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Nufern Selected as Lead Optical Fiber Supplier for Modernization of the U.S. Navy's Trident Missile Guidance System

December 11, 2009

Nufern Selected as Lead Optical Fiber Supplier for Modernization of the U.S. Navy's Trident Missile Guidance System

December 7, 2009

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                        Martin Seifert

                        860-408-5001

                        mseifert@nufern.com

EAST GRANBY, CT – December 7, 2009 - Nufern, a leading manufacturer of optical fibers, fiber lasers and amplifiers, has been selected as the lead optical fiber supplier supporting the modernization and life extension of the U.S. Navy’s Trident missile guidance system.  In a ceremony held at Nufern’s East Granby, Connecticut facility on December 4, representatives of the U.S. Navy, Honeywell and the Charles Stark Draper Labs, recognized Nufern as the lead optical fiber supplier for the critical guidance system of the Navy’s Trident D5LE program.

Nufern has worked with the prime contractors for the modernization of the Trident guidance system, Honeywell and Draper Labs, to develop cost-effective and high-performance optical fibers for the fiber optic gyroscopes and numerous associated fibers used in other components of the inertial measurement unit and overall guidance system.  During the ceremony, Martin Seifert, Nufern President, stated:  “We thank the Navy, Honeywell and Draper Labs for their continued confidence in Nufern’s ability to manufacture these critical radiation-hardened gyro fibers and the other fibers making up the system.  The entire Nufern team is pleased to be able to expand its fiber shift operations here in East Granby to meet the volume demands of this critical program.”  

On behalf of the U.S. Navy Strategic Systems Programs office and its prime contractors, Don Benzing, Section Head, Guidance Production and Repair, presented Nufern with the Trident program flag and welcomed Nufern as a key supplier supporting the Trident D5LE program.  Mr. Benzing addressed the Nufern workforce and placed Nufern’s role into context remarking that “the fibers you create and manufacture here at Nufern will perform critical functions in the performance of every modernized Trident missile, which is the only strategic nuclear deterrent that is at a constant state of readiness throughout the world.” 

Nufern’s fiber deliveries under the program will grow dramatically in early 2010 and will continue into 2013.

 About Nufern

Nufern, based in East Granby, CT, is a leading U.S. manufacturer of fiber laser and amplifier modules and specialty optical fibers serving industrial, military/aerospace, medical and telecom applications.  Nufern is a wholly owned subsidiary of Rofin-Sinar Technologies Inc., a U.S. company headquartered in Plymouth, MI.  Rofin-Sinar is one of the world's leading developers and manufacturers of high-performance lasers and laser-based solutions with more than 28,000 laser units installed worldwide and more than 3,000 customers.  For more information, call toll-free: (866) 466-0214, or visit www.nufern.com.