FREMONT, CA – November 19, 2003 – Santur Corporation, a leading manufacturer of reliable, cost-effective source laser components for the telecommunications industry, today announced the appointment of Jack Gearin as Vice President of Operations. Jack brings over 20 years of senior operations management experience in optical components and semiconductors at National Semiconductor, SDL and JDSU.

Jack began his career in product design and automation engineering and has many years of experience in managing offshore manufacturing operations. Most recently, Jack was VP of Manufacturing for all active components at JDSU, including source lasers from The Netherlands, modulators from Connecticut, and pump lasers from San Jose.

“ We are very pleased that Jack has joined the Santur team,” said Dr. Richard Craig, CEO of Santur Corporation. “His proven track record with both high volume production in semiconductors and the specific needs of the optical components industry will ensure that Santur delivers world class lasers to our global customer base with a world class manufacturing organization.”

“ I am excited to join Santur as they ramp up production to meet customer demand”, said Jack. “I believe that the future for Santur is very bright. They have a world class product line, compelling product and process technology, and an outstanding management team.”

About Santur Corporation
Headquartered in Fremont, California, Santur Corporation is a leading vertically integrated manufacturer of high-performance tunable lasers for metro and long-haul WDM systems. The company’s patented DFB-array technology enables the fabrication of broadly tunable sources at the same performance and costs as fixed wavelength sources. Santur’s products have set a new standard in the industry with their unique combination of high-power achieved without the use of a semiconductor optical amplifier (SOA), wide tunability with no possibility of mode hops, stability in harsh environments, Telcordia GR-468 reliability and low cost. For more information, visit www.santurcorp.com, call 1-(866)-TUNABLE, or e-mail marketing@santurcorp.com.


Contact:
Gurinder Parhar
V.P., Business Development
Santur Corporation
P: (510) 933-4100, ext. 226
F: (510) 656-7563
E-mail: marketing@santurcorp.com