Aegis Lightwave and Photop Technologies, both subsidiary companies of
II-VI Incorporated (NASDAQ: IIVI), today announced that they have merged
under the Photop brand identity. Aegis Lightwave, Inc., based in Woburn,
MA, U.S.A. will now operate as Photop Aegis Inc. Its subsidiary AOFR Pty
Limited, based in Canberra, Australia has been renamed Photop AOFR Pty
Limited.
The merger will allow the affiliates to better serve an expanding and
global customer base with coordinated sales, marketing, applications
engineering and product development activities using the companies’
combined resources and complementary expertise. The joint product
portfolio of the combined companies will be presented as one Photop
product portfolio with each product carrying the same brand identity.
“We are excited about the ability to leverage Photop’s strong brand
identity to accelerate the sales of our market leading optical channel
monitors and fused fiber devices in the global market,” said Chris
Koeppen, General Manager, Photop Aegis.
“We look forward to partnering with Aegis and AOFR to further develop
our product portfolios and market penetration worldwide where Photop is
rapidly becoming a leading player of Optical Components & Photonic
Products dedicated to the markets of Communications, Industrial
Applications and Life Sciences,” said John Ling, CEO of Photop
Technologies.
Photop Technologies became a subsidiary of II-VI in 2010, and Aegis
Lightwave became a subsidiary of II-VI in 2011. Photop Aegis and Photop
AOFR have transferred their main manufacturing operations to Photop
Technologies at the extensive facilities in Fuzhou, China. Based on the
joint manufacturing and integrated operations, the companies were able
to complete a full merger efficiently and with less impact to its
customer base. As a consolidated brand, Photop will be able to provide
its customers a seamless experience across a broad portfolio of
products, with increasing levels of customer service and responsiveness
to enable the business development and sales growth.
About Photop Aegis, Photop AOFR and Photop Technologies
Photop Aegis builds cost-effective solutions for intelligent optical
networks that are used for video, data communications,
telecommunications and other fast growing markets. Photop Aegis delivers
state of the art intelligent fiber-optic sub-systems to an international
customer base of optical networking systems manufacturers that enable
service providers to cost effectively deploy high bandwidth video
services such as High Definition TV, IPTV, and Video-on-Demand. Photop
Aegis offers a broad portfolio of cost-effective optical channel
monitors specifically designed for reconfigurable optical add-drop
multiplexing (ROADM) applications in high speed optical networks. Its
Photop AOFR subsidiary is an industry leader in fused fiber components
including those required for fiber lasers used in materials processing
applications. Photop AOFR also manufactures optical couplers used
primarily in telecom markets. Photop Aegis is located in Woburn,
Massachusetts, USA, with additional research and development in
Flemington, New Jersey. Photop AOFR is located in Canberra, Australia.
Photop Technologies located in Fuzhou, China, is a leading photonics
designer and integrated manufacturer of crystals & advanced optics,
optical components and photonic products for communications, industrial
applications and life sciences. More information can be viewed at www.photoptech.com.
About II-VI Incorporated
II-VI Incorporated, a global leader in engineered materials and
optoelectronic components, is a vertically-integrated manufacturing
company that creates and markets products for diversified markets
including industrial manufacturing, military and aerospace, high-power
electronics, optical communications, and thermoelectronics applications.
Headquartered in Saxonburg, Pennsylvania, with manufacturing, sales, and
distribution facilities worldwide, the Company produces numerous
crystalline compounds including zinc selenide for infrared laser optics,
silicon carbide for high-power electronic and microwave applications,
and bismuth telluride for thermoelectric coolers.