Freezone, where products are assembled for the regions Middle East / Africa (MEA) and Asia. In October 2012, a further FO production plant was commissioned in Sofia, Bulgaria. In the same year, the company opened a Saudi Arabian branch in Riyadh to pursue regional expansion plans and offer local customer service. In 2014, the company celebrated its 50th anniversary. In February 2016, R&M acquired the FO specialist REALM Communications Group Inc. domiciled in Milpitas, California, so as to be represented in the US with its own sales and production subsidiary. In April 2017, R&M acquired the Brazilian corporate group Peltier Comércio e Industria LTDA (PETCOM), domiciled in Santa Rita do Sapucaí, the intention being to gain a foothold in the Southern American fiber optic market. A production plant is part of the group. The company Transportkabel DIXI a.s., domiciled in Děčín, Czech Republic, acquired in May 2018, was renamed Reichle & De-Massari Czech Republic a.s. in August 2018. This takeover has allowed R&M to produce its own fiber optic cables for the very first time. Furthermore, R&M opened a new production facility for fiber optic products in Bangalore, India, in August 2018. The production plant was built as part of the Make in India initiative. With this initiative, the Indian government is pursuing a policy of establishing competitiveness and wealth long-term. Further expansion into the US took place in March 2019 with the takeover of Optimum Fiberoptics Inc., domiciled in Elkridge, Maryland. The market in Eastern USA is cultivated from here. The Group has consolidated all production and sales activities in North America under the name R&M USA Inc. In March 2019, R&M acquired the Chinese manufacturer of network cabinets and enclosures for data centers Durack Intelligent Electric Co. Ltd., domiciled in Jinshan District, Shanghai. This acquisition gives R&M the opportunity to gain a better foothold in the Chinese market. In January 2022, R&M acquired a further manufacturer of network cabinets and enclosures for data centers, the Tecnosteel S.r.l. based in Brunello (VA), Italy. Corporate affairs R&M develops, produces and sells components and systems for communication and data networks. R&M is a stock corporation not publicly listed and wholly owned by the Reichle family, and is thus independent of financial investors. The company primarily has products for copper cabling produced in its own production facility in Poland. It mainly has its multifiber connectors (FO connectors) and other products for FO