The Swedish Defence Material Administration (FMV) has awarded Micropol Fiberoptic a contract for the delivery of field tactical fiber optic communication systems to the Swedish Armed Forces. The 3-year contract, which can be extended to up to 7 years, has a total contract value of 178 MSEK (appr. 16,1 MEUR).
Micropol Fiberoptic has been the preferred supplier to the Swedish Armed Forces for many years and the contract award secures the continuation of the current deliveries.
The contract award will require new hiring of an additional 10 production personnel in the Åled facility during 2023.
For more information, please contact Micropol Fiberoptic CEO Peter Ljungkvist at p.l@micropol.com or +46 (0)733 393 148.
About AB Micropol Fiberoptic
Micropol Fiberoptic, that was founded by Gerd and Anders Andersson in 1988, is head quartered in Åled outside Halmstad, Sweden, and employs 33 professionals. International sales offices are located in Stuttgart, Germany and in Edgewater outside Washington, USA. The company turnover was 66,6 MSEK (6,0 MEUR) in 2022 out of which 28% was delivered to markets outside Sweden. AB Micropol Fiberoptic is part of Halmstad based Pamica Group AB.
Our name “Micropol” is generated from “micro polishing” which is our mark – we polish fiber optic end surfaces at a precision that few can copy. For this reason, our products have lower reflections and losses and can transfer higher data speed than competition. Our customers are found in a variety of segments, foremost within the defence & security sector but we also deliver to civilian customers operational in e.g. the networks and industry segments.
More information is available at https://micropol.com/en/