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"Other Markets and Products
Biotechnology. Our laser-based fluorescence imaging systems address a great variety of microarray applications including gene expression, genotyping, mapping, high-throughput screening and drug discovery. The ScanArray biochip analysis system measures the fluorescent intensity at each DNA grid spot facilitating, at high speed, the analysis of the expression level of a particular gene.
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Concentrate on high value-added systems that have a global market;
. Enhance our capabilities to supply parts on precision optical components used in dense wavelength division multiplexing for the fiber optic telecommunications networks;
. Further strengthen our competencies in technology, manufacturing and distribution; and
. Acquire complementary products and.
Consistent with our strategy, we plan to divest product lines that are no longer strategic. These actions will allow us to redirect capital to opportunities in our strategic markets including semiconductor, electronics, automotive and telecommunications. We are considering alternatives for our nonstrategic product lines, including a product line that serves the medical market.
In 2000, we plan to take specific actions to strengthen our position in our strategic markets:
. Semiconductors. We are developing and plan to introduce, in the second half of 2000, a new technology platform for memory repair, an application for our manufacturing systems. We estimate the market for memory repair systems is between $80 million and $100 million of which we currently have less than a 15% share.
.Telecommunications. With the recent acceleration in the construction of fiber optic networks, demand for our precision optic products has increased significantly. In 1999, we began to enhance our capability to supply precision optical components used in dense wavelength division multiplexing for fiber optic telecommunication networks.
Optical and Other Components
Telecommunications. We design and manufacture precision optical components used in dense wavelength division multiplexing technology for increasing the bandwidth of fiber optic networks. These networks have been used mostly for `long-haul' inter-city applications and, more recently, over short-range `metro' applications using optical add drop multiplexing. Our products select, shift or interleave very precise wavelengths of light, thereby increasing the bandwidth and efficiency of dense wavelength division multiplexing systems. These products require highly precise polishing and measurement technology to produce these components to exacting specifications that are critical to their performance |
