Dongshan Precision ranks 13 on the AI Infra 100 with a score of 98; Ciena ranks 71 with 87. Ciena is ahead on leverage. Dongshan Precision is ahead on deployment, technology, positioning and firepower. Level on production, commercials and progress. Ciena is based in Hanover, United States, Dongshan Precision in Suzhou, China. Ciena is named in 26 signals and Dongshan Precision in 1.
Ciena supplies coherent optical networking systems, pluggable optical engines and WaveLogic technology that provide high-capacity interconnect for data centres and AI workloads.
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The pure-play optical systems and interconnect vendor for data-center interconnect and AI wide-area networks (WaveLogic coherent modems, 800ZR pluggables), now moving inside the data center with active copper and open co-packaged optics; hyperscalers are half of revenue.
26 signals name Ciena.
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Through Source Photonics, Dongshan Precision develops and manufactures optical chips, CW lasers, and high-speed optical transceiver modules, including 800G and 1.6T products for AI server interconnects.
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Scoped the same way as TRUMPF, this is one row on the parent with the acquired businesses as aliases. Dongshan is a PCB and precision components maker that bought its way into AI optical interconnect and now claims to be the only company anywhere with full R&D-to-production capability across PCB, optical chips and optical modules. The board approved the Source Photonics acquisition on 2025-06-13 through subsidiary Hong Kong Chaoyi, at up to USD 629 million for 100 percent of the equity plus up to USD 58 million for ESOP interests, with a further subscription of up to RMB 1 billion in convertible bonds, totalling close to RMB 6 billion. FY2025 group revenue passed RMB 40 billion for the first time at RMB 40.125 billion, up 9.12 percent, with net profit attributable RMB 1.386 billion, up 27.67 percent. The traditional electronic circuits business, built on MFLEX which holds the world's second-largest FPC capacity, contributed RMB 25.62 billion, up 3.3 percent, providing cash flow while the new businesses grew. Q1 2026 is where the acquisition shows: revenue RMB 13.138 billion, up 52.72 percent, net profit RMB 1.110 billion, up 143.47 percent and 581.80 percent sequentially, gross margin up 5.19 points to 19.33 percent and net margin up to 8.56 percent. Source Photonics contributed 16.02 percent of revenue and 52.92 percent of profit in that quarter, against 3.58 and 22.69 percent for full-year 2025. On the optical side it runs an IDM model spanning indium phosphide substrate th
1 signals name Dongshan Precision.
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Dongshan Precision ranks 13 on the AI Infra 100 with a score of 98; Ciena ranks 71 with 87. Ciena is ahead on leverage. Dongshan Precision is ahead on deployment, technology, positioning and firepower. Level on production, commercials and progress. Ciena is based in Hanover, United States, Dongshan Precision in Suzhou, China. Ciena is named in 26 signals and Dongshan Precision in 1.
Dongshan Precision ranks 13 on the AI Infra 100 with a score of 98; Ciena ranks 71 with 87. Ciena is ahead on leverage. Dongshan Precision is ahead on deployment, technology, positioning and firepower. Level on production, commercials and progress. Ciena is based in Hanover, United States, Dongshan Precision in Suzhou, China. Ciena is named in 26 signals and Dongshan Precision in 1. Both company files carry the scores on eight measures, the facts with sources and the latest signals.
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