Fibre Photonics expands into Germany

Fibre Photonics (UK), a specialist manufacturer of mid infrared fibre optic cables and immersion probes for analytical spectroscopy, has opened a sales, engineering and applications facility on Germany's largest technology park at Adlershof in Berlin.

"It is among the most successful high technology centres in the world where research, innovation and production activity encompasses our core technology of photonics and optics and our key application areas in chemicals, cleantech, biotech and the life sciences," said Gary Colquhoun, chief executive of Fibre Photonics.

"With a highly skilled local workforce of over 12,000, the expansion is designed to meet the needs of our future growth and strengthen our customer engagement throughout Europe."

In terms of life science activity, the region has an interconnected network of scientific, commercial and clinical establishments of more than 100 non‐academic research establishments, around 330 companies from the sectors of pharmaceuticals, biotechnology and medical technology, and the largest university clinical centre in Europe, the Charite - Universitaetsmedizin Berlin.

Fibre Photonics will maintain its head office at Livingston, West Lothian in Scotland.