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Nufern and Elliot Scientific Sign Distribution Agreement for UK and Ireland - Independent Source for Application-Specific Fiber at Competitive Cost

April 15, 2002

East Granby, Conn. - April 15, 2002 - Nufern and Elliot Scientific Sign Distribution Agreement for UK and Ireland - Independent Source for Application-Specific Fiber at Competitive Cost. Nufern, an independent provider of application-specific optical fiber, announces that it has completed a distribution agreement with Elliot Scientific, Ltd. to supply Nufern specialty optical fiber products and services in the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland.
According to Mike Elliot, Managing Director of Elliot Scientific, the agreement will provide customers access to application-specific fiber for both low and high volumes at a more competitive cost. “Nufern delivers a superior product with better levels of service and supply,” says Elliot. “We are very pleased to be working together with Nufern to bring our customers a whole new range of fiber products and solutions across a broad range of market sectors”

“ The partnership with Elliot Scientific was a natural fit in extending Nufern’s product support,” says Nufern Vice President of Sales , Ran Archer. “Our customers will benefit greatly from the synergy and complementary skill sets of our two companies working together.”

About Elliot Scientific
Founded in 1990, Elliot Scientific Ltd is a leading European distributor and manufacturer of Fibre Products, Lasers, Optics and Components, serving telecommunications, medical, aerospace and R&D markets throughout the UK and Ireland. For more information visit www.elliotscientific.com

About Nufern
Nufern is the largest independent manufacturer of highly engineered, application-specific optical fiber (ASOF) for components and systems serving the telecommunications, industrial, medical, and aerospace industries. With manufacturing facilities located at its headquarters in East Granby, Connecticut, USA, and in Sydney, Australia, Nufern is able to engineer, make, support, and deliver large volumes of commercial-grade ASOF to customers around the world. Nufern products include polarization maintaining fiber, planar waveguide fiber, metalized pigtails, select cut-off single-mode fiber, photosensitive fiber, ultra-high numerical aperture fiber, and specialty-coated fibers. Nufern products offer tighter mechanical tolerances and core/clad concentricity, provide high lot-to-lot uniformity, and are tested to Telcordia standards. For more information, call toll-free, (866) 466-0214, or visit www.nufern.com.