September 19, 2011 – PRNewswire — Sanmina-SCI Corporation (Nasdaq:SANM), electronics manufacturing services provider, will produce a family of optical components based on Kaiam’s MEMS hybrid integration technology.
Sanmina will start by making 40Gb/s transmitter TOSA and ROSA receiver optical subassemblies, to be used in QSFP-LR4 optical transceivers for telecom networks. They integrate high performance, directly modulated lasers and high-speed detectors with planar lightwave circuits (PLC) and optics and electronics to maximize bandwidth in a small form factor.
Optics and microelectronics are in Sanmina-SCI’s "strategic focus," prompting investments in process and manufacturing technologies and capital equipment, said Dave Dutkowsky, EVP, Sanmina-SCI’s Communications Networks Division. He notes that Sanmina’s role will be to "industrialize" Kaiam’s "cutting-edge technologies." Sanmina-SCI will allow Kaiam to "cost effectively and rapidly ramp" its products, added Ross Parke, Kaiam VP of manufacturing.
Sanmina-SCI has design, manufacturing and logistics facilities in key global regions, including its Shenzhen Optical facility. The new products are being industrialized with support from Sanmina-SCI’s engineering teams and will be ramped to full production in Sanmina-SCI’s facilities in Shenzhen, China.
Sanmina-SCI Corporation is a leading electronics contract manufacturer serving the fastest-growing segments of the global Electronics Manufacturing Services (EMS) market. More information regarding the company is available at http://www.sanmina-sci.com.
Kaiam Corporation develops products based on hybrid photonic integrated circuits (PICs). For more information, visit www.kaiamcorp.com.