MRV Communications Inc. (Chatsworth, CA) has completed expansion of its third facility for optical networking components. The new 50,000-sq ft facility can accommodate up to 400 employees and is dedicated to R&D, engineering, packaging, integration, testing, and marketing. Several new processes have been initiated in other facilities, as well. Noam Lotan, president and CEO, said the expansion provides added momentum to the company's plans to revolutionize and dominate the fiberoptic component business.