CENiX Inc. Opens New State-of-the-Art Automated Assembly Facility and Corporate Headquarters.Business Editors & High-Tech Writers LEHIGH VALLEY The Lehigh Valley or the Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ metropolitan area is a metropolitan region in eastern Pennsylvania and western New Jersey, in the United States. It is the third-most populated metropolitan region in Pennsylvania, after Philadelphia and Pittsburgh. , Pa.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 16, 2001 The New CENiX Facility is the Production Site for the Next Generation High-Speed Optoelectronic Refers to devices that function due to the interaction of light and electronics. For example, an electronic signal is the input to a laser diode, which generates light pulses that are transmitted through an optical fiber. Interfaces and Process Development and Systems Research CENiX Inc., a leader in the design and automated au·to·mate v. au·to·mat·ed, au·to·mat·ing, au·to·mates v.tr. 1. To convert to automatic operation: automate a factory. 2. manufacture of next generation high-speed optoelectronic interfaces, today announced it has opened its 43,600 square foot state-of-the-art automated assembly, development and research facility at 7360 Windsor Drive, in Allentown, Pa. The facility, which will also serve as the company's headquarters, is equipped with optoelectronic assembly and test facilities, laboratories and administrative offices. "The grand opening of our manufacturing and corporate headquarters, marks an important step forward in providing the next level of integration and automation for optoelectronic subsystems," stated Dr. Melvyn Dixon, co-founder and president and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of CENiX. "The Lehigh Valley is rapidly becoming the home of the technology for the future and we look forward to adding to the innovation and growth that is occurring in this region." Construction of the new facility began in December 2000. "The building was designed to the proprietary specifications of CENiX to meet the environmental and infrastructure needs of robotic optoelectronic assembly and test," stated Timothy Bock Noun 1. bock - a very strong lager traditionally brewed in the fall and aged through the winter for consumption in the spring bock beer lager beer, lager - a general term for beer made with bottom fermenting yeast (usually by decoction mashing); originally , co-founder and senior vice president of manufacturing and process development. "Semi-automated production has already begun and we will be ramping our fully automated production capability in early 2002." Brandywine Realty Trust Brandywine Realty Trust (NYSE: BDN) is a real estate development trust (REIT) in the United States that buys, sells, leases and manages approximately 225 commercial properties, no more than 25 industrial parcels of land, mixed-use property, and over 200 acres of undeveloped of Newtown Square, Pa. developed the property on a long-term lease agreement. Ondra-Huyett Associates Inc. of Allentown was the construction manager. The facility, which is designed to accommodate an expansion from 43,600 to 64,600 square feet, was completed on time and on budget. Current employment at the facility is 65 employees, which will continue to expand through the end of 2001. Since its formation in July 2000, CENiX has introduced a new family of high-speed optoelectronic interfaces and has grown to 90 employees, with 25 product development and marketing personnel located at its design center in Irvine, Calif. The company is continuing to recruit to fill additional technical positions. About CENiX Inc. CENiX was established in July 2000 to design and manufacture the next generation integrated optical subsystems to satisfy the explosive bandwidth requirements Bandwidth requirements (communications) The channel bandwidths needed to transmit various types of signals, using various processing schemes. Every signal observed in practice can be expressed as a sum (discrete or over a frequency continuum) of sinusoidal of the Internet age. Optoelectronic interfaces are required to seamlessly move data and voice signals between the electrical and optical domains of any optical communications Optical communications The transmission of speech, data, video, and other information by means of the visible and the infrared portion of the electromagnetic spectrum. infrastructure. First round funding was led by the Silicon Valley firm, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers and included Cisco Systems “Cisco” redirects here. For other uses, see Cisco (disambiguation). Cisco System,Inc. (NASDAQ: CSCO, HKSE: 4333 ) is an American multinational corporation with 54,000 employees and annual revenue of US $28.48 billion as of 2006. , Dongah Elecomm and other strategic individuals. For more information visit www.cenixinc.com. Note to Editors: CENiX is a trademark of CENiX Inc. |
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