Being headquartered in the city that lit the world…

FOC was founded in downtown New Bedford, MA, USA.  New Bedford was known in the 19^th Century as “the city that lit the world”,  because as the active seaport which was home to the worldwide whaling industry, its products were used to light the lamps and later lighthouses throughout the U.S. and elsewhere.

FOC continues the new tradition of lighting the world, in that the products that FOC sells are based on fiber optics or other light-centric technologies such as lasers and optical coatings.

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