SIFAM Order

Gooch & Housego PLC
07 January 2008


For immediate release                                             7 January 2008




                           Gooch & Housego PLC (G&H)


         Significant order for submarine telecommunications components


Gooch & Housego PLC, the specialist manufacturer of optical components and
systems, today announces that its subsidiary SIFAM Fibre Optics Ltd ('SIFAM')
has received an order valued in excess of US$900,000 for high reliability
submarine telecommunications components.


SIFAM, acquired by G&H in May 2007, is the global technology leader in fused
fibre technology.


This order is the result of renewed growth in this highly specialised sector of
the telecoms market linking countries and major cities with undersea fibre optic
cables. The requirement comes on top of the increasing levels of demand seen
throughout 2007, further reinforcing SIFAM's position as the market leader in
high reliability fused fibre products for submarine telecommunications
applications.



Contacts:                                                        
Paul Morris, Senior Vice President of Sales                      0151 513 9678
Tim Thompson / Susanna Gale, Buchanan Communications             020 7466 5000
Scott Richardson-Brown / Andrew Edwards, Oriel Securities Ltd    020 7710 7600


About Gooch & Housego PLC

Gooch & Housego is a manufacturer of acousto-optic and electro-optic devices,
precision optical components, fibre optic components and systems, crystals,
optical instruments and imaging systems. Based in Ilminster, UK, it has
operations in the UK, USA and Germany. In several of its activities Gooch &
Housego is considered a world leader.







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