LIGHTEL designs, manufactures, and supplies a broad range of products and services to the fiber optic industry worldwide. Since our beginning in 1999, we have continued our solid growth pattern, and have become a recognized leader in bringing ELemental innovations to LIGHT. Starting out with Coupler Workstations for manufacturing Fused Biconic Taper products, LIGHTEL has expanded into Fused Fiber components, Micro-Optic passive optical components, Video Microscopes for inspection purposes, and many other fiber optic related products and services. Our coupler workstations are updated to reflect the latest in software, packaging, and control systems. Our broad range of analog and digital video microscope products keeps network down time to a minimum, and allows documentation through an easy to use software interface. All LIGHTEL passive components are reliable, tested before shipment, and qualified to applicable standards for indoor or outdoor use. Our technology innovations have resulted in many US Patents awarded, with several pending. Our customer service has received numerous recognition awards from our manufacturing partners. Another element of our makeup is the wide range of services offered. Leveraging our Seattle based headquarters, encompassing our Sales & Marketing, Administrative, R&D , Engineering , and domestic production with our offshore Engineering and Manufacturing facilities, design for small or volume manufacturing is possible in-house. To insure the best possible customer support, we have established a strong distributor network, covering territories worldwide.