This document discusses how buyers from a range of industries, including aerospace, automotive, communications, computers, medical, and more use ThomasNet.com to purchase optical products. It lists specific types of optical products purchased and provides examples of large companies in different industries that visit the site to source such products. The document also shares positive feedback from both buyers and sellers that have successfully used ThomasNet.com for their procurement needs.

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2. Examples of companies that visit ThomasNet.com to
buy optical products and services:
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CoxCommunications Genentech,Inc. ConantControls
EchostarCommunications GlaxoSmithKline
IDT HarvardMedicalSchool,MA
Level3Communications JohnsonandJohnsonHealthCareSystems,Inc.
QwestCommunications Medtronic,Inc.
SprintNextel Pfizer,Inc.
VerizonCommunications QuestDiagnostics
RocheDiagnostics
WyethPharmaceuticals
Yale-NewHavenHospital,NewHaven,CT
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