Grand Opening of nLight Photonics State-of-the-Art Manufacturing Plant in Vancouver, WA
Source: nLight Photonics
Seattle, WA. nLight Photonics, an early stage optical component supplier, announces the grand opening of its 57,000 square-foot, state-of-the-art laser diode manufacturing plant in Vancouver, Washington. The Vancouver facility will provide nLight Photonics with industry leading laser diode manufacturing capabilities. Completed in August, the plant will start production in October. The facility includes 22,000 square-feet of class 1000 clean room. ``Our product and process technologies allow us to significantly improve the performance while reducing the cost of active optical components, said Scott Keeney, President. ``This new facility will gives us increased control of product reliability and shortened design cycle times. Even with the current downturn in optical component markets, we strongly believe continued investment in our capabilities and proprietary technology position us well for the industry turn around.
The Vancouver location provides nLight with a very affordable business climate close to Portland s chip manufacturing infrastructure and skilled labor.
We are very pleased to begin production in Vancouver, Mark DeVito, Vice President of Manufacturing. We now have both a world-class manufacturing team and facility to deliver laser diode components.
About nLight Photonics
nLight Photonics was founded in July 2000 to develop advanced amplifiers that optimize the system benefits of Raman amplification in current and next-generation telecommunications networks. The company s proprietary technology and unmatched product performance uniquely meet the demand for dynamic, high performance components needed for tomorrow s agile, all-optical networks.
nLight Photonics team includes accomplished leaders from SDL, Corning, Lucent, Nortel, Agilent, and other industry pioneers. nLight Photonics is headquartered in Seattle with its manufacturing facility in Vancouver, WA. The company has received $60 million in funding from leading venture capitalists including Adams Capital Management; Cedar Grove Investments; Menlo Ventures; Mohr, Davidow Ventures and Oak Investment Partners.
For more information please visit http://www.nlightphotonics.com.
Contact:
nLight Photonics
Tim Sutton, 206/254-5221
www.nlightphotonics.com
nLight Photonics
Tim Sutton, 206/254-5221
www.nlightphotonics.com
Web site: http://www.nlightphotonics.com
