# Finisar to open new VCSEL manufacturing facility in Sherman, Texas

Finisar will hold a ribbon-cutting ceremony on July 9, 2018 for its new manufacturing facility in Sherman, Texas, which will increase production capacity for VCSELs and 3D sensing technologies. The facility has been under renovation since December 2017 and is expected to commence production by the end of 2018.

- Type: New facility
- Announced: 2018-07-02
- Where: Sherman, Texas, United States
- Jobs: 200
- Starts operating: 2018
- Status: under construction
- Products: VCSELs, 3D sensing technologies
- Sectors: [Semiconductors and Industrial Electronics](https://endata.com/sectors/semiconductors-electronics.md)

## Companies

- [Finisar](https://endata.com/companies/18788.md)

## Sources

- [globenewswire.com](https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2018/07/02/1532229/0/en/Finisar-to-Expand-3D-VCSEL-Production-Capacity-with-its-new-Sherman-Texas-Facility.html), 2018-07-02: "Finisar is excited to unveil this new state-of-the-art facility which will expand critical production capacity of our VCSEL products needed to support customer requirements."
- [globenewswire.com](https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2018/07/02/1532229/0/en/finisar-to-expand-3d-vcsel-production-capacity-with-its-new-sherman-texas-facility.html), 2018-07-02: "Finisar is excited to unveil this new state-of-the-art facility which will expand critical production capacity of our VCSEL products needed to support customer requirements."

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