OFS, Specialty Photonics Division, announces that it has expanded its distribution agreement with Acal BFI – a division of Acal plc (FTSE: ACL) – into Germany, Switzerland, Italy and Austria. For over 10 years, Acal BFI has been a distributor for OFS in Belgium, Denmark, Finland, Ireland, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, and the United Kingdom.

The new agreement, which will be effective from 1 December 2011, will continue to enable Acal BFI to support specialty photonic products manufactured at OFS’ Avon, Connecticut, USA facility. These
products include specialty optical fibers and cables, termination kits, test sets and connectors. “Acal BFI has the proven ability to provide our customers with first-class service and support from its
extensive network of specialist engineers throughout Europe,” said John Earnhardt, Senior Sales Manager of OFS, Specialty Photonics Division. “This has been demonstrated by the support that
they have given to customers in the territories for which Acal BFI has an existing agreement with OFS. Enhanced collaboration between OFS, Specialty Photonics Division, and Acal BFI will help our
customers to effectively implement emerging technologies in the diverse areas that OFS serves, including electric power, industrial automation and aerospace, as well as medical devices and
equipment.”

Philippe Gruson, President, Acal BFI, comments: “OFS has the industry’s most extensive portfolio of specialty fibre products. This will enable Acal BFI to offer customers greater choice and flexibility to
meet their most challenging commercial and technical objectives, and open opportunities for customers to develop new applications for their products. The combination of Acal BFI specialist
commercial and technical expertise, together with complementary technologies and products (such as optical transmitters and receivers), means that Acal BFI can help customers to reduce cost and
time to market at every stage of the design and production cycle.”

For further information, please visit: http://www.acaltechnology.com/uk/ofs

Solid State Supplies is now a franchised distributor for Isolink Inc, a manufacturer of high-performance opto-couplers for the space, military, hybrid, industrial and telecommunications markets. The new agreement makes Solid State Supplies the sole franchised distributor for Isolink in the UK.

“Isolink’s products are state of the art and have an unbeatable track record for reliability and performance in both space and military applications,” said Andrew Cornwell, Business Development Manager at Solid State Supplies. “This makes their range of opto-couplers a perfect fit alongside the other suppliers in our hi-rel portfolio.”

“Solid State Supplies’ technical knowledge and experience in the hi-rel sector is second to none,” said Manor Narayanan, CEO at Isolink. “Their complementary product lines and strong relationships with our mutual customers make them an ideal distribution partner for Isolink.”

In its range of miniature surface-mount opto-couplers, Isolink uses a novel approach to couple light from the emitter to the detector, which are mounted side by side. This technique improves isolation and simultaneously reduces the input-to-output capacitance, without compromising the tight Current Transfer Ratio (CTR) distribution. Careful selection of state-of-the-art light coupling material further advances the temperature cycling performance of Isolink’s products.

Applications for Isolink’s offering include switch mode power supplies (SMPS), dc-dc converters, pulse width modulations (PWM), pulse transformers, servo amplifier feedback, isolation amplifiers, industrial controls (motor and SCR), ground loop eliminations, data acquisition systems (LAN), solid state relays (SSR), robotics, medical and telecommunications.

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Anglia expands range of LED lighting accessories by signing Carclo Optics

Anglia has announced that it has expanded the range of optics offered by its Anglia Lighting division by signing a UK and Ireland distribution agreement with optics manufacturer Carclo.

Carclo Optics manufactures a range of standard and custom optics products for use with LEDs and other solid state devices: these include high efficiency collimator lenses for use with LED lighting and laser diodes, display light-guides for LED matrices, and polyethylene PIR lenses.

“The goal of Anglia Lighting is to provide customers with the full range of products and services they need to put together a lighting system, and optics forms an integral part of this capability. Carclo offers a wide range of options that are an ideal complement for our solid state lighting portfolio,” commented John Bowman, Anglia’s Divisional Marketing Manager.

“Because optics are integral to the design of a lighting system, the choice of a distributor is very important to us,” added Ian Bryant, Business Development Manager of Carclo Optics. “Anglia’s specialist experience across the whole spectrum of solid state lighting design makes it an ideal distribution partner for us.”

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