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Article: Space Photonics: Fayetteville.(20th Anniversary 2007 ARKANSAS BUSINESS OF THE YEAR AWARDS: Category 1 (1-25 Employees))
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- Arkansas Business
- Article date:
- February 25, 2008
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For Chuck Chalfant, president and CEO of Space Photonics Inc. of Fayetteville, the sky has never been the limit.
The company of 19 employees boasted revenue of $3.15 million in 2007, more than nine times its revenue in 1999, the year of its inception.
SPI develops, markets and sells microelectronics and optical communication products for aerospace applications. The product lines include fiber optic and laser communication devices, networks and protocols and anti-tamper and reverse-engineering-resistant devices.
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When Chalfant started, he modeled it after a firm for which he had worked in California. "We copied the ...