FREMONT, CA – August 28, 2007 – Santur Corporation, the leading manufacturer of reliable tunable active products for the global telecommunications industry, today announced it’s inclusion among the Inc 500 Fastest Growing Private Companies (September 2007 edition).
Paul Meissner, CEO of Santur, stated “Santur is excited to be among the Inc. 500 fastest growing companies. We attribute our #12 ranking to the strong commitment of our customers to adopt the next wave of active products for optical communications. The availability of high speed internet and the demand for video content are driving a bandwidth explosion across the communications network network. Santur’s family of tunable products are key enablers to fulfill this rapidly growing service demand.”
INC magazine annually evaluates and publishes a list of the 500 fastest growing companies across a number of industries. Santur’s high ranking is unique among telecommunications companies.
“Our employees have worked hard to achieve this accomplishment,” continues Meissner. “We are excited by the full lineup of new products we’re developing to further establish our leadership.”

About Santur Corporation
Headquartered in Fremont, California, Santur Corporation is the leading vertically integrated manufacturer of high-performance widely 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 reliability as fixed DFBs. 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 value. For more information, visit www.santurcorp.com, call 1-(866)-TUNABLE, or e-mail marketing@santurcorp.com.