Oplink Goes for Outsourcing

SAN JOSE, Calif. -- Oplink Communications, Inc. (Nasdaq:OPLK) a leading designer and manufacturer of optical components and integrated modules, and a provider of contract Optical Manufacturing Services (OMS), today announced its continued expansion of the Company's contract OMS capabilities for its global base of OEM customers. This expansion includes electrical/optical integration as well as software and mechanical design. This effort continues to leverage the Company's optical expertise and low cost manufacturing facilities in China, offering OEMs the opportunity to maintain the high-quality production of integrated optical solutions at a lower cost."Our facilities meet the most stringent quality specifications in our industry -- ISO 9001:2000/TL-9000 and Telcordia -- and we offer some of the most up-to-date assembly and packaging processes in the industry," said Joe Liu, President and CEO of Oplink. "We believe that these attributes, combined with other advantages such as our established global distribution network and comprehensive supply chain management, enables Oplink to be a strong competitor in the contract OMS arena."Oplink already supplies custom-designed components, modules and subsystems to many of the leading, top-tier communications equipment manufacturers around the world. In the expansion of its contract manufacturing business, Oplink couples its extensive optical expertise with the integration of mechanical design, software development and electronic integration. Oplink Communications Inc.