Looks like LU's main optoelectronics facilities are in Allentown, PA....which are maybe 1 - 1 1/2 hours from Warren NJ, heading west. However, at least one optical networking product was made in North Andover, MA (which as I said is not far - maybe 1 hour - from Lightchip in NH).
Sorry for the long postings, but here are the sources of my info, both from LU's webpage.
...At the same time, Lucent's manufacturing capability means that customers can count on our products to meet the highest standards of reliability and quality. Because of the close ties between Bell Labs and our factories, Lucent is able to bring products to market faster than ever before. For instance, at the Merrimack Valley Works in North Andover, Mass., R&D and manufacturing worked side-by-side to ensure that the WaveStar BandWidth Manager?a revolutionary optical networking product?would make it to market in a matter of months.
...Lucent's WaveStar BandWidth Manager is another example of how Bell Labs' global network of developers are collaborating to meet delivery schedules. At its peak, this development effort involved about 900 Bell Labs engineers and developers at eight locations in six nations? a global effort for a global product.
While much of the software development takes place in Holmdel, N.J.; Naperville, Ill.; Cary, N.C.; and North Andover, Mass., the hardware development is divided between Huizen, the Netherlands, Merrimack Valley and Holmdel. At the same time, Bell Labs scientists in Nuremberg, Germany, are developing most of the optical components used in the product and are assisting teams in Holmdel and Merrimack Valley with the integrated circuit development.
FOR RELEASE TUESDAY FEBRUARY 15, 2000
Lucent Technologies expands optoelectronics components manufacturing operations, quadrupling output to meet market demand
Expansion will build upon industry-leading automated processes
ALLENTOWN, Pa. - Lucent Technologies (NYSE: LU) Microelectronics Group today announced a $30-million expansion of its optoelectronics components operations. The expansion is expected to quadruple output this year to meet the growing market demand for components used in high-speed optical communications networks.
Optoelectronic components send light signals that carry voice and data traffic across fiber-optic networks to meet the increasing demand for next-generation services driven by the explosive growth of the Internet. According to industry analysts, the market for fiber-optic telecommunications components was $5.5 billion in 1999 and grew more than 40 percent over the previous year. Lucent's optoelectronics business grew 83 percent last year including internal sales.
"Our expansion program will dramatically boost our ability to meet the increasing demand for optical networking components," said Dan DiLeo, president of the Optoelectronics division of Lucent's Microelectronics Group. "Coupled with our industry-leading automated processes, this expansion will better position us to meet our customer's needs in a capacity-constrained market."
The expansion program includes a new 143,000 square-foot building at Lucent's 200-acre optoelectronics facility in Breinigsville, Pa. Lucent's optoelectronics facility in nearby Reading also will undergo a $6-million renovation.
The expansion efforts are expected to create at least 500 new jobs in various Lucent locations this year. With the bulk of new construction completed in Breinigsville, Lucent expects to begin phasing in manufacturing operations in March.
The expansion is the latest investment Lucent has announced aimed at supporting this fast-growing business. Lucent announced plans last week to acquire Ortel Corporation - a leader in optoelectronics components for broadband cable television (CATV) networks. Lucent will also invest approximately $1 billion in optoelectronics research and development over the next three years to continue to ensure a steady stream of optoelectronics innovations.
Lucent's Microelectronics Group offers the industry a broad portfolio of integrated optoelectronic components including analog and digital lasers, photodetectors, passive components, transceivers, and fiber amplifiers in the telecommunications, CATV, data communications, and undersea markets.
Lucent Technologies designs, builds and delivers a wide range of public and private networks, communications systems and software, data networking systems, business telephone systems and microelectronics components. Bell Laboratories is the research and development arm for the company. For more information on Lucent Technologies, headquartered in Murray Hill, N.J., USA, visit its Web site at lucent.com.
Lucent's Microelectronics Group designs and manufactures integrated circuits and optoelectronic components for the computer and communications industries. More information about the Microelectronics Group is available from its Web site at lucent.com. |
