BANGKOK – Fabrinet, a manufacturer of optical components, has begun work on a 300,000 sq. ft. manufacturing facility near Bangkok, its fourth plant worldwide.

The factory is scheduled for completion in late 2007, and will raise Fabrinet’s global manufacturing capacity to over one million square feet.

The new plant is the company's response to fast-growing demand for its optical components, module manufacturing and system assembly services.

It will feature Class 100,000 to Class 100 cleanrooms for manufacturing optoelectronic assemblies.