“Molex works closely with customers to help them overcome their fiber optic design challenges by directly providing them with innovative electronic solutions,” said Doug Busch, vice president and general manager of Molex’s Optical Solutions Group, adding, “Oplink’s capabilities, expertise, and proven technologies, combined with its optical product portfolio and global engineering and manufacturing platform, will uniquely position Molex to supply its customers worldwide with complete fiber optic solutions.”

Molex is a leading provider of advanced fiber optic interconnect systems, including connectors, adapters, optoelectronics, optical assemblies, backplane cards, optical circuits, and integrated systems for telecommunications and data communications, the aerospace and military sectors, and other industries. Oplink, with its distinguished track record as a provider of passive optical products, optical manufacturing solutions (OMS), and active optoelectronics, expands Molex's optical connectivity product portfolio both horizontally and vertically.

Oplink specializes in creating comprehensive solutions based on optical transport and transmission technologies for the telecommunications infrastructure and wired and wireless data communications markets, data center applications, and adjacent sectors, including cable television, government, and optical sensors. As bandwidth-intensive applications continue to drive the upgrade and expansion of customer networks, Oplink's products provide the necessary solutions by creating DWDM/CWDM bandwidth, managing bandwidth, optical amplification, switching, routing, wavelength adjustment, monitoring, protection, connectivity, and integrating active and passive optical optoelectronic components at the system level. These state-of-the-art optical solutions are fully supported by vertically integrated design and manufacturing services.

“As our customers face increasingly complex challenges, Molex is committed to delivering added value by offering integrated solutions that take full advantage of a wide range of high-quality optical technologies and products,” concludes Doug Busch.

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