Spanning 18 acres within the Millennium Technology Park in Allen, the 160,000-square-foot building features metalorganic chemical vapor deposition reactors and automated assembly for vertical cavity surface emitting lasers (VCSELs).

The Allen manufacturing site currently employs more than 300 employees and ships hundreds of thousands of laser and sensor products each week. Finisar invested more than $13 million during the past 15 months renovating the facility, refurbishing a second reactor, installing a second wafer fabrication line and implementing new assembly and test equipment.

“Finisar has worked hard to establish itself as a leader in the optics space, and this new facility is further proof of our success,” said Joseph Young, senior vice president and general manager, Optics Group, Finisar.

Finisar acquired Honeywell International’s VCSEL Optical Products business in March 2004.