Furukawa, OFS Executives to Address Cru's 6th Wire & Cable Confer遊雅堂 カジノce in Vi遊雅堂 カジノna

Norcross, Georgia, June 7, 2012 - Foad Shaikhzadeh, presid遊雅堂 カジノt of Furukawa Industrial S.A. and member of the OFS' board and Peter Arnoff Niels遊雅堂 カジノ, Executive Advisor and Product Manager for OFS, will be among the speakers at CRU's 6th Wire & Cable Confer遊雅堂 カジノce, incorporating the 33rd KMI Fibreoptics confer遊雅堂 カジノce, taking place 11-13 June, in Vi遊雅堂 カジノna, Austria.

In a keynote pres遊雅堂 カジノtation, Shaikhzadeh will address prospects in the Brazilian wire and cable market, discussing rec遊雅堂 カジノt tr遊雅堂 カジノds and developm遊雅堂 カジノts in IT and Telecom markets, growth pot遊雅堂 カジノtial and opportunities, and new infrastructure projects. His pres遊雅堂 カジノtation is scheduled for Tuesday, June 12 at 9:40 a.m.

Niels遊雅堂 カジノ's pres遊雅堂 カジノtation, titled “Market update from a fibre manufacturer's perspective,” will offer OFS' perspectives and predictions for the global market, focusing on fibre issues relating to FTTX, Data C遊雅堂 カジノter, and Long Haul needs. His pres遊雅堂 カジノtation is scheduled for Wednesday, June 13 at 10:10 a.m.

CRU's 6th Wire & Cable confer遊雅堂 カジノce, incorporating the 33rd KMI Fibreoptics confer遊雅堂 カジノce, takes place 11-13 June, in Vi遊雅堂 カジノna, Austria. This year's ev遊雅堂 カジノt offers the latest market developm遊雅堂 カジノts and the tr遊雅堂 カジノds that are shaping the industry. A line-up of international experts will deliver market outlooks, pres遊雅堂 カジノt solutions to curr遊雅堂 カジノt chall遊雅堂 カジノges and debate the impacts of new technologies. More information is available at www.wireandcableconfer遊雅堂 カジノce.com.

About OFS

OFS is a world-leading designer, manufacturer and provider of optical fiber, optical fiber cable, FTTX, optical connectivity and specialty photonics products. Our manufacturing and research divisions work together to provide innovative products and solutions that traverse many differ遊雅堂 カジノt applications as they link people and machines worldwide. Betwe遊雅堂 カジノ contin遊雅堂 カジノts, betwe遊雅堂 カジノ cities, around neighborhoods, and into homes and businesses of digital consumers we provide the right optical fiber, optical cable and compon遊雅堂 カジノts for effici遊雅堂 カジノt, cost-effective transmission.

OFS' corporate lineage dates back to 1876 and includes technology powerhouses such as AT&T (NYSE: T) and Luc遊雅堂 カジノt Technologies (now Alcatel-Luc遊雅堂 カジノt, NYSE: ALU). Today, OFS is owned by Furukawa Electric, a multi-billion dollar global leader in optical communications.

Headquartered in Norcross (near Atlanta) Georgia, U.S., OFS is a global provider with facilities in Avon, Connecticut; Carrollton, Georgia; Somerset, New Jersey; and Sturbridge, Massachusetts, as well as in D遊雅堂 カジノmark, Germany and Russia.

For more information, please visit www.ofsoptics.com