Alcoa Fujikura Ltd. Acquires Noyes Fiber Systems to Offer Complete Test &Measurement Solution to the Fiber Optic Market!Business Editors/High Tech Writers BRENTWOOD, Tenn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 3, 2000 Alcoa Fujikura Ltd., a leading fiber optic supplier in the telecommunications industry, announces its acquisition of Noyes Fiber Systems, headquartered in Belmont, New Hampshire Belmont is a town in Belknap County, New Hampshire, United States. The population was 6,716 at the 2000 census. History Originally known as Upper Gilmanton, Belmont was chartered in 1727 as a parish of Gilmanton. . In a deal that combines two strong fiber optic equipment manufacturers, the merging of AFL AFL: see American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations. and Noyes greatly enhances the value of AFL's strategy of being a complete system supplier to the fiber optic users. In North America, AFL is the leading supplier of fusion splicers, and it now has the ability to provide fusion splicers and test &measurement equipment to its customer base as a single package. &uot;Alcoa Fujikura Ltd. will be adding value to our customers by packaging Noyes products along with our broad line of fusion splicers, fiber optic cable Noun 1. fiber optic cable - a cable made of optical fibers that can transmit large amounts of information at the speed of light fibre optic cable transmission line, cable, line - a conductor for transmitting electrical or optical signals or electric power , and hardware,&uot; claims Steve Althoff, general manager of AFL. He adds, &uot;Noyes is a leading test and measurement supplier in the fiber optics fiber optics, transmission of digitized messages or information by light pulses along hair-thin glass fibers. Each fiber is surrounded by a cladding having a high index of refractance so that the light is internally reflected and travels the length of the fiber market. We look forward to working with this outstanding organization.&uot; John Noyes, president of Noyes Fiber Systems added, &uot;Noyes' test and measurement product line complements AFL's fusion splicer product line, and vice versa VICE VERSA. On the contrary; on opposite sides. . Together, we will be able to supply our customers with a total system solution.&uot; Alcoa Fujikura Ltd. Telecommunications Division is a leading global provider of fiber optic products and services to the Telecommunications, Data Communications, CATV (Community Antenna TV) The original name for cable TV. It used a single antenna at the highest location in the community in order to deliver a quality signal to homes in areas with hilly terrain or other interference. , and Electric Utility industries. AFL is capable of providing full systems solutions from the long haul to the desktop. AFL is headquartered in Brentwood, TN with several manufacturing locations throughout the US and Mexico. All AFL manufacturing facilities are ISO (1) See ISO speed. (2) (International Organization for Standardization, Geneva, Switzerland, www.iso.ch) An organization that sets international standards, founded in 1946. The U.S. member body is ANSI. 9001 certified. Noyes Fiber Systems is a leading manufacturer of fiber optic test equipment for measuring, maintaining, and documenting the performance of fiber optic networks. Noyes' product line consists of optical power meters, light sources, loss/return test sets, fiber certification kits, mini-OTDR's, fiber inspection scopes, fiber optic talk sets, variable optical attenuators, visible fault and fiber optic identifiers. |
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