ZURICH, Switzerland -- Avalon Photonics Inc., a leading developer and manufacturer of VCSELs (vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers) and opto-electronic components, announced that the company has received ISO 9001:2000 certification. “Our ISO certification recognizes Avalon’s ongoing commitment to quality, reliability, and continual improvement of the products and services, and gives assurance to our customers that Avalon delivers quality products on schedule.” stated Heinz Meier, Avalon’s CEO.Karlheinz Gulden, Avalon's CTO, added: "The ISO 9001 certification also assures that our extensive know-how in Telcordia qualification of our high reliability datacom VCSELs is systematically applied to our sensing and measurement products." Avalon Photonics offers a wide range of multi-mode VCSEL products at 850 nm for datacom applications, and unique patent-protected designs for single-mode devices at 760 nm to 850 nm for datacom, sensing and measurement applications.Avalon Photonics Ltd.