Olympus Creates Optical Foundry Services

The Olympus Partnership Development Group, based in San Jose, Calif., announced that Olympus Corp. of Tokyo has established its Optical Foundry Services unit, which will include the company's aspherical lens research, development and products along with other tools for the optical fiber communications field. The foundry will complement the company's microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) foundry by offering OEM optics, optical design, prototyping, manufacturing, integration and testing for MEMS-based modules. The combined services offer customers assistance from concept to finished and tested modules and the option of outsourcing to one or both foundries in designing, developing and manufacturing their modules.