Stocker & Yale Announces an Agreement With INO to Manufacture Photosensitive Optical Fibers.Business/Technology Editors SALEM, N.H.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 7, 2000 Canada's Largest Optics and Photonics R&D Facility Signs Exclusive Agreement with Stocker & Yale Subsidiary Stocker & Yale, Inc. (OTC OTC See: Over-the-counter. OTC See over-the-counter market (OTC). BB:STKR), a leading provider of photonics and illumination products, today announced at OFC OFC Office OFC Officer OFC Of Course OFC Oxygen Free Copper OFC Oceania Football Confederation (soccer) OFC Optical Fiber Cable OFC Optical Fiber Communications OFC Optical Fiber Conference 2000 in Baltimore that its subsidiary, Lasiris Inc., a leading provider of phase masks and lasers, has signed an exclusive agreement with INO Ino (ī`nō), in Greek mythology, daughter of Cadmus. She was the wife of Athamas, to whom she bore Learchus and Melicertes. She plotted to kill her stepchildren, Phrixus and Helle, but their mother, Nephele, saved them with the help of a winged for the manufacture and sale of photosensitive A material that changes when exposed to light. See photoelectric. optical fibers, which will include Radiation Mode Suppression (RMS) fiber. INO is Canada's largest optics and photonics R&D facility. Alain Beauregard, Stocker & Yale's president and chief technology officer, sits on the board of directors at INO. The explosive growth of Dense Wavelength Division Multiplexing See WDM. , (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 ), a key enabling technology in the expansion of network capacity that combines multiple tightly controlled wavelengths of laser light onto a single fiber path, will require a new type of optical fiber that has photosensitivity Photosensitivity Definition Photosensitivity refers to any increase in the reactivity of the skin to sunlight. Description The skin is a carefully designed interface between our bodies and the outside world. in both the core and the cladding. This class of fiber is called Radiation Mode Suppression (RMS) photosensitive fiber. "RMS photosensitive fibers will allow an increase in optical fiber bandwidth by allowing fiber Bragg gratings of higher quality to be produced, opening the door to increased DWDM applications," said Mark W. Blodgett, Stocker & Yale's chairman and chief executive officer. "This is the first step in our commitment to produce specialty telecom fibers such as RMS photosensitive fibers for FBG/DWDMs, germanium germanium (jərmā`nēəm) [from Germany], semimetallic chemical element; symbol Ge; at. no. 32; at. wt. 72.59; m.p. 937.4°C;; b.p. 2,830°C;; sp. gr. 5.323 at 25°C;; valence +2 or +4. doped photosensitive fibers, erbium erbium (ûr`bēəm) [from Ytterby, a town in Sweden], metallic chemical element; symbol Er; at. no. 68; at. wt. 167.26; m.p. 1,529°C;; b.p. 2,863°C;; sp. gr. 9.05 at 25°C;; valence +3. doped fibers for EDFAs, and other types of fiber. This RMS photosensitive fiber also compliments our phase mask customer base as there is a strong synergy between these two technologies," Blodgett added. The RMS photosensitive optical fiber will be produced at Stocker & Yale's facility located in Salem, New Hampshire Salem is a town in Rockingham County, New Hampshire, United States. The population was 28,112 at the 2000 census. Salem is a marketing and distributing center, with several colleges, recreation attractions and a large shopping mall, the Mall at Rockingham Park. , utilizing its newly acquired fiber optic production equipment purchased in December of 1999. About Stocker & Yale Stocker & Yale, Inc., headquartered in Salem, NH, designs and manufactures specialized fiber optic and fluorescent illumination products, as well as laser pattern projectors and phase masks for the machine vision, industrial inspection, and telecom industries. Stocker & Yale serves a widely varied, international customer base from its corporate offices in Salem and reinvests a significant percentage of its revenues in R&D to meet the future requirements of its customers. Stocker & Yale has subsidiaries in Roseville, Michigan; Montreal, Canada; and Singapore. For more information about Stocker & Yale, Inc. and their innovative products, contact Stocker & Yale, Inc., 32 Hampshire Rd., Salem, NH, 03079; call 800-843-8011; Fax 603-893-5604; or e-mail stocker@worldnet.att.net. Information is also available on the company's website at www.stkr.com. About INO An international leader in its field, INO is Canada's largest optics and photonics R&D facility and one of the most important in North America. INO's mission is to be an international leader in optics and photonics technologies and to promote economic expansion in Canada by providing assistance to companies seeking to be more competitive. For more information about INO, contact them at; 2740, rue Einstein, Sainte-Foy Quebec (Canada) G1P G1P Glucose 1 Phosphate 4S4; call 418-657-7006; fax 418-657-7009. Information about INO can also be found on their web site at www.ino.qc.ca. Notice to Investors: This press release contains forward-looking statements that do not give full weight to all the potential risks, but relate to Stocker & Yale's plans, objectives, and expectations, which are dependent upon a number of factors outside of Stocker & Yale's control including, but not limited to: market acceptance of Stocker & Yale's products, the availability of competing products, and the trading price of Stocker & Yale's common stock. Thus, actual results may differ materially. |
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