Feb. 5, 2007 — NanoOpto Corporation, an optical components company utilizing nanofabrication technology, and Sumitomo Metal Mining (SMM), a Japanese optical isolator and network application components company, announced that their joint-development partnership has resulted in first product shipments to SMM’s customers.

NanoOpto states that by teaming with Sumitomo Metal Mining and their collaboration on the development of new, integrated telecommunications components, primarily packaged optical isolators and custom WDM filters, will enable smaller, more highly integrated solutions at very competitive price points not feasible through traditional technologies. This relationship enhances both companies’ abilities to address optical networking component providers’ increasing demand for hardware. These new components enable Triple-Play (voice, data, and video) services through fiber infrastructure and end user premise equipment.

“SMM’s Communications Components business is a very synergistic partnership with NanoOpto,” said Barry Weinbaum, President and CEO of NanoOpto Corporation. “SMM’s market-leading position gives them keen insight into the direction of the end user. We are excited to make the announcement of our close working relationship, and we are now shipping Optical Isolator products to customers. We are collaborating on new products which will give SMM and their customers a real competitive advantage.”

Products resulting from the SMM and NanoOpto relationship are expected to be generally available during 2007.