Furukawa Boosting China Fiber Production

TOKYO, Aug. 3 -- Furukawa Electric Co. said that it plans to increase its fiber optic cable production in China. Furukawa plans to build a new plant in Shaanxi province at a local joint venture in which it holds a 70 percent stake. It is expected to cost around $12.06 million. With the new plant, output capacity at the joint venture in Shaanxi province will be raised to 2.0 to 2.5 million km of cable a year from the current 500,000 km.





LATEST NEWS

• AmeriCOM Adds President and CEO: People in the News: 5/1/24
  May 1, 2024
• Machine Learning Pushes High-Power Lasing Limits
  May 1, 2024
• IPG Names Industry Veteran Mark Gitin CEO
  Apr 30, 2024
• 16th Biannual Optatec Conference Continues in Frankfurt
  Apr 30, 2024
• Celestial Surface Mapping Tech Combines Established Techniques
  Apr 30, 2024
• TSMC Partnerships Target Integrated Photonics Capabilities
  Apr 30, 2024
• CLEO Heads to the East Coast
  Apr 29, 2024
• Qubits Could be Stored in Flash-Like Memory
  Apr 29, 2024