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From the Fruitshop to High Technology via Shire Hall (strange route!)
Glenys Fruitshop - ( Errand Boy ) - Denbigh
Denbighshire County Council - ( Admin Office ) - Ruthin
Clwyd County Council - ( Admin Office ) - Mold
Pilkington P.E. - ( Vacuum Coating Tech ) - St Asaph
Omitec / Avimo Thin Films - ( Coating Tech, Supervisor & Production Manager ) - Plymouth, Totnes and Taunton
Sifam F.O / JDS Uniphase - ( Project Manager, Production Manager & Operations Manager ) - Torquay & Plymouth
E.R.S.Ltd ( Operations and Business Manager ) - Plymouth
JDS Uniphase UK Limited (formerly SIFAM Fibre Optics Limited) makes singlemode fibre components and modules for use in fibre amplifier, network and sensor applications. These components feature class-leading specifications which lead to excellent amplifier and system performance. Products include fused couplers, pump-signal WDMs, tap couplers, RAMAN WDMs, gain flattening filters and module solutions
JDS Uniphase Opens New United Kingdom Manufacturing Facility
Nepean, Canada and San Jose, California - July 25, 2000 - JDS Uniphase Corporation (Nasdaq: JDSU and TSE:JDU) today announced the opening of a new 42,000 square foot manufacturing facility in Plymouth, England designed to manufacture fused fiber components for optical networking systems.
This new facility will double the manufacturing space available to the JDS Uniphase operations based in Torquay, England, formerly known as SIFAM Fibre Optics Limited. Products manufactured at this site include fused couplers, pump-signal WDMs, tap couplers, Raman WDMs and gain flattening filters used in optical amplifier applications.
SIFAM had approximately 180 employees when it was acquired in November 1999. At the end of calendar 2000, this business unit is expected to employ over 1,200 people at its locations in Torquay and Plymouth.
Omitec / Avimo slideshow
Most of the facility images are actual site based. Optical products shown are related.
JDSU / Sifam & ERS slideshow
Most of the facility images are actual site based. Optical products shown are related.