I am interested in finding information about the global market for
optical breadboards: total number of currently installed breadboards,
annual sales, top 5 manufacturers and their market shares, market
segmentation.

Hi,

The Top 6 manufactures of Optical Breadboard are as below;  
 
1. China Daheng Corp. China   
Address: PO Box 9671 ,Beijing , China
Phone: 86 10 6256 1285 
http://www.cdhcorp.com/english/english.asp
 
2. Newpor Corporation Irvine, CA    
Address: 1791 Deere Avenue Irvine, CA 92606-4814 USA
 Phone: (949) 863-3144 
(800) 222-6440 
http://www.newport.com/
 
3. OptoSigma Corp. Santa Ana, CA    
Address: 2001 Deere Avenue Santa Ana, CA 92705 USA
 Phone: (949) 851-5881 
 http://www.optosigma.com/

4. SD Instruments, Inc. Grants Pass, OR    
Address: 110 SW Booth Street Grants Pass, OR 97526 USA
 Phone: (541) 479-8697 
(877) 313-6418 
 http://www.sd-instruments.com/

5. ThorLabs, Inc. Newton, NJ  
Address: 435 Route 206 North Newton, NJ 07860-0366 USA
 Phone: (973) 579-7227 
 http://www.thorlabs.com/

6. Vere, Inc. New Kensington, PA 
Address: PO Box 777 New Kensington, PA 15068-0741 USA
 Phone: (724) 335-5530 
(800) 568-8373 
 http://www.vere.com/
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epedia

Hi,

Please find the below web pages regarding optical market shares :

http://www.wtec.org/loyola/opto/c3_s3.htm
http://www.lightreading.com/document.asp?doc_id=5371
http://www.lightreading.com/document.asp?doc_id=1430&site=lightreading
http://www.fielmann.com/international/images/pic_torte_int.gif
http://www.dupont.com/mcm/fiberoptics/

And also a detailed study report
http://www.buscom.com/advmat/GB179R.html

Best regards
epedia