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BAE Systems Honors Timbercon with a Supplier of the Year Award
03/29/2022
Timbercon today announced it received a BAE Systems ‘Partner 2 Win’ Supplier of the Year Award for Electronic Combat Solutions for exceptional performance and contributions to supply chain success for BAE Systems, Inc.’s Electronic Systems sector. Timbercon was honored at a virtual ceremony and was selected from the pool of suppliers that worked with BAE Systems in 2021.
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Timbercon Integrated into Radiall Group
01/03/2022
Eric Meslow and James Davies founded Timbercon in January 1997. They’ve spent decades putting in hard work to grow Timbercon to the company it is today. Now, they are off...
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Timbercon’s Fiber Optics in Connector Supplier
05/17/2021
Timbercon’s fiber optic interconnect cabling solutions were recently mentioned in a ConnectorSupplier.com article for use in medical devices that rely on high bandwidth, EMI resistance, reduced ferro-magnetic content and significantly...
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New White Paper: Design Concerns for Flow Cytometry
02/01/2021
Medicine is moving into an area of increasingly personalized treatment plans. The data driving this revolution comes largely from single cell analysis. There are many ways to gather the necessary...
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Radiall and Timbercon Team Up for Expanded End-to-End Optical Solutions
04/14/2020
Radiall is a global leader of end-to-end optical interconnect solutions for harsh environments. Our complete product offering includes high-speed active components and high-quality ruggedized optical contacts and connectors. Radiall recently...
Read More Timbercon Acquired by Radiall
02/12/2020
In January 2020, Timbercon was acquired by Radiall, a global company that specializes in interconnect solutions. This step gave Timbercon the opportunity to offer an even more extensive range of...
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Timbercon Appoints New Vice President of People
10/16/2018
Timbercon, Inc. bolsters Human Resources, Finance, Accounting, and Information Technology departments, hires Laura McKinney as Vice President of People TUALATIN, OR, October 16, 2018 – Timbercon, a leading US-based fiber...
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Timbercon in Photonics Spectra Magazine: “Harsh Environment Fiber Optics for Aerospace”
06/18/2018
Reliable fiber optic communication designs must account for extremes of temperature, vibration, outgassing, and debris. By Jonathon Goldstein, Ian Haas, and Jason Furtner, Timbercon. Click here to download the original...
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Timbercon Named Top 100 Fastest Growing Private Company for a 10th Time
06/11/2018
TIMBERCON, INC. RANKED #75 IN “2018 TOP 100 FASTEST GROWING PRIVATE COMPANIES IN OREGON AND SW WASHINGTON” LIST, CITING RECORD GROWTH. Timbercon, a leading USA-based fiber optic solutions provider, announced...
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Timbercon Launches New Custom Glass Processing Solutions, Expands Fiber Optic Capabilities
04/03/2018
CUSTOM FIBER LENS PRODUCTS ALLOW FOR CONTROLLED BEAM CHARACTERIZATION Timbercon, a leading fiber optic solutions provider, announced today its new line of shaped, tapered and fused fiber optic lens products....
Read More Newly Imposed Overseas Tariffs
01/11/2018
Timbercon, in response to the newly imposed Chinese tariffs, is working closely with our overseas partners to mitigate any impacts to product pricing. Unfortunately, there are cases where we will...
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Timbercon Announces New Capabilities at OFC 2017
03/02/2017
Timbercon is expanding its R&D, production, and testing capabilities to include Custom Fiber Tips (CFTs). The new AFL LZM-100 LaserMaster and an on-site cleanroom will enable Timbercon to build high-purity...
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Timbercon Celebrates 20 Years In Business
02/06/2017
On Saturday, March 11 Timbercon celebrated its 20th anniversary with an off-site event held at the Oregon Museum of Science and Industry (OMSI). The company treated family and friends to...
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Timbercon Will Be At SPIE Photonics West
01/15/2017
Next week Timbercon will be exhibiting at the SPIE Photonics West exposition in San Francisco. Over twenty thousand people are expected to attend Photonics West to learn about new advances...
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Timbercon Is Now Assembling Cables Featuring MXC® connectors from US Conec
05/06/2016
The MXC® connector includes an expanded beam PRIZM® MT ferrule and is optimized for direct interface to equipment. It provides a more robust, debris insensitive connection compared to other solutions....
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Timbercon Expands Custom Overmolding Capabilities
04/11/2016
Custom overmolding from Timbercon provides a ruggedized solution to the need for strong transitions required for certain projects. Heat shrink transitions are often the most vulnerable segments of a fiber...
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Timbercon Is Certified to Manufacture Fiber Optic Cable Assemblies with Fischer Connectors
03/16/2016
Timbercon, Inc. is pleased to announce that it has been certified as a Value Added Reseller (VAR) for Fischer Connector’s Fiber Optic Series. This certification ensures that Timbercon can design...
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Timbercon Announces New Fiber Optic Cleaning Kits!
02/16/2016
Timbercon cleaning kits provide comprehensive solutions for the cleaning, preparation and maintenance of fiber optic connectivity products. Each Timbercon cleaning kit incorporates top quality consumables designed to offer optimal performance...
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Timbercon, Inc. Turns 19!
02/07/2016
Timbercon, Inc., a fiber optic product and solution manufacturing company, celebrates its 19th anniversary today. Throughout its history, Timbercon has been dedicated to being the leading optical connectivity manufacturer for...
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Timbercon at the PDX Soap Box Derby
03/14/2015
The 2015 PDX Soap Box Derby featured a car built from scratch by the Timbercon staff. Engineer Brendan O’Dea led the team in designing and making The Aqua Brick, which...
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Timbercon, Inc. Turns 18!
02/07/2015
Timbercon, Inc., a fiber optic product and solution manufacturing company, celebrates its 18th anniversary today. Throughout its history, Timbercon has been dedicated to being the leading optical connectivity manufacturer for...
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Timbercon Releases High Speed 100Gbps QSFP28 Electrical Loopbacks
08/16/2014
Timbercon now offers the EL-13-08002 QSFP28 passive electrical loopback used for testing QSFP28 transceiver ports in board level test. By substituting for a full-featured QSFP28 transceiver, the electrical loopback provides...
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Timbercon Supplies Industrial Fiber Optic Cable Assemblies
08/06/2014
Timbercon now offers ODVA™ (Open DeviceNet Vendors Association) compliant environmentally sealed fiber optic cable assemblies for a variety of industrial applications. The fiber optic assemblies are offered with bayonet-locking connectors...
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Timbercon’s Host Test Board Provides Comprehensive Testing of QSFP/QSFP+ Transceivers
07/18/2014
The Timbercon QSFP/QSFP+ (Quad Small Form Factor Pluggable) MSA Compliant Host Test Board is designed to provide an efficient and easy method of programming and high speed AC testing of...
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Timbercon Offers 12- and 24-Fiber MTP® / MPO Loopbacks
06/03/2014
In response to the demand for optical testing of 40GbE and 100GbE applications, Timbercon has released 12- and 24-fiber MTP/MPO optical loopbacks. The device is available in single mode (yellow)...
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Timbercon Releases Multi-channel Breakout Assemblies
05/12/2014
As datacom technology migrates from 10GbE to 40GbE and beyond, it is often necessary to transition from discrete commercial connectors to 12- or 24-fiber MTP®/MPO connectors. MTP®/MPO fiber optic breakout...
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Timbercon Offers Expanded Beam Fiber Optic Cable Assemblies
04/11/2014
Timbercon now has the ability to manufacture and test fiber optic cable assemblies using the Stratos line of expanded beam connector technology from Emerson Network Power Connectivity Solutions. Using a...
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Timbercon Provides Electrical Loopback Handles
03/08/2014
Timbercon offers a wide range of electrical loopback (XFP, SFP, QSFP) modules used for testing and qualifying high speed optical transport and routing platforms. Inserting and extracting large numbers of...
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Timbercon, Inc. Turns 17!
02/07/2014
Timbercon, Inc., a fiber optic product and solution manufacturing company, celebrates its 17th anniversary today. Throughout its history, Timbercon has been dedicated to being the leading optical connectivity manufacturer for...
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Timbercon Wins the OEN Tom Holce Entrepreneurship Award
10/02/2012
Timbercon, Inc., a fiber optic product and solution manufacturing company, announced today they are the winners of the prestigious OEN Tom Holce Entrepreneurship Award for the fastest growth stage company....
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Timbercon Relocates Corporate Headquarters to Tualatin, Oregon
09/27/2012
Timbercon, Inc., a fiber optic product and solution manufacturing company, today announced the relocation of its corporate headquarters to Tualatin, Oregon. “Doubling the size of our facility from 20,000 to...
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Timbercon Introduces the New QSFP/QSFP+ Electrical Loopback
03/15/2012
Timbercon, Inc., a fiber optic product and solution manufacturing company, announced today the availability of the QSFP/QSFP+ passive electrical loopback. The electrical loopback is used for testing QSFP/QSFP+ transceiver ports...
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Timbercon Announces the New PRIZM® LightTurn® Cable Assemblies
03/06/2012
Timbercon, Inc., a fiber optics product and solutions manufacturing company, announced today at the OFC/NFOEC tradeshow in Los Angeles, California, the availability of PRIZM® LightTurn® cable assemblies. The US Conec...
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Timbercon Announces the Availability of MDRS
02/09/2012
Timbercon, Inc., a fiber optics product and solutions manufacturing company, announced today the availability of its Modular Deployable Reel System (MDRS), a lightweight cable deployment system designed for mobile fiber...
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Timbercon, Inc. Turns 15!
02/07/2012
Timbercon, Inc., a fiber optic product and solution manufacturing company, celebrates its 15th anniversary today. Throughout its history, Timbercon has been dedicated to being the leading optical connectivity manufacturer for...
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Timbercon Introduces the LC/APC Armadillo Loopback
11/22/2011
Timbercon, Inc., a fiber optic product and solution manufacturing company, today announced the expansion of the Armadillo loopback family with the LC/APC (angled-polish connector) loopback. The 8-degree angled connector prevents...
Read More Timbercon Makes Lead411’s Tech 200 List
11/08/2011
Timbercon, Inc., a fiber optic product and solution manufacturing company, announced today that they were selected by Lead411’s Technology 200 as one of the fastest growing private technology firms in...
Read More Timbercon Finalist for the Portland Business Journal’s 2011 Manufacturing Company of the Year Award
10/28/2011
Timbercon, Inc., a fiber optic product and solution manufacturing company, announced today that were a finalist the Portland Business Journal’s 2011 Manufacturing Company of the Year Award in the Medium...
Read More Timbercon Adds Three New Engineering Positions
10/21/2011
Timbercon, Inc., a fiber optic product and solution manufacturing company, today announced the addition of three new positions to its Engineering department. Kevin Wiley has been hired as Design Engineer....
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Timbercon Announces the Net Sim for Corning® LEAF® and OFS’ TrueWave® RS Fiber
09/29/2011
Timbercon, Inc., a fiber optic product and solution manufacturing company, expanded its Network Simulation product capability to include specific fiber types designed to simulate network structures and profiles using TrueWave®...
Read More Mitsubishi International Corporation Names Timbercon VAR for ESKA™ POF
08/30/2011
Timbercon, Inc., a fiber optics product and solutions manufacturing company, is expanding its technology capabilities by becoming a value added reseller (VAR) of ESKA™ POF (plastic optic fiber), which is...
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Timbercon Announces the New MT Ruggedized Coupler/Splitter Configuration
08/17/2011
Timbercon, Inc., a fiber optics product and solutions manufacturing company, announced today the availability of a new MT Ruggedized Coupler/Splitter configuration for a variety of applications and industries. Timbercon is...
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Timbercon Announces MT Ferrule Based Harsh Environment Circular Connector Cable Assemblies
07/19/2011
Timbercon, Inc., a fiber optics product and solutions manufacturing company, announced today the release of Harsh Environment MT Ferrule Based Circular Connector fiber optic cable assemblies. The MT Ferrule Based...
Read More Eric Meslow appointed Chair of ETIC, Art Johnson as Vice Chair
06/23/2011
The Oregon University System (OUS) announced today that Eric C. Meslow, president and CEO of Timbercon, Inc., was appointed as chair of Oregon’s Engineering and Technology Industry Council, or ETIC, by...
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Timbercon Announces Preferred Supplier Award from BAE Systems
06/07/2011
Timbercon, Inc., a fiber optics product and solutions manufacturing company, received a Preferred Supplier 2010-2011 Award from BAE Systems at a ceremony in Nashua, New Hampshire. Anne E. Parkhurst, Cable...
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Timbercon Announces 3D Rapid Prototyping Capabilities
05/16/2011
Timbercon, Inc., a fiber optic product and solution manufacturer headquartered in Lake Oswego, Oregon, announced today the immediate availability of 3D Rapid Prototyping capabilities for fiber optic cable assemblies. The...
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Timbercon Announces Ultra-High Speed Fiber Bragg Grating Sensor System
04/26/2011
Timbercon, Inc., a fiber optics product and solutions manufacturing company, announces the availability of an Ultra-High Speed Fiber Bragg Grating (FBG) Sensor System at the SPIE-Defense, Security + Sensing conference...
Read More Timbercon, Inc. Turns 17!
02/07/2011
Timbercon, Inc., a fiber optic product and solution manufacturing company, celebrates its 17th anniversary today. Throughout its history, Timbercon has been dedicated to being the leading optical connectivity manufacturer for...
Read More Timbercon adds Charles Weatherly as Design Engineering Manager
01/07/2011
Timbercon, Inc., a fiber optic product and solution manufacturing company, today announced Charles Weatherly as its new Design and Applications Engineering Manager. Mr. Weatherly’s responsibilities with Timbercon will include all...
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Timbercon in Qmed’s Top 25 Breakthroughs of the Past 25 Years
01/04/2011
Timbercon featured in Qmed’s Top 25 Breakthroughs of the Past 25 Years. Click the link below to read more about fiber optics and many other medical breakthroughs over the past...
Read More Timbercon is Recognized on the Technology 500 List
11/30/2010
Timbercon, Inc., a fiber optic product and solution manufacturer headquartered in Lake Oswego, Oregon, was recognized as the 297th fastest growing privately held U.S.A company on Lead411’s Technology 500. “It...
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Timbercon Announces Approval for EZ-mate Assemblies
11/02/2010
Timbercon, Inc., a fiber optics product and solutions manufacturing company, has expanded their harsh environment capabilities again. Focused on offering the most comprehensive suite of connectivity solutions, Timbercon is pleased...
Read More Timbercon Ranked 67th in Oregon’s Top Manufacturing List
10/29/2010
Timberon, Inc., a fiber optic product and solution manufacturer headquartered in Lake Oswego, Oregon, was ranked 67th in the Portland Business Journals Top Manufacturing Companies released today. “To be included...
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Timbercon Announces MTP® Coupler/Splitters
09/28/2010
Timbercon, Inc., a fiber optics product and solutions manufacturing company, announced today the availability of MTP Coupler/Splitters for a wide variety of applications and industries. Timbercon has consistently provided custom...
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Timbercon in the News – Fiber optics in avionics: Upward Bound
08/13/2010
Timbercon, Inc., a fiber optic product and solutions manufacturing company, was featured in the news at photonics.com under the heading “Fiber optics in avionics: Upward bound” by Caren B. Les....
Read More Timbercon Receives Fastest Growing Award for Ninth Consecutive Year
06/28/2010
Timbercon, Inc., a fiber optic connectivity solution manufacturer headquartered in Lake Oswego, Oregon, was named for the ninth consecutive year as one of Oregon’s fastest growing private businesses by The...
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Timbercon Announces Collaboration with Columbia Gorge Researc
04/06/2010
Timbercon, Inc., a fiber optic product and solution manufacturing company, has expanded their technology capabilities again. Focused on offering the most comprehensive suite of fiber optic solutions, Timbercon is pleased...
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Timbercon Announces its New Website for 2010
03/23/2010
Timbercon, Inc., a leader in fiber optic manufacturing and assembly has unveiled its new website in conjunction with OFC/NFOEC which is the largest fiber optic conference in North America. It...
Read More Timbercon’s Broadcast Cables for the 2010 Winter Olympics
01/21/2010
Timbercon, Inc., a fiber optic products and services company providing a vast range of connectivity solutions, announced today that they have delivered a significant number of broadcast fiber optic cables...
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Timbercon Announces the SFP / SFP+ Host Test Board
10/21/2009
Timbercon, Inc., a fiber optic product and solution manufacturing company, announced today the availability of their new SFP/SFP+ Host Test Board. The Timbercon SFP/SFP+ Host Test Board facilitates the testing...
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Timbercon Announces Fix Attenuated Armadillo Cable Assemblies
09/28/2009
Timbercon, Inc., Timbercon, Inc., a fiber optic products and services company providing a vast range of connectivity solutions, announces the immediate availability of Fix Attenuated Duplex Armadillo cable assemblies. Timbercon...
Read More Timbercon Announces Delivery of 50,000,000 Meters of Fiber
09/25/2009
Timbercon, Inc., Timbercon, Inc., a fiber optic products and services company providing a vast range of connectivity solutions, announces today that they have surpassed delivering 50,000,000 meters of fiber to...
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Timbercon Announces a New MTP®-MPO Shuttered Adapter
08/20/2009
Timbercon, Inc., a fiber optic products and services company providing a vast range of connectivity solutions, announce the immediate availability of a new MTP®/MPO shuttered adapter. Timbercon is widely known...
Read More Timbercon Ranked 2710 by Inc. Magazine’s Annual 5000 List
08/14/2009
Timbercon, Inc., a fiber optic product and solution manufacturer headquartered in Lake Oswego, Oregon, was placed on Inc. Magazine’s 5000 Fastest Growing Private Companies in America list for the third...
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Timbercon Announces Low Loss Multimode Elite MTP® Cable Assemblies
07/21/2009
Timbercon, Inc., a fiber optic products and services company providing a vast range of connectivity solutions, announce the immediate availability of 12 fiber multimode MTP cable assemblies utilizing the US...
Read More Timbercon Receives Fastest Growing Award for Eighth Consecutive Year
06/20/2009
Timbercon, Inc., a fiber optic connectivity solution manufacturer headquartered in Lake Oswego, Oregon was named for the eighth consecutive year as one of Oregon’s fastest growing private businesses by The...
Read More Timbercon Releases the SFP+ Electrical Loopback
05/29/2009
Timbercon, Inc. announced they have finalized the SFP+ Electrical Loopback that has been in the prototype testing phase for the past three (3) months. Timbercon has completed all design and engineering phases...
Read More Timbercon Announces Polarization Maintaining (PM) Coupler / Splitters
02/09/2009
Timbercon, Inc., a fiber optic product and solution manufacturing company, announced today the availability of Polarization Maintaining (PM) coupler / splitters for a wide variety of applications and industries. Timbercon...
Read More Timbercon Partners with IRphotonics, Enhances Product Offering with Mid IR Fiber Technology
10/24/2008
Timbercon, Inc., a fiber optic product and solution manufacturing company, has expanded their capabilities again. Focused on offering the most comprehensive suite of connectivity solutions, Timbercon is pleased to announce...
Read More Timbercon named Finalist for Oregon’s best Entrepreneurial Company
09/19/2008
Last evening, Timbercon, Inc. was recognized as a finalist for the 2008 Tom Holce Award, growth division, by the Oregon Entrepreneurs Network as one of the best Entrepreneurial companies in...
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