Kotura Moves Packaging Assembly to China

A provider of silicon photonic components, Kotura Inc. of Monterey Park, Calif., has transferred its packaging assembly to Asia through a contract manufacturing agreement with Broadex Technologies of Shanghai, China. The move is part of the company’s strategy to focus internal resources on product design. Broadex provides design, testing and manufacturing services for planar lightwave circuit products and supplies splitters and optical components for the fiber-to-the-home market.