Nanovation Technologies, Inc.
Nanovation Technologies is a worldwide leader in the manufacturing, development and marketing of optical components that ultimately will lead to the standardization of the photonic integrated circuit (PIC). The company is the only player in the photonics industry that has invested in three key converging optical component technologies: silica-on-silicon, indium phosphide and MEMS. Nanovation also is one of the only optical component manufacturers that offers advanced design software through its subsidiary, Apollo Photonics. Apollo's software enables its customers to quickly and easily develop customized devices for customers.
By bringing together all of these technologies under one roof, Nanovation is ushering in an era of true integration, and will revolutionize the photonics industry in the 21st Century much the same way that Texas Instruments changed the face of the electronic integrated circuit industry in the 20th Century.
Nanovation has pioneered manufacturing process technologies-similar to those used in the semiconductor industry-which will facilitate automated mass production of components and allow for high levels of integration. Components can be fabricated to combine several functions such as splitters, couplers, signal taps and switches to form a fully integrated solution. The Nanovation's technology will allow companies to build their own customized, optical integrated circuits on a single chip.
Nanovation's manufacturing and semiconductor fabrication operations are conducted in a 108,000 square-foot manufacturing plant, which is located in Northville Township, Mich. The plant includes premier clean rooms, space for engineering development, R&D, prototype construction, assembly and test, environmental screening, offices, and shipping and receiving. The 20-acre site can accommodate any future expansion plans to meet the expected demand for Nanovation's integrated optical components.
Nanovation's broad intellectual property portfolio spans the areas of innovative photonic materials, fabrication methods, device concepts, systems and architecture. Its product portfolio ranges from standardized off-the-shelf products to customized, integrated optical components on a single monolithic wafer, all of which are leading to the standardization of PICs.
Nanovation provides its customer base with optical circuit design and analysis services through its subsidiary, Apollo Photonics. This capability enables Nanovation's customers to recognize reduced development cycles, resulting in faster time to market for next generation optical systems. Apollo recently debuted its new integrated photonic computer-aided design (CAD) software program, allowing designers to work from the material level all the way up to the subsystem level.
Nanovation's primary customers include equipment manufacturers that focus first on networking applications for metro and access networks, followed by secondary customers, including equipment manufacturers that build gear for long haul networks. True integration will enable these equipment manufacturers to remain competitive, reduce time to market, increase profit margins and embed a new level of quality into their products. Specifically, optical component buyers are seeking ultra-tiny chip sets that offer a high level of functionality at a fraction of the cost of discrete components.
In order to continually develop next-generation optical products, Nanovation has established several facilities to manufacture, develop and research advanced optical networking technology, including products based on Indium Phosphide (InP) technology. Nanovation also operates facilities at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), McMaster University in Burlington, Ontario, Canada, and the University of Waterloo.