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

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