Adept Technology Inc. and JDS Uniphase Corp. plan to develop automation products for optical component and module manufacturing including sub-micron tolerance assemblies.
The alliance agreement gives JDS Uniphase rights to any new products and technologies for fiber-optic applications, while Adept will market resulting innovations in other industries.
"Adept's vision and motion controls are an excellent complement to our existing automation approach," says Greg Dougherty, executive vice president and chief operating officer for JDS Uniphase. "We believe the integration of Adept's flexible automation platform and technologies into our automation systems will provide a lower-cost, higher-quality, and more scalable manufacturing capability."