THE LIST Name/Address/ Phone/Fax/Web
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No. of local employees
LARGEST PHOTONICS COMPANIES (RANKED BY NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES)
Key Ottawa-based executive(s)
Year established in Ottawa
Publicly Traded?/ Listing
Major clients
Product description
Operations in 130 countries
End-to-end telecom solutions: 5G/4G wireless, microwave, fixed wireless, private wireless, full line of routers, broadband access & in-home Wi-Fi, optical networks.
Nokia/ Nokia Bell Labs 600 March Rd. Ottawa, ON K2K 2E6 613-591-3600 nokia.com
2,400
Jeffrey Maddox, president, Nokia Canada Inc. James Watt, VP/GM optical networking division
1986
Y NASDAQ Helsinki: NOKIA NYSE: NOK
2
Ciena 385 Terry Fox Dr. Ottawa, ON K2K 0L1 613-670-2000 ciena.com
1,750
Dino DiPerna, vice-president, packet optical platforms
1992
Y NYSE: CIEN
Wireline and wireless service providers, undersea cable operators, internet content providers, large enterprises
Networking systems, services and software company.
3
Cisco* 1700-340 Albert St. Ottawa, ON K1R 7Y6 613-788-7200 cisco.com/ca
500
Subir Chadha Susan George
1984
Y NASDAQ: CSCO
Government, small, medium and large enterprises, service providers
Borderless networks, collaboration, data centre and virtualization, routers and switches, security and surveillance, home and small business services.
4
Sanmina 500 March Rd. Ottawa, ON K2K 0J9 613-886-6000 / 613-886-6001 sanmina.com
450
Geoff Beale vice-president of operations and plant manager
1980
Y NASDAQ: SANM
Aerospace and defence, telecommunications, industrial, medical, renewable energy
Manufactures optical and radio frequency/ microwave products. Develops custom end-toend supply chain, manufacturing processes, tests and tools.
5
Lumentum Operations LLC 61 Bill Leathem Dr. Ottawa, ON K2J 0P7 613-843-3000 / 613-843-2800 lumentum.com
360
Doug Alteen senior vice-president and general manager, telecom transport business unit
2015
Y NASDAQ: LITE
Network equipment manufacturers, communications service providers and cable operators, internet content providers.
Manufactures optical and photonic products.
6
OZ Optics 219 Westbrook Rd. Ottawa, ON K0A 1L0 613-831-0981 / 613-836-5089 ozoptics.com
272
Omur Sezerman president and CEO
1985
N
Telecommunications, military/aerospace, oil and gas, industrial, medical and pharmaceutical
Fibre-optic components, test equipment and sensor systems.
7
Iridian Spectral Technologies Ltd. 2700 Swansea Cres. Ottawa, ON K1G 6R8 613-741-4513 / 613-741-9986 iridian.ca
165
George Laframboise president
1998
N
Telecommunications, spectroscopy, 3D cinema, aerospace, LiDAR
Designs and manufactures custom optical thin film filter solutions for a variety of industrial and research sectors.
8
Infinera 555 Legget Dr. Kanata, ON K2K 2X3 613-254-8412 infinera.com
135
Ian MacDonald
2009
Y NASDAQ: INFN
Tier-1 operators, ICPs
Solutions spanning access, metro, long-haul and subsea domains; software platforms enabling automation.
9
Teledyne Lumenera 7 Capella Crt. Ottawa, ON K2E 8A7 613-736-4077 / 613-736-4071 lumenera.com
65
Dany Longval, vice-president of sales Brooks Riendeau, vice-president of marketing
2002
N
Factory automation, aerial imaging, intelligent traffic systems (ITS), photonics, life sciences
Develops and manufactures digital cameras for industrial and scientific applications.
Juniper Networks Canada 200-1000 Innovation Dr. Kanata, ON K2K 3E7 613-591-2700 juniper.net
63
Jan Smith director of software engineering
2000
Y NYSE: JNPR
Bell Canada, Verizon, NTT, Vodafone, Telefonica, AT&T, Orange, Qwest, Rogers, Comcast, Time Warner Cable, Google.
Automated, scalable and secure networks.
11
Pleora Technologies 300-340 Terry Fox Dr. Kanata, ON K2K 3A2 613-270-0625 / 613-270-1425 pleora.com
60
George Chamberlain CEO Jonathan Hou president
2000
N
Industrial automation, medical imaging security and defence
AI and sensor networking
12
Light Machinery 1-80 Colonnade Rd. N. Nepean, ON K2E 7L2 613-749-4895 / 613-749-8179 lightmachinery.com
58
John Hunter president
2002
N
Medical device manufacturers, government labs
Pulsed gas lasers (Excimer and TEA CO2), precision optics, high-resolution spectrometers.
13
Honeywell* 100-303 Terry Fox Dr. Ottawa, ON K2K 3J1 613-591-7777 / 613-591-7789 honeywell.com
50
Marina Mississian senior director of space payloads
1974
Y NYSE: HON
CSA, DND, NASA
Designs and builds optical space instruments and microsatellite missions for application in areas such as earth remote sensing, astronomy.
14
Jabil Canada Corporation 1 Brewer Hunt Way Kanata, ON K2K 2B5 613-599-8153 jabil.com
48
Stefano Schiavoni, VP global business units
2014
Y NYSE: JBL
Nokia, Elenion, Comcast, DZSi, ATX, ZTE, Fiber Home, Ranovus
Passive optical components (DWDM, CWDM Modules), Coherent CFP2-DCO 100-400G modules, EDFA and OMS services.
15
Ranovus* 101-11 Hines Rd. Ottawa, ON K2K 2X1 613-912-8007 ranovus.com
45
Hamid Arabzadeh chairman and CEO
2012
N
WND
Products for optical connectivity inside data centres.
16 17
Optelian* 1 Brewer Hunt Way Ottawa, ON K2K 2B5 613-287-2000 optelian.com
36
David Weymouth CEO
2002
N
Telcos, MSOs, enterprise
Develops, sells and services optical networking solutions for access, metro, long-haul and mobile (front-mid-backhaul) hardened for outside plant.
BMV Optical Technologies 26 Concourse Gate Ottawa, ON K2E 7T7 613-228-2442 / 613-228-4003 bmvoptical.com
23
Tom Millen president Terry Vineham vice-president
2001
N
Industrial, telecommunication, military, medical, research and development
Manufacturer of precision optical components and systems used primarily in laser-based applications. Complete in-house optical, thin film and mechanical design to complement manufacturing and assembly capabilities.
Optiwave Systems 7 Capella Crt. Ottawa, ON K2E 7X1 613-224-4700 / 613-224-4706 optiwave.com
20
Jan Jakubczyk CEO
1994
N
General Dynamics, Huawei, NTT, Fortune 500 companies, universities and government research labs, U.S., Japanese and European markets
Provider of software design tools for optoelectronic and optical system engineers, hosting a suite of simulation software products.
FRAMOS Technologies 2733 Lancaster Rd. Ottawa, ON K1B 0A9 framos.co
18
Chris Barrett chief product officer
2013
N
Intel, Sony, NVIDIA
Imaging products, embedded vision technologies, custom solutions, OEM services.
Diffraction Limited / SBIG B-59 Grenfell Cres. Ottawa, ON K2G 0G3 613-225-2732 / 613-225-9688 diffractionlimited.com
15
Douglas George CEO Colin Haig director of marketing
1993
N
NASA, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, University of Toronto, European Space Agency
Designs and manufactures cameras and accessories for low-light scientific imaging systems.
Westboro Photonics* 301-1505 Carling Ave. Ottawa, ON K1Z 7L9 613-729-0614 wphotonics.com
15
Tim Moggridge president
1994
N
Automotive, avionics, display testing
Designs, engineers and manufactures instrumentation to measure and characterize light emission, reflection and transmission.
Luminos Industries 5-11 Tristan Crt. Ottawa, ON K2E 8B9 613-225-7661 / 613-225-3391 luminos.com
12
Murray Harman chief technology officer and founder
1996
N
Photonics research and OEM’s, biomedical research and instrumentation, oil and gas process monitoring, instrumentation
Precision flexure-based positioners/stages 1-6 axis manual and automated (10nm resolution), wavelength independent moving fiber optical fiber switches, optical fiber hand tools.
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*These companies did not respond to this year’s survey in time for publication. This information is from previous years. WND = Would not disclose
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