The purpose of Hexatronic Group

Business model

Hexatronic in the value chain

We are part of building the digital infrastructure, which is an essential enabler for communities, businesses and individuals to grow and develop.

With in-house development and manufacturing, we can offer solutions that help our customers and partners towards successful business and projects. In order to further support our customers, we also offer field support and training services. Our offering is based on our customers’ main challenge: to manage effective, successful projects that result in robust, futureproof networks. This requires high-quality products, as well as a skilled workforce.

About the group

The two main benefits

Combining big and small

The group consists of independent and entrepreneurial companies that strive to be market leaders in their respective niches. The Group supports and directs the companies through a Group-wide governance and finance system. The companies in the Group are jointly developed through collaboration on market terms between the sister companies. We combine a big company's stability and resources with a small company's flexibility and speed.

Growing organically and through acquisitions

Growth is necessary to attract the best people. Our Group's growth comes from organic growth and partly from acquisitions. Organic growth is achieved by continuously developing the respective companies' offer through a wider range of products and more value-added services such as service, aftermarket sales, support, education and finance solutions.

ABOUT THE GROUP

Our companies

Hexatronic Group consists of 37 operational entities with a total of +1900 employees. The Group’s headquarters are in Gothenburg, Sweden.

Hexatronic Cables & Interconnect Systems

"With unique expertise in fiber and an excellent product portfolio, we have the capacity to meet the market's growing need for fiber rollout."

Håkan Bäckström, CEO, Hexatronic Cables & Interconnect Systems

Hexatronic Cables & Interconnect Systems develops, manufactures, markets and provides solutions within the fiber optic cable infrastructure, for telecom companies. Hexatronic Cables & Interconnect Systems manufacture fiber optic cable, duct, copper cable and network accessories. The company originates from the former Ericsson site in Hudiksvall. Our products are developed and manufactured by Swedish specialists, with many years of experience and unique expertise in fiber optics. The product portfolio includes the industry leading brands Ribbonet® and Micronet.

Proximion

"Our unique technology offers tailored dispersion products and high performance optical layer monitoring products, which greatly improves the cost benefit ratio for our customers."

Johan Pejnefors, CEO, Proximion

Proximion develops, produces, markets and sells high tech products for fiber optic communication. The products are based on Fiber Bragg Grating (FBG) technology and are used to efficiently streamline data transfer, over longer distances via fiber optic networks. All products are manufactured in Sweden, at Proximion’s high tech production plant, near Stockholm. Proximion’s customers include 7 out of the 10 largest providers of fiber optic networks.

Hexatronic Fiberoptic

"Hexatronic Fiberoptic develops and manufactures passive products for the fiberoptic networks of the future. With almost 40 years of experience in the industry, we provide solid knowledge and close support to our customers."

Magnus Eidebo, CEO, Hexatronic Fiberoptic

With comprehensive experience with fiber optic products, Hexatronic Fiberoptic provides the product with the best compatibility required for the customers’ application and can be supportive regarding what technology or solution would be the best fit for the customers’ network. We deliver customized, unique products to the industry sector, where the fiber often is a more minor part of a complex final product.

Hexatronic Fiberoptic is a re-seller of measuring instruments from EXFO and fiber splicers from Fujikura. Our service center in Örebro offers service and calibration of these crucial tools to verify the functionality over the product’s lifetime.

Hexatronic AS

"Thanks to Hexatronic’s wide product range, we can offer intelligent and complete system solutions for our customers."

Thomas Anderssen, CEO, Hexatronic AS

Hexatronic AS offers complete fiber optic solutions. We have more than 50 years experience in the fiber optic industry and our main market is FTTH and Telecom. Hexatronic AS provides customized products and solutions and offers products from each of the Hexatronic partner companies including theoretical and practical fiber optic training.

Hexatronic UK Ltd

"Our wide product range enables us to offer our customers one of the most complete and innovative passive fiber optic systems on the FTTH market."

Kieran Stone, CEO, Hexatronic UK Ltd.

Hexatronic UK originated as OpticReach and designs, manufactures and distributes innovative solutions and components for telecommunications networks specifically within passive fiber optic infrastructure. With customized product development and on-site production and manufacturing, Hexatronic UK is one of the most innovative distributors on the market.

Hexatronic GmbH

"Hexatronic GmbH provides products to ensure that the networks of tomorrow become cost-effective and of the highest quality. Our dedicated and highly experienced team offers customers a strong local presence in the German market."

Christian Priess, acting CEO, Hexatronic GmbH

Hexatronic GmbH provides the Central European market with Hexatronic's customized solutions and products developed with deep knowledge of fiber optic communication. The focus is on offering total solutions and meeting the growing demand for fiber expansion in Europe by developing products that are resource efficient to install and have a long lifespan.

Hexatronic New Zealand Ltd

"Our business is based upon close and unique customer relationships. We understand our customers challenges and use our broad range of innovative products and solutions to enable smart and cost effective solutions. With unique expertise in fiber and an excellent product portfolio, we have the capacity to meet the market's growing need for fiber rollout in NZ and abroad."

John Witkowski, CEO, Hexatronic New Zealand Ltd.

Hexatronic New Zealand delivers passive fibre optic system solutions. The product portfolio includes the industry leading brands Ribbonet® and Micronet. They have their own production facility in Wellington, where duct systems are locally manufactured and customized products can be produced. Hexatronic New Zealand delivers reliable, high quality solutions for telecom companies’ fiber based networks.

Hexatronic US Inc

"With our excellent fiber optic portfolio we have the capacity, knowledge and experience to offer solutions that deliver the best Total Cost of Ownership, both on CAPEX and OPEX."

Janola Gustafsson, CEO, Hexatronic US Inc.

Hexatronic North America markets and supplys Hexatronic’s system solutions for fiber deployment to our customers, who are primarily telecom and installation companies. We offer the Hexatronic Group solutions, which together with the collected knowledge and experience from the Swedish market with its early development of FTTH, creates credibility in the North American market for our innovative duct solutions.

Hexatronic Canada Inc

”We are a fast-growing company in the Canadian FTTH market offering a wide range of high quality customized and standardized solutions to the telecommunication companies throughout the country.”

Rommi Roosimaa, CEO, Hexatronic Canada Inc.

Hexatronic Canada Inc offer a wide range of both passive and active solutions for the telecommunication industry to support the FTTH/FTTX/5G rollouts in Canada. With the cooperation and collective knowledge of the Hexatronic Group companies and the experience from the Swedish market with its early development of FTTH, Hexatronic Canada Inc can offer a wide range of FTTX solutions across the Canadian market. Complimentary to the Hexatronic Group innovative solutions, Hexatronic Canada Inc support the Canadian market with equipment for installing, testing, and maintaining optical and wireless networks.

Hexatronic Security and Surveillance

“We are proud to provide a solution that secures the power and data infrastructure of our customers devices and at the same time with great impact on Total Cost of Ownership.”

Jawad Saadi, CEO, HSS

Hexatronic Security & Surveillance AB develops and produces the InOne System in the Hexatronic production facility in Sweden and distributes world-wide. The InOne system is a Hybrid Power & Fiber system, suitable for CCTV, 5G, IoT, RANs, RFoF, DAS, and many other applications. It extends the reach of PoE and other devices over several kilometers, while offering security, redundancy, and flexibility. InOne is changing the way devices are being deployed and is raising the bar on the requirements of security, redundancy, and cost saving.

Hexatronic Baltic

“Hexatronic Baltic has more than 20 years of experience in the industry and has solid knowledge in manufacturing passive fiber optic products and wireless systems within mobile coverage.”

Magnus Eidebo, CEO, Hexatronic Baltic

Hexatronic Baltic manufactures and sells fiber optic products and complete wireless systems within mobile coverage for FTTH/FTTX/5G rollouts. With their production facility, they can customize fiber optic solutions such as prefabricated ODF, multi-fiber cables, and industrial applications. Wireless systems are an important addition to the portfolio that makes them a total supplier of communication solutions.

They also offer training in fiber optics and fiber splicers from Sumitomo and measuring instruments from EXFO.

Blue Diamond Industries LLC

"Blue Diamond is a customer-focused agile manufacturer of HDPE conduit serving the telecom, power and civil construction markets. We provide a superior level of service to our customers while supplying a high quality and competitive product in a growing industry."

Janola Gustafsson, acting CEO, Blue Diamond Industries

Blue Diamond Industries (BDI) manufactures high density polyethylene (HDPE) pipe for communication, power, FTTH, ITS , CATV, Geothermal and Industrial Pressure pipe applications. BDI, headquartered in Lexington, Kentucky is agile and customer focused. By being able to change product styles and respond to requirements quickly, BDI gives each customer flexibility and dependable service.

Opternus GmbH

“We support our customers with broadband expansion and network operation knowledge and share our profound experience and expertise. Opternus has been known and valued as an expert and partner for splicing and measurement technology in Germany and Austria for 18 years. Together with Hexatronic GmbH we can play an important part in the expansion of the German fiber network.”

Jens Linde, CEO, Opternus GmbH

Opternus is a leading company in the distribution of fiber optic connection and optical measurement technology. The combination of industry leading technology and fast and reliable service generate high quality solutions for the customers. This is further supported by Opternus special splicing technology for manufacturing, research, development and medical technology.

TechOptics

“Our expertise in harsh environment fiber optic solutions complements Hexatronic's offer for FTTH and other areas. Together with the Group's fiber optic training companies and Hexatronic UK, we look forward to driving growth in the UK market.”

Mark Western, CEO, Tech Optics

Tech Optics offers fiber optic solutions for harsh environments such as the defense, aerospace and oil and gas industries. Tech Optics is an approved supplier to the UK defense industry and provides leading companies globally with a wide variety of fiber optic communication products, customized fiber optic cables and fiber optic expertise / training.

The Light Brigade

"Combining The Light Brigade that is #1 in fiber optic training in North America with Hexatronic's strong fiber optic training operations in Europe creates a synergistic power that is unmatched in the industry. Through our common goals and ambitions, we will be able to grow and achieve further success together."

Martin Lee, CEO, The Light Brigade

The Light Brigade is a US-based fiber optic training provider that has trained more than 60,000 people in fiber optics for communication networks, wireless infrastructure, broadband communication, data centre, electric utility, oil & gas, mining, and industrial market sectors. The training varies from introductory training to very advanced design and engineering training.

Edugrade

”The market’s increased demand for quality and delivery dependability drives the need for education. We see an increased demand both with large and small players to secure competence within their organizations, in order to strengthen their competitiveness."

Margareta Irhagen, CEO, Edugrade

Edugrade (under its former name Iftac & ICT Education) has trained staff all over the world for many years. We offer a complete chain of components within fiber-based network projects. We have engaged and professional instructors and customer-adapted education. Programs are available at our educational centers, located in Hudiksvall, Stockholm and Gothenburg. They can also be held on-site at our customers’ locations.

Mpirical

“With the technological advances in 5G gathering pace, it is critical that network engineers, system architects, operations teams and those responsible for the commercial aspects of the technology to fully understand the implications and opportunities that lie ahead. As leaders and innovators in mobile technology training, we are proud to support all of our students throughout the world as they strive to implement these new and exciting systems.”

Dave Hudson, Managing Director, Mpirical

Mpirical is a UK based telecom technology training provider with a focus on 5G, 4G, 3G, Next Generation Voice, IoT and Wi-Fi. The broad offering of approximately 1,500 online on-demand telecoms technology training videos has attracted customers globally, with videos streamed in over 180 countries. The on-demand online training is available through Mpirical’s proprietary Learning Management System called the LearningZone. The offering ranges from introductory level courses to highly advanced technology training and targets customers such as service providers, equipment vendors, network analysis & test providers in addition to government & public sector organizations.

PQMS Ltd

A training provider for the telecommunications, electric/gas and health/safety markets which is based in the United Kingdom.

Smart Awards Ltd

A national accrediting body that develops and certificates programs for a number of industries including telecommunications.

Qubix

"Our strengths are an extensive portfolio of innovative products, full technical support and training programs together with our constant commitment to help our customers build their efficient, reliable and scalable network infrastructure. This has enabled us to become a market leader in supplying cutting-edge structured cabling and networking solutions in Italy”

Filippo Gnocco, CEO, Qubix

Qubix is a leading supplier of structured cabling in Italy with copper and fiber optic solutions primarily used in local area networks in office buildings, residential buildings and industrial environments. The 3500 square meters warehouse and goods readily available allow great logistic service with prompt delivery for 80% of the articles. The constant customer support and training in the offered solutions make Qubix not only a trustworthy product supplier but also a real partner for its customers.

TK-KONTOR-FREITAG GmbH

"With our expertise, deep knowledge and platform to plan and consult the complete FTTH build out, we support network owners and installers in Germany to build out their network in a more efficient and cost effective way."

Garrit Freitag, CEO, TK-KONTOR-FREITAG GmbH

TK-KONTOR-FREITAG is an engineering office offering planning and consulting services for the installation of passive FTTH to network owners and installers in Germany. The service includes material concepts, construction cost estimates, network planning and architecture, project management, construction management and project supervision. The company will soon also offer comprehensive FTTH training for utility and installation companies as well as internet providers in Germany.

Weterings

"We succeed to have high client satisfaction by offering co-development capabilities, flexible production, collaboration on marketing and good value for money."

Thijs Rombouts, CEO, Weterings

Weterings was founded in 1945 and is a producer of a wide range of high-quality ducts, tubes and hoses used for protection of cables and transportation of liquids and gases. The main applications are for the FTTH and the agricultural market. The company has large and variable production capacity resulting in short lead-times and high customer satisfaction.

FOS

“FOS has grown to become a complete solution provider committed to innovation with highly skilled team of engineers and experienced production personnel.”

AP Singh, CEO, FOS

FOS is based in Melbourne, Australia, where they have their head office and production facility. FOS manufacture and distribute a broad range of high-quality standard and highly customized fiber and copper cables assemblies, patch leads and enclosures. Key markets are telecom, industrial & harsh environment, enterprise, and infrastructure.

OSA

”We offer industry leading customer service and technical support and our key aim is to provide complete end to end product offering over the rapidly growing infrastructure market in Australia.”

Mike Thomas, CEO, OSA

OSA delivers, designs, and supports some of Australia’s largest telecom and infrastructure projects. Through their six offices spread across the country and sizable warehouses they can offer short lead times and retain high stock levels. OSA also offer value-add services through their three R&D labs around Australia where they support their customers by testing new technologies, quality-assure their projects and together design new systems.

Data Center Systems

”With over 20 years of experience in the US data center market we have become a leading producer of storage and network connectivity solutions for large enterprise class, colocation, and edge data centers. Our highly skilled team provides reliable, scalable, high-performance standards and purpose-built connectivity solutions as well as integral supporting services to ensure the best network performance possible for all of our customers’ mission critical IT hardware.”

Kevin Ehringer, CEO, Data Center Systems

Data Center Systems (DCS) provides complete fiber connectivity system solutions for today’s evolving data center market. DCS is built upon a consultative approach to its customers and offers infrastructure design solutions, installation and managed services. The headquarters and production facility are located in Dallas, Texas (USA).

homeway

“With our unique technology and system we transform the market for indoor multi-media systems.”

Peter Stegner, CEO, homeway

homeway provides a complete inhouse multimedia system for home networking over fiber, LAN, coax, power cable and Wi-Fi. The company works with builders and property developers, planners and installers. All products are designed and developed by homeway.

Impact Data Solutions

“IDS is a true design and installation firm, specializing in infrastructure builds for hyperscale, colocation, full electrical works and office fit out across Europe, Middle East and beyond. We are experts in completing challenging projects in challenging places. We build exceptional data centres, but we really build relationships.”

Ben Parker, CEO, IDS

IDS Group offers consultation, design, and installation of fiber, copper, and containment solutions to support data center and colocation projects. In addition, IDS has a managed services division that supplies quality engineering to support smart hands services such as racking, stacking, cabinet placement, patching, and auditing. IDS is based out of the UK with two offices in London.

Rochester Cable

Mark Casselton, CEO, Rochester Cable

Since its founding in 1794, originally as a manufacturer of hemp ropes, Rochester Cable has evolved to become a recognized leader in the design and manufacture of custom, electro-optical cables for a vast array of harsh environment applications.

With an established manufacturing facility in North America, in addition to a global field service team, we are strategically positioned to work closely with both equipment designers, original equipment manufacturers (OEMs), and operators to create connectivity solutions. Our solutions are highly engineered to meet specific application requirements in such demanding industries as oil and gas exploration and production, defense, oceanographic, and subsea applications.

Knet

Steven Oh, CEO, Knet

Since its establishment in 2002, KNET has devoted its best efforts to developing PE pipe products ranging from telecommunication to running water and marine structures. Originally a simple supplier of high-quality products, KNET has shifted its business focus and now provides a total solution, including a complete engineering service and training to guarantee customer satisfaction. This is enabled by continuous investment in state-of-the-art product manufacturing technology, skilled and knowledgeable manpower, and reputable global references. KNET emphasize on building customer relationships and providing the most competitive solutions will continue.

Fibron

Phil Ashley, CEO, Fibron