Fiber-Span Announces EMEA Representation Agreement with Richardson Electronics
Piscataway, NJ -- Fiber-Span LLC, a privately held company and leader in the design, development and manufacturing of RF ON FIBER® technologies for radio frequency transmission over fiber optics, and Richardson Electronics, a global provider of engineered solutions for the RF and wireless and fiber communications market, today announced it has signed a distribution agreement.
Under the terms of the agreement, Richardson will operate as the sole distributor in Europe, the Middle East and South Asia (EMEA) representing Fiber-Span's complete line of modules, subsystems and systems addressing the Commercial, Public Safety and Defense/Military markets. Fiber-Span's products offer service providers, integrators and equipment manufacturers a diversified and evolving portfolio of products. Fiber-Span will continue to extend its sales coverage and at the same time offer greater customer service by utilizing Richardson's world-class sales support and logistics support networks.
"Richardson Electronics offers the breadth of experience both in RF and fiber optics plus very powerful distribution channels that provide us immediate access to a wide variety of customers and markets in EMEA…markets ready for a "hands on" approach and the benefits of RF ON FIBER technologies," noted Ron Fulton, director of global marketing and sales at Fiber-Span. "Furthermore, this partnership allows Fiber-Span to shorten our time to market which translates to cost savings and increased revenues for our customers as OEMs and systems engineers realize the economic advantages of RF ON FIBER technology," commented Henry Wojtunik, President of Fiber-Span.
"By partnering with Fiber-Span, a leading supplier in the high-performance analog fiber optic communications market, we are able to offer our customers cutting-edge platforms that address growing global market segments such as public safety and defence and also more traditional sectors such as broadcast, aerospace and commercial wireless," commented Steve Pavlik, director of Richardson's fiber optic communications group. "We are committed to continually expanding our portfolio to include the latest technology in the fiber optic market."