Applied Optoelectronics, Inc. engages in the design and manufacture of optical communications products. The company is headquartered in Sugar Land, Texas and currently employs 3,309 full-time employees. The company went IPO on 2013-09-26. The firm designs and manufactures a range of optical communications products at varying levels of integration, from components, subassemblies, and modules to complete turn-key equipment. The firm also designs, manufactures, and integrates its own analog and digital lasers using the proprietary Molecular Beam Epitaxy (MBE) and Metal Organic Chemical Vapor Deposition (MOCVD) alternative processes for the fabrication of lasers. The firm manufactures lasers and laser components and performs research and development activities for laser component and optical module products. The firm offers its fiber-optic networking products, primarily for four networking end-markets, such as cable television, (CATV), Internet data center, telecommunications, (telecom), and fiber-to-the-home (FTTH). The firm has manufacturing facilities in Taipei, Taiwan and Ningbo, China.