Finisar: Switching light for faster, more reliable internet
In 2001, while multinational companies were spending billions of dollars trying to find the next big thing in internet technology, the four founders of Sydney-based company Finisar came up with an idea that would transform telecommunications around the world.
In the intervening years, Simon Poole, Andrew Bartos, Glenn Baxter and Steven Frisken have established their company as the world's leading supplier of optical communications products that, effectively, make the modern internet work.
Today, their products handle about "half of the world's internet traffic", according to Australia's chief scientist Alan Finkel, and can handle up to one million simultaneous high-definition streaming videos.
On Wednesday 6th March the Performance Drivers Consortium held a site tour at Finisar hosted by Andrew Bartos, General Manager and Jon Bulman, Director of Manufacturing. Andrew gave us the business overview: a comprehensive explanation of the company and products. Jon went onto talk about the manufacturing process.
