Russell Childs

Optoscribe Ltd. manufactures single mode and multicore fiber optic cables. Its products include 3D optofan series, 3D MMux Photonic Lantern and FCX Fiber Coupled Interconnex. The company was founded by Nick David Psaila and Graeme Brown in 2010 and is headquartered in Livingston, the United Kingdom.

KAIAM Corp. designs, develops, and manufactures optical communications products. The firm offers 40G-LR4 CWDM4, 100G CWDM4+, 80Ch 50GHz Athermal AWG, and 40Ch 100 GHz Athermal AWG. The company was founded by Bardia Pezeshki in 2009 and is headquartered in Newark, CA.

Avanex Corporation is a leading global provider of Intelligent Photonic Solutions(TM) to meet the needs of fiber optic communications networks for greater capacity, longer distance transmissions, improved connectivity, higher speeds and lower costs. These solutions enable or enhance optical wavelength multiplexing, dispersion compensation, switching and routing, transmission, amplification, and include network-managed subsystems. Avanex was incorporated in 1997 and is headquartered in Fremont, California. Avanex also maintains facilities in Erwin Park, N.Y.; Nozay, France; and San Donato, Italy. The facilities also are home to Avanex's Centers of Excellence for specialized research and manufacturing.

NEC Semiconductors Ireland Ltd. manufactures semiconductor devices. The company also provides electrical and electronic equipment. It is headquartered Ballivor, Ireland

Kymata Ltd. designs and manufactures planar optical components and subsystems. The company is based in Porth, UK. The British company was founded by Richard Ian Laming, Brendan Hyland. Kymata was acquired by Alcatel Optronics, Inc. on September 21, 2001 for $49.51 million.

Gemfire Corp. develops and supplies integrated photonics sub-systems and planar lightwave circuits. It specializes in applying planar semi-conductor-type processing technology to create an innovative family of high-performance components and modules for Optical Networking applications. The company was founded in 1995 and is headquartered in Newark, CA.