing Solutions) and active optoelectronics adds breadth and depth to the Molex portfolio of optical connectivity products.
Oplink specializes in creating total solutions utilizing advanced optical transport and transmission technologies for customers in the wireline, wireless telecom and datacom infrastructure markets and data center applications, as well as serving adjacent sectors of CATV, government/military and optical sensing. As bandwidth intensive applications continue to drive upgrades and expansion across customers’ networks, Oplink products deliver the needed solutions by addressing DWDM/CWDM bandwidth creation, bandwidth management, optical amplification, switching and routing, wavelength conditioning, monitoring and protection, connectivity and system-level integration of active optoelectronics and passive optical components. These leading optical solutions are fully supported by vertically integrated design and manufacturing services.
Busch adds that as their customers confront increasingly complex challenges, Molex is committed to creating more customer value by offering integrated solutions that leverage a broad range of high quality optical products and technologies. Molex’s acquisition strengthens their optical portfolio for telecommunications and datacom networking.
