Oplink Communications

Oplink Communications LLC
Subsidiary of Molex
Industry Optical components
Founded 1995
Headquarters Fremont, California
Revenue $204 million (2014)[1]
$19 million (2014)[1]
Website www.oplink.com

Oplink Communications LLC is a US-based business manufacturing and selling optical components.[2] Oplink headquarter is located in Fremont, California[2] and has R/D center and manufacture facility in China[3] and Taiwan.[4]

History

The company was founded in San Jose, California in 1995. Oplink moved its manufacture facility from San Jose, California to Free-trade-zone in Zhuhai, China in 2000.[3] The company went public (Nasdaq: OPLK) in 2000 with initial public offering of 13,700,000 shares of its common stock at a price of $18.00 per share.[5][6] Oplink moved its headquarter to Fremont, California in 2004. Koch Industries acquired Oplink for 445 million in December 2014. The legal entity changes to Oplink Communications LLC.[7][8] Oplink is currently owned by Molex, a global electronics components company and Koch Industries subsidiary.[7]

Mergers and acquisitions

Oplink acquired Optical Communication Products, Inc. (Nasdaq: OCPI) for 85.3M in 2007.[9][10][11]

Oplink was acquired by Koch Industries for $445M in 2014.[7][8]

Competitors

References

  1. 1 2 "Oplink SEC 2014 annual report". Sec.gov. Retrieved 2015-05-14.
  2. 1 2 "Oplink Communications Inc: Company Profile - Bloomberg". Bloomberg.
  3. 1 2 "Zhuhai Ftz Oplink Communications Inc: Company Profile - Bloomberg". Bloomberg.
  4. ↑ "Taiwan Oplink Communications, Inc.: Private Company Information - Businessweek". Businessweek.com.
  5. ↑ "OPLINK COMMUNICATIONS INC (OPLK) IPO". NASDAQ.com.
  6. ↑ Oplink Communications, Inc. (4 October 2000). "Oplink Communications, Inc. Announces Pricing of Initial Public Offering". prnewswire.com.
  7. 1 2 3 "Koch Industries, Inc. Completes Purchase of Oplink Communications, Inc.". Yahoo Finance. 23 December 2014.
  8. 1 2 Tess Stynes (19 November 2014). "Oplink Agrees to Be Acquired by Koch Industries for $445 Million". Wsj.com. Retrieved 2015-05-14.
  9. ↑ "Oplink to take major stake in OCP for about $85.3 M". Silicon Valley Business Journal. Retrieved 2015-05-14.
  10. ↑ "Oplink to Acquire a Majority Interest in Optical Communication". bloomberg.com. 23 April 2007.
  11. ↑ "Oplink Communications Closes Purchase of Majority Interest in". bloomberg.com. 6 June 2007.
  12. 1 2 3 "Yahoo Finance Oplink Competitors". yahoo.com.

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