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Oplink Communications LLC

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Oplink Communications LLC
File:Oplink logo.png
Subsidiary of Molex
ISIN🆔
IndustryOptical components
Founded 📆1995
Founder 👔
Headquarters 🏙️Fremont, California
Area served 🗺️
Revenue🤑 $204 million (2014)[1]
$19 million (2014)[1]
Members
Number of employees
🌐 Websitewww.oplink.com
📇 Address
📞 telephone

Oplink Communications LLC is a US-based business manufacturing and selling optical components.[2] Oplink's headquarters is located in Fremont, California,[2] and it has facilities in China[3] and Taiwan.[4]

History

The company was founded in San Jose, California in 1995.[citation needed] Oplink moved its manufacturing facility from San Jose to the Zuhai Free Trade Zone in Zhuhai, China in 2000.[citation needed] The company went public (Nasdaq: OPLK) in 2000, with an 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 headquarters to Fremont, California in 2004.[citation needed] Koch Industries acquired Oplink for $445 million in December 2014, and the legal entity changed 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]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 "Oplink SEC 2014 annual report". Sec.gov. Retrieved 2015-05-14.
  2. 2.0 2.1 "Oplink Communications Inc: Company Profile - Bloomberg". Bloomberg.
  3. "Zhuhai Ftz Oplink Communications Inc: Company Profile - Bloomberg". Bloomberg.
  4. "Taiwan Oplink Communications, Inc.: Private Company Information - Businessweek". Businessweek.com. Archived from the original on 2016-03-07. Unknown parameter |url-status= ignored (help)
  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. 7.0 7.1 7.2 "Koch Industries, Inc. Completes Purchase of Oplink Communications, Inc". Yahoo Finance. 23 December 2014. Archived from the original on 2015-05-18. Unknown parameter |url-status= ignored (help)
  8. 8.0 8.1 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.

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