Enablence Technologies Expands in the Chinese Market with New Component Joint Venture

Ottawa-based Enablence Technologies Inc., a company that designs, manufactures and sells optical components, subsystems and systems, is entering into a joint venture with China’s Sunsea Telecommunications Co. Ltd. Sunsea specializes in R&D, manufacturing and marketing of communication network physical connection equipment. The joint venture, to be called Sunsea-Enablence Optoelectronics, will be established in Foshan, China, with operations expected to commence July 2011 subject to regulatory approvals in China. Its initial focus will be on producing components based on Enablence’s proprietary Planar Lightwave Circuit platform.