Before then the century-old crystalmaker had aimed its optical products at hunters.
Although the company did not detail the connection with Thailand, JDSU is a customer of the optical products contract manufacturer Fabrinet, which has suffered considerable flood damage as its facilities in Thailand.
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Normal seasonal declines are expected to be offset by continued demand for optical fiber and cable products in China.
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Plextor continues to deliver generations of innovative industry-leading products, including Blu-ray optical disc drives, solid state drives, digital video converters and multimedia devices.
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It competes with IBM, EMC, NetApp, Hewlett-Packard and Hitachi Data Systems in the storage hardware market by selling products like flash drives, magneto-optical drives, magnetic tape drives and compact drives that are used for backing up data on servers.
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His first products, he acknowledged, were too thick and their optical power was unreliable.
Regarding the longevity of storage media many of the products that we use today, hard disk drives, flash memory, optical discs and magnetic tape will react with the ambient environment and gradually lose the data stored on them or disintegrate over time.
Known for its leadership in the optical, magnetic and flash storage and related accessories markets, the company provides reliable, unique technologies and products that are highly sought after and broadly distributed worldwide.
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