Kodak said it will enter the fiber optics market.

Eastman Kodak reported that it formed a new division called Lamdek Fiber Optics. Kodak said the new unit will focus on products in which it has some technical strength, such as connectors, and does not intend to go into the manufacture of optical fiber itself. The new division’s first product will be a connector for single-mode optical fibers, Kodak said. Optical fibers are hair-thin strands of pure glass that carry voice and data transmissions in the form of pulses of light generated by lasers. A connector is used to join either two lengths of fiber or a fiber to a piece of transmitting or receiving equipment.