Focusing on oil and gas markets, Fibercore acquires Fibertronix
Fibercore (Southampton, England) has acquired Fibertronix (Hudiksvall, Sweden), which makes specialty fiber and coatings for harsh environment applications within the oil & gas and medical industries. Fibertronix's standard and custom fiber products are based on the research done at Acreo Swedish ICT (Kista, Sweden), and its portfolio includes special fibers such as polyimide as well as pure-core, high-NA, large-core, radiation-hardened, rare-earth doped, and micro-structured custom fibers and preforms.
Fibercore CEO Christopher Emslie noted, “This acquisition is a key part of Fibercore’s long-term strategy to support the oil & gas industry’s increasing demands for specialty optical fiber and harsh-environment cables. Combining Fibertronix’s cutting-edge technology in hermetic carbon and high-temperature polyimide coating with Fibercore’s experience in the high-volume manufacture of sensing fibers will generate the specialty fiber resource that the industry has been crying-out for."
In medical applications, Fibertronix’s fiber Bragg gratings and autoclavable coatings marrying well with Fibercore’s multicore, single mode, and polarization maintaining products. Emslie added that, as a part of the acquisition, Fibercore will also gain Saeed Rehman as SVP of Business Development, who will be joining with immediate effect.
Source: Fibercore
Conard Holton
Conard Holton has 25 years of science and technology editing and writing experience. He was formerly a staff member and consultant for government agencies such as the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority and the International Atomic Energy Agency, and engineering companies such as Bechtel. He joined Laser Focus World in 1997 as senior editor, becoming editor in chief of WDM Solutions, which he founded in 1999. In 2003 he joined Vision Systems Design as editor in chief, while continuing as contributing editor at Laser Focus World. Conard became editor in chief of Laser Focus World in August 2011, a role in which he served through August 2018. He then served as Editor at Large for Laser Focus World and Co-Chair of the Lasers & Photonics Marketplace Seminar from August 2018 through January 2022. He received his B.A. from the University of Pennsylvania, with additional studies at the Colorado School of Mines and Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University.