News | December 8, 2003

Fiber-Span Announces Japan Representation Agreement with Kyokuto Boeki Kaisha

Piscataway, NJ -- Fiber-Span, a privately held company focused on the design, development, and manufacture of RF ON FIBER® technologies for radio frequency transmission over fiber optics, and Kyokuto Boeki Kaisha, Ltd. (KBK), a large Japanese importer and exporter, sales agent and wholesaler, today announced they have signed a distribution agreement.

Under the terms of the agreement, KBK will operate as the exclusive distributor in Japan 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 and support coverage and at the same time offer greater customer satisfaction by utilizing KBK's world-class sales representation and logistics support networks.

"KBK represents a wide breadth of product lines addressing both RF and fiber optics plus very powerful distribution channels that provide us immediate access to a wide variety of customers and markets in Japan… markets now realizing the benefits of RF ON FIBER technologies," noted Ron Fulton, director of global marketing and sales at Fiber-Span.

"We are delighted to welcome KBK into the Fiber-Span team both as a partner and distributor as we expand our international reach and continue to educate our customers on the economic advantages of RF ON FIBER technology," commented Henry Wojtunik, president of Fiber-Span.

"By representing Fiber-Span, a leading supplier in the high-performance analog fiber optic communications market, we are able to offer our customers more complete solutions and cutting-edge technologies that address growing global and domestic market segments such as public safety and defense as well as the more traditional market segments that we currently address such as broadcast, aerospace and commercial wireless," commented Takashi Hiraishi, president of KBK. "We are committed to continually expanding our portfolio of products to meet the ever-changing demands of the modern business world."

Source: Fiber-Span LLC