Ruschlikon, Switzerland, October 22, 2002, -- Opto Speed, a developer and manufacturer of high-value added optoelectronic modules for communications, test & measurement, medical and defense markets, announced today the beginning of a distribution agreement with EL-GEV Electronics Ltd., an Israeli distributor of electronic and optoelectronic components and subassemblies.

EL-GEV will distribute Opto Speed's family of high-speed lasers, photodetectors, monolithically integrated PIN/TIA/Postamp optical front-ends, semiconductor optical amplifiers (SOAs) and superluminescent light emitting diodes (SLEDs), regionally, through its professional and highly skilled sales and application support organisation.

"EL-GEV's profound technical and application knowledge provides customers in regional industrial, military and aerospace markets with easy access to our product families," says Jean Brunol, CEO of Opto Speed. "We are confident that the Opto Speed / EL-GEV distribution agreement will result in high-value added services and products that customers will appreciate."

For more information on Optospeed, visit www.optospeed.com .

For more information on EL-GEV, visit www.elgev.co.il .

Laser Focus World

Tue Oct 22 10:27:00 CDT 2002