Oplink Communications


Oplink Communications LLC is a US-based business manufacturing and selling optical components. Oplink headquarter is located in Fremont, California and has R/D center and manufacture facility in China and Taiwan.

History

The company was founded in San Jose, California in 1995. Oplink moved its manufacture facility from San Jose, California to Free-trade-zone in Zhuhai, China in 2000. The company went public in 2000 with initial public offering of 13,700,000 shares of its common stock at a price of $18.00 per share. Oplink moved its headquarter to Fremont, California in 2004. Koch Industries acquired Oplink for 445 million in December 2014. The legal entity changes to Oplink Communications LLC. Oplink is currently owned by Molex, a global electronics components company and Koch Industries subsidiary.

Mergers and acquisitions

Oplink acquired Optical Communication Products, Inc. for 85.3M in 2007.
Oplink was acquired by Koch Industries for $445M in 2014.