ADC to acquire AOFR to expand end-to-end broadband network offering.MINNEAPOLIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 14, 1994--ADC Telecommunications Inc. announced today the intended acquisition of AOFR AOFR Assumption of Financial Responsibility Pty. Limited (AOFR) and its associated business units. AOFR, with headquarters outside Canberra, Australia, is a manufacturer of fiber-optic couplers and components. AOFR is currently a subsidiary of the Broken Hill Proprietary Company Limited (BHP), a large Australia-based resources company. AOFR will operate as an independent subsidiary of ADC (1) See A/D converter. (2) (Apple Display Connector) A peripheral connector from Apple that combines digital video display, USB and power in one cable. . AOFR holds a dominant position in the optical fiber coupler Refers to a myriad of different types of sockets for plugging in electric or electronic cables or devices. See network coupler. market worldwide. AOFR currently employs more than 80 people. As part of ADC, AOFR will continue to be led by Dr. Scott Rashleigh, managing director. ADC plans to further augment AOFR's Canberra operation by producing ADC's full line of fiber frames, panels and outside plant enclosures at the AOFR facility. "AOFR's fiber-optic product family will enable ADC to secure another critical link in our end-to-end solution (jargon) end-to-end solution - (E2ES) A term that suggests that the supplier of an application program or system will provide all the hardware and/or software components and resouces to meet the customer's requirement and no other supplier need be involved. Compare: turn-key solution. for service providers building broadband networks  This article or section needs copy editing for grammar, style, cohesion, tone and/or spelling.You can assist by [ editing it] now. , and AOFR's technical resources will bring significant benefits to our customers worldwide," said Lynn Davis Lynn Davis can refer to:
The addition of AOFR's products to ADC's fiber distribution frame and fiber-optic outside plant product families will provide customers with lead-time reduction and source control benefits, due to increased vertical integration. AOFR products include singlemode and multimode fiber-optic couplers, splitters and combiners; singlemode Wavelength Division Multiplexer (WDM (1) (Wavelength Division Multiplexing) A technology that uses multiple lasers and transmits several wavelengths of light (lambdas) simultaneously over a single optical fiber. ) couplers; singlemode dual wavelength couplers; singlemode attenuators; and fiber-optic cable organizers. AOFR is a leading fiber-optic coupler producer with a large market share of the global fiber-in-the-loop, cable television and test equipment markets. Products like AOFR's fiber-optic couplers and WDM devices are being widely deployed by cable television and telephone companies as they build and upgrade their broadband networks. The company has significant customers in North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. , Europe and Australia. ADC TELECOMMUNICATIONS INC. is a leading supplier of transmission and networking systems for voice, data, video and wireless networks and of physical connectivity products for fiber optic, twisted-pair and coaxial networks. Customers include local exchange carriers, other network service providers and manufacturers, enterprise network organizations, broadcast and cable TV network operators. Wholly owned business units include American Lightwave Systems, ADC Fibermux and ADC Kentrox. The company also operates international business units in Australia, Belgium, Canada, England, Mexico, Singapore and Venezuela. Fiscal year 1994 revenues are estimated to be $448.9 million. CONTACT: ADC Telecommunications Inc.
Greg Wortman, 612/946-3104 or
Aimee Gallogly (Finance/Investors), 612/946-3338
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