User:FutureFibreTech

HISTORY
Future Fibre Technologies (FFT) was established in 1994 in Melbourne, Australia as a company researching and developing fibre-optic sensing technologies. It began as a small start-up company with an idea to use optical fibres to detect vibrations caused by physical defects in or disturbances to structures such as bridges and pipelines. This led to the first FFT product, the Movement and Vibration sensor.

By the late 1990s, it was becoming clear that there was a need in the intrusion detection industry for cost effective distributed optical fibre sensors to protect large perimeters, buried pipelines and communications links. In 1998, FFT conceived the Microstrain Locator technology which had the potential to pinpoint the location of intrusions over many km’s of deployed optical fibre. Research and development efforts over the next 5 years led to the first commercialisation in 2002 of FFT’s core products – FFT Secure Fence, FFT Secure Pipe and FFT Secure Link.

By 2008 FFT had over 1 million metres of optical fibre installed in over 150 intrusion detection systems worldwide. This includes a number of key military, government and civil installations establishing FFT as a key global player in the intrusion detection industry.

Today, FFT continues to be a key player in the intrusion detection industry with a growing business, expanding product portfolio and global reputation.