Accumux Technologies' Wins Double Accolades with Lightwave's Best of Show and Attendee's Choice Awards at NFOEC.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers CAMARILLO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE0--Dec. 2, 2002-- Light Fixers(TM) Dispersion dispersion, in chemistry dispersion, in chemistry, mixture in which fine particles of one substance are scattered throughout another substance. A dispersion is classed as a suspension, colloid, or solution. Compensation Module Selected as Attendees' Choice Award for Best Component With only one company chosen for Lightwave Magazine's 2002 "Best of Show" at the National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference (NFOEC NFOEC National Fiber Optical Engineer Conference NFOEC National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference ), Accumux Technologies announced today that it has been selected as the winner. Additionally, the company's product, Light Fixers(TM) Dispersion Compensation Module, was chosen as the "Attendees' Choice" in the magazine's "Components" category. Accumux was competing against over 100 other companies for the Best of Show, 50 of which were also in the components category. Lightwave Magazine sponsored the contest, which allowed attendees to vote for the best new technologies at NFOEC. "The Lightwave Attendees' Choice Awards are designed to recognize achievement in the eyes of the people who matter most -- the people who buy and use optical components, subsystems, systems, test equipment, design tools, and manufacturing equipment," says Stephen Hardy, Editorial Director and Associate Publisher of Lightwave Magazine. "Only people actually at the show are eligible to vote. Therefore, the victory should be considered a significant achievement." Attendee's of NFOEC in Dallas were able to vote for their favorite new technology in an array of different categories including components, subsystems, test equipment, and more. The company that received the most votes in each category received the attendee's choice award for that specific category. The company who received the most votes over all also received the Best of Show award. "Accumux is very pleased to be recognized by the industry for our DCM DCM abbr. Distinguished Conduct Medal ," says Ross Kocen, VP of Marketing for Accumux Technologies. "There were many excellent products and companies being considered for these award and we are ecstatic ec·stat·ic adj. 1. Marked by or expressing ecstasy. 2. Being in a state of ecstasy; joyful or enraptured. [French extatique, from Greek ekstatikos, from to be chosen for Best of Show and Best Component. This award helps validate To prove something to be sound or logical. Also to certify conformance to a standard. Contrast with "verify," which means to prove something to be correct. For example, data entry validity checking determines whether the data make sense (numbers fall within a range, numeric data that products which can resolve current optical problems are in demand." About Accumux Accumux Technologies develops and delivers high-precision, innovative optical components and sub-systems for DWDM (Dense WDM) The term given to wavelength division multiplexing (WDM) when significantly more channels were being added. Since WDM is increasingly more "dense" all the time, both terms are used synonymously. See WDM. DWDM - wavelength division multiplexing fiber-optic communication systems. The Light Fixers(TM) product family, based on patent-pending etalon In optical networking, an etalon is a passive filter that uses a Fabry-Perot cavity. See Fabry-Perot. technology, includes Dispersion Compensation Modules (DCM). Located in Camarillo, Calif., along the 101 High Tech Optical Corridor, Accumux Technologies has state-of-the-art laboratories and class-1000 clean rooms, full optical polishing and dicing dicing Trauma surgery Multiple 0.5-1.0 cm, cube-like lacerations of the skin seen in MVA victims who strike shattered tempered glass car windows capabilities, and a CNC-based machine shop. For more information, please visit www.accumux.com. |
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