Fiber Optic Center

Deciding between PSA-backed and non-PSA-backed ?

Read our 'Lapping Film Options' article as we break down the key factors in choosing between PSA-backed and non-PSA-backed lapping films.

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December is a very busy month for all shipping departments including FOC’s amazing shipping team. Additionally, December is a big FOC birthday month and today is our Patrick’s day!

Happiest of Birthdays to our hard working Shipping Man! Happy Birthday to Patrick!

It’s beginning to look a lot like a beautiful December on Centre Street in New Bedford, MA……. from our home to yours we wish you peace, joy and love this holiday season. ❤️

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December is an extra special time for Fiber Optic Center because in addition to the holidays, traditions and festivities, we have many birthdays on our staff…… exciting times ahead!

Today we wish our Grace, in the sales department, a very happy birthday. May your day be filled with joy, relaxation and fun as well as plenty of great cake. 🎂 Happy Birthday, Grace!

At FOC, we are very lucky to have a full time talented graphic artist and photographer.
Happy Birthday to the one and only Dave Arruda.

“The artist and the photographer seek the mysteries and the adventure of experience in nature.” ~ Ansel Adams

May your day be filled with peace, soothing colors and cake…. Lots of cake. 🎂 Happy Birthday!

‘Tis the season….. Favorite area of our new, amazing shipping facility has to be the coffee station where you can find twinkly Dave to brighten your day and a TJ tree topper too.

The FOC shipping department is the hardest working you can find but also the most hilarious and spirited. From our warehouse, Happiest December Shenanigans! 😉

We have the answers to your most pressing FOC questions…..

1. Where in the world is Mario?
Might be our most asked question over the years and well, he was spotted in New Bedford headquarters yesterday and we have the photographic proof right here.

2. Who the heck is Brett? Straight outta the FOC marketing manager meetings, Brett is Mario’s new bestie 😉. They apparently were having too much fun at the annual holiday gathering.

Thank you to both Mario and Brett for being great humans and hilarious team members. Go FOC!

Sending light, love and peace to all who celebrate the festival of lights tonight through the next eight days and nights. 💙

Happy Birthday to the best Epoxy and Optical Plastics technical expert we could ask for at Fiber Optic Center.
We love to celebrate your day because you are a gift to us every day 😉.
May today be filled with unexpected joys, excellent cakes and time to reflect (in between the huge amount of meetings we booked for you - sorry). Happy Birthday, Kelly!

Happy Thanksgiving from our family to yours!

Reminder that Fiber Optic Center is closed today, Thursday, November 23rd and Friday, November 24th, in observance of the US holiday of Thanksgiving. We will resume normal business hours on Monday, November 27th, 2023.

In observance of the US holiday of , Fiber Optic Center will be closed Thursday, November 23rd and Friday, November 24th. We will resume normal business hours on Monday, November 27th, 2023

Happiest of birthdays to our John Arruda in the FOC shipping department.
May your day be relaxing, peaceful and joyful.
Happy Birthday, John! 🎂

Happy Birthday to our one and only Erwin!
Wishing you a year ahead that is peaceful and happy. Remember our favorite thing at FOC…. eating cake 😉. Enjoy yours, our friend.

Reminder: Fiber Optic Center will be closed Friday, November 10th in observance of the US holiday of Veterans Day. We resume regular business hours on Monday November 13th.

This Veterans Day, we honor the generations of women and men who have served and sacrificed — not for a person, a place, or a President — but for an idea unlike any other: the idea of the United States of America. 🇺🇸

Today is a special day at FOC (and probably all over the world) because it is the one and only Mario Goduco's birthday.
We love Mario. Everyone loves Mario.
Happy Birthday, Mario!

We joke around about Mario's amazing travel log for the company over the years and have even played 'Where's Waldo' games trying to track him in the past. But flying around the globe to solve our customers’ challenges day and night (even virtually during the pandemic) is invaluable to them and to us.

Happy Birthday Mario or Bob or Bobby or “Maria” or favorite guy. Happy Birthday!

Grumpy's 5K was this past weekend and Fiber Optic Center was again a proud sponsor of this fun annual event.
The run/walk around the cranberry bogs during cranberry country’s favorite time of year is a local favorite for children, adults, runners, walkers, nature enthusiasts, and cranberry lovers and all to benefit the Cranberry Educational Foundation's Scholarship Fund. Great times!

There is a simple and great quote “Progress is impossible without change” and at Fiber Optic Center we embraced that with the latest parking lot home improvement.
Before (actually during) and after photographic proof of the new and improved lot off of the Centre Street side of our building.
Beautiful change!

Happiest of birthdays to our fearless marketing warrior, Joni, who travels the globe managing difficult trade show logistics, wrestles with unruly data back in the office and leads the stellar work ethic goal, by example, every day wherever she is working.

Happy Birthday, Joni!

Buon compleanno, Giorgio. Il tuo team di lavoro ti ama molto e ti siamo grati. Mangia la torta e sii felice. Buon compleanno!

If we got it right, we tried to say:
Have the best birthday, Giorgio. Your work team loves you very much and we are thankful for you. Eat cake and be merry.
Happy Birthday! 🎂

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Keeping with our tradition of double birthdays, from the Accounting Department to the Test & Measurement Technical Team, we are celebrating two great FOC team members today!

Happy Birthday to both Chris and Nicholas!

May the day bring you both a big 10-4 😉!

Congratulations to our Michael Thorpe who rode the 35 mile section of the Watershed Ride yesterday!

Fiber Optic Center was a proud sponsor of the 17th annual Buzzards Bay Watershed Ride where hundreds of cyclists participate, raising thousands of dollars for the Buzzards Bay Coalition’s work to protect clean water. Great job, Mike!

Join us at this week! Visit the Fiber Optic Center team at Stand 504 for expert consultations and cutting-edge product demos. See you there! 👋

IWCS photo dump 📸

Thanks to all the attendees of who took the time to visit the Fiber Optic Center booth and FOC-sponsored coffee break! Our team enjoyed discussing the latest innovations and solutions with all of you.

Attendees of ! Don't forget to sign up for one-on-one discussions with our EMEA team (Erwin, Marcel and Giorgio) to discuss all your needs during the show at stand 504.

Sign up here: https://bit.ly/3qNZLyz

It was a GREAT Day 1 of IWCS in Orlando! Thank you to everyone who stopped by for demonstrations and conversations with our team.

For those in attendance during Day 2, speak with our technical team regarding your fiber optic or cable assembly needs at Booth 218!

Dave Sylvia, Director of Sales, will be in attendance for at stand 504 to answer your and cable assembly questions.

Book your appointment: https://bit.ly/3YMp0hi

Fiber Optic Center's Technical Team members Mario Goduco and Ron Schutjens will be in attendance next week during conducting technical processes and product demos for attendees at our booth.

Happiest of birthday wishes to our Larry Donalds.

Of course, Larry is a brilliant expert on our technical team of all things in MCVD, solution doping of preforms, Oxyfluoride Erbium fiber, organometallic rare earth deposition and abrasives. We are grateful to have his amazing talents.

BUT, Larry is also one of the kindest men of great character you could meet. Today we celebrate him.

Happiest of birthdays, Larry!

Learn about the wide range of coatings used for standard communication and specialty optical fibers during our one-on-one discussion 'Optical Fiber Coatings Explained' at stand 504 during ECOC Exhibition. Speak with our team about coating dimensions, tensile strength and certain coating characteristics needed for your application.

Sign up today: https://bit.ly/3YVFyna

Quick Reminder:

Fiber Optic Center will be closed today, Monday, September 4th, in observance of US Labor Day.
We will resume our regular business hours on Tuesday, September 5th.

We know you will miss us so wanted to be sure we posted this reminder 😉. See you Tuesday!

Today we wish our Jason, in customer service, a very happy birthday.
We thought an excellent birthday gift would be giving the whole company the day off and a three day weekend and that is what we did for you this year…. 😉.
Enjoy your holiday and birthday, Jason!

David Sylvia, Director of Sales, and Ethan Weiss, Account Manager, will be in Orlando for at booth 218 to answer your and cable assembly questions.

Book your appointment: https://bit.ly/3YsUAjT

Happiest of birthdays to our dearest Brett.

We are thankful your birthday falls on a Saturday this year knowing your work ethic in our marketing department and the long hours you willingly devote each day on your team.

May your weekend NOT be filled with spreadsheets of data, analysis and video production but replaced with family, friends, big TVs, beaches, great sports and foods. And, cake. Enjoy some cake. 🎂
Happy Birthday, Brett!

Fiber Optic Center's Technical Team members Mario Goduco and Ron Schutjens will be in attendance during conducting technical processes and product demos for attendees at our booth.

Sign up today: https://bit.ly/3qmbBQ6

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Read this excellent article about the remarkable Neal Weiss on his passion for jazz and an ‘addiction’ to making music here:
https://newbedfordlight.org/neal-weiss-a-passion-for-jazz-and-an-addiction-to-making-music/ via

Neal Weiss: A passion for jazz and an ‘addiction’ to making music - The New Bedford Light As the founder of the Whaling City Sound record label, he saw something that no one else did: the abundance of jazz talent in the region that was worthy of national recognition.

Sundays are the best day for a relaxing birthday…. To our Amy, in the fast paced FOC Customer Service department, we are happy you have that relaxing time to celebrate yourself today.
May your day be filled with family, friends, peaceful time and cake!
Happy Birthday, Amy!

Happiest of birthdays to our Sydney in Customer Service. Birthdays on Saturdays and in the summer are ideal. Hope your day is filled with love, peace, family, art and joy.

Happy Birthday, Sydney!