Ocean Optics Establishes China Office

Ocean Optics Asia to serve Pacific Rim customers and distributors

Dunedin, Fla., October 2006. To better serve the needs of the rapidly expanding Asian market, Ocean Optics has established Ocean Optics Asia in Shanghai, China. The new office will provide local product sales and support for the company’s optical sensing, display optics, and biophotonics technologies.

Headed up by Director of Asia Operations Dr. Ling Sun, the new office will enable the company to speed response and support for its distributors and customers with a staff of application, sales and software engineers. The company’s complete product line, including miniature optic fiber spectrometers, optical sensors, sampling accessories, light sources, fibers, probes, thin films and optics, will be available. In addition to expert technical support, the office offers a complete product demonstration line and a comprehensive application database, as well as locally based warranty services and training opportunities.

”Ocean Optics Asia is one more link in our chain of global reach,” explained Ocean Optics President, Mike Morris. “With our Dunedin, Florida headquarters, Ocean Optics BV Europe in Duiven, the Netherlands, and our recent acquisition of Mikropack in Ostfildern, Germany, we now are able to provide global support 24-hours a day.”

Dr. Sun will manage an office of application and software engineers dedicated to expanding the reach of Ocean Optics and serving the multiple needs of their growing customer base in Asia. Dr. Sun received her Bachelor of Science degree in Chemistry from Sichuan Normal University located in Chengdu, China, her Master of Science degree in Material Sciences from Saitama University in Saitama-shi, Japan and her Ph.D. in Organic and Polymer Material Sciences from the Tokyo Institute of Technology. For several years Dr. Sun worked in Tokyo for Japanese firm BAS, Inc., a successful Ocean Optics distributor.

Ocean Optics Asia is located at: 137 Xianxia Road, Suite 1801, Changning District, Shanghai 200051 PRC, China. Dr. Sun has already established an Ocean Optics web site in Mandarin; visit OceanOpticsChina.cn for more.

Headquartered in Dunedin, Fla., Ocean Optics’ line of spectrometers, chemical sensors, metrology instrumentation, optical fibers, thin films and optics are used for diverse applications in medical and biological research, environmental monitoring, science education, and entertainment lighting and display. Ocean Optics is part of the Halma group of safety and detection companies.

To contact our China office,
click here

See our building and office in China!

See our
web site in Chinese