Fiber Optic, Cable Companies Connect
Feb 1, 1997 — DAYVILLE, Conn. -- In a move aimed at taking advantage of the expanding fiber optic cable market, SpecTran Corp. of Sturbridge, Mass., and General Cable Corp. of Highland Heights, Ky., have formed a joint-venture company to develop, manufacture and market fiber optic cable.SpecTran has sold 50 percent of its Applied Photonic Devices subsidiary to General Cable for $6.3 million. The resulting business, renamed General Photonics, will combine SpecTran's optical fiber technology with General...