I agree OR, the fact that II-VI is part of this consortium sure does present interesting 'dots'.....

If you read this recent article (March 2016) about the acquisition of Anadigics by II-VI (http://www.lightreading.com/components/comms-chips/ii-vi-gets-anadigics---good-luck-with-that/d/d-id/721488) you would wonder why a company would shell out $81M for Anadigics - "Anadigics is dependent on a small and diminishing handful of key customers, and has been losing money for years on steadily decreasing revenue. The company had revenue of just $12 million in its most recently reported quarter."

From Financials posted for II-VI Q1 2016......Part of the reason for the record quarterly sales figure of $205 million was the initial contribution from Epiworks and Anadigics, which were both acquired by II-VI during the quarter – the latter following something of a bidding war with another interested party.

The 2 articles below reference the recent successes and opportunities of II-VI, and their plan to capitalize on the growing VCSEL market, increasing their production capacity by acquiring epiworks/anadigics. Their photonics bookings are up 50%.

http://optics.org/news/7/1/34

http://optics.org/news/7/4/42#.VyCd3QG1rCI.twitter

*"These [Epiworks and Anadigics] acquisitions complement the leadership position of our Laser Enterprise division in the rapidly growing semiconductor laser market, a key driver of our investments into a market that industry analysts expect to grow to over $5 billion by 2020, including a $2 billion VCSEL market.”

*"How does the addition of Anadigics (with a most recent quarter revenue of $12M)and Epiworks (2015 Revenue $14M Total) contribute such a significant amount of increased photonics bookings for II-VI?