Heraeus Comvance, a manufacturer of quartz glass for fibre optics in telecom and applications, has acquired part of the OFS Fitel Denmark ApS plant in Brondby, Denmark, near Copenhagen.
OFS will continue providing its customers outside of EMEA as well as its cable factories a full range of fibre types from draw towers in the US. OFS will also continue to produce fibre in Brondby, Denmark for global market, and Furukawa Electric, OFS’ parent company, will continue serving the global market with a full portfolio of telecommunication fibres from draw towers in Japan.
OFS is a designer, manufacturer, and provider of optical fibre, fibre optic cable, network solutions, and fibre optic products. Heraeus Comvance is a global quartz glass manufacturer for fibre optics applications.
“The OFS focus at its Denmark site remains the production of world-class, unsurpassed attenuation sub-sea fibres and other specialty communications fibres,” explains Holly Hulse, president and CEO of OFS. “The divesture of telecommunications equipment and manufacturing space will not adversely impact OFS’ production and supply of specialty fibres and is in line with the company’s strategy for long-term growth and profitability.”
“Heraeus Comvance is one of the largest manufacturers of synthetic quartz glass which will remain our main business focus globally. To cater specifically to the EMEA market, we have now taken the next step along the value chain with the production of bend insensitive and standard optical fibres at our facility in Denmark. They will be made in the European Union from glass to fibre. With this engagement we will better serve our global glass customers,” explains Jan Vydra, president of Heraeus Comvance.
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