What fibrisTerre Systems does

fibrisTerre Systems GmbH is a Berlin-based designer and manufacturer of distributed fiber optic sensing (DFOS) systems built on patented Brillouin Optical Frequency Domain Analysis (BOFDA) and Brillouin Optical Frequency Domain Reflectometry (BOFDR) technology originating from research at BAM, Germany's federal materials research authority. Founded in 2010, the company converts standard optical fiber into continuous long-range strain and temperature sensors for structural health monitoring, with flagship hardware the fTB 5020 interrogator delivering measurement range up to 80 km, spatial resolution down to 20 cm, and repeatability of less than 2 µm/m strain and 0.1°C temperature. The product portfolio spans the fTB 5020 interrogator, the fT X multiplexing switch (up to 32 channels), the fTView control software, the April 2026-launched fTScope cloud platform with BIM API and Jupyter notebook integration, and application-specific strain and temperature sensing cables.

The company sells primarily to civil and geotechnical engineers, energy operators, and academic researchers monitoring large infrastructure assets such as tunnels, dams, landfills, power cables, boreholes, pipelines, and underground mines. Revenue is generated through one-time hardware sales (interrogator units and sensing cables), software subscriptions tied to fTScope, professional services (consulting, commissioning, training, data handling), and equipment rental or rent-to-buy arrangements for academic and research customers. Go-to-market combines direct consultative selling with a global network of specialist integrators and academic partners, reinforced by active participation at conferences such as SMAR (Gold Sponsor 2026), ICSMGE, SHMII-13, and Earthworks. Notable deployments include the Singapore PUB Deep Tunnel Sewerage System (>100 km of embedded fiber), the Semmering Base Tunnel (27.3 km railway), Network Rail rockfall detection with Senceive, and continuous monitoring projects spanning up to five years on landfill and three years on brine production wells.

Name

fibrisTerre Systems

Legal name

fibrisTerre Systems GmbH

Website

https://fibristerre.de

Company type

Private

Founded year

2010

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

fibrisTerre Systems is a Berlin-based designer and manufacturer of Brillouin BOFDA/BOFDR distributed fiber optic sensing systems for continuous structural health monitoring of civil, energy, and transportation infrastructure worldwide.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Distributed Fiber Optic Sensing Systems

NAICS

Fiber Optic Cable Manufacturing (335921), Electronic Connector Manufacturing (334417)

SIC

Electronic Connectors (3678)

akta.pro primary industry

Fiber-Optic Interconnects (Connectors/Cables/Transceivers Interfaces) (HDAHAOAE)

akta.pro secondary industries

Fiber Optic Cabling (Singlemode/Multimode) (HDAFALAB), Optical Transponders & Muxponders (Coherent/Pluggable) (HDAFADAB)

Keywords

• Distributed fiber optic sensing
• Structural health monitoring
• Brillouin sensing technology
• Geotechnical monitoring solutions
• Temperature strain sensing

Headquarters

HQ city

Berlin

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Supply Chain

Revenue model

1. Hardware Sales - Interrogator Units: Sale of fTB 5020 interrogator units and fT X switching units. The instrument is sold directly with options for rack-mounted or portable configurations. Includes standard and enhanced performance configurations with various spatial resolution and distance range options.
2. Fiber Optic Sensing Cables: Sale of application-specific fiber optic sensing cables including tight-buffered strain sensing cables (metallic and non-metallic designs) and loose-tube temperature sensing cables. Various ruggedized structures and materials available for different applications and environments.
3. Software - fTScope Platform: Cloud-based platform for instrument control, data management, and analysis. Provides remote access capabilities and API connectivity for integration with customer systems.
4. Engineering Services: Paid engineering services including consulting for sensor selection, installation, and system set-up; commissioning support; fiber-optic connector assembly; user training; data handling and analysis support; project management. Offered through network of specialist partners.
5. Equipment Rental: Instruments available for rent, rent to buy, or purchase - particularly for academic and research applications where temporary monitoring or evaluation is needed.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

fibrisTerre Systems designs and manufactures Brillouin-based distributed fiber optic sensing systems that convert standard optical fiber into continuous long-range strain and temperature sensors. Its flagship product is the fTB 5020 interrogator, complemented by the fTScope cloud platform, fTView software, fT X multiplexing switch, and application-specific sensing cables. The systems serve civil, geotechnical, energy, transportation, mining, and research customers needing uninterrupted structural health monitoring over distances up to 80 km.

Product overview

fibrisTerre Systems offers a unified distributed fiber optic sensing product portfolio centered on the fTB 5020 interrogator with patented Brillouin technology (BOFDA/BOFDR). The offering includes fTScope as a cloud-based control and data management platform, fTView software for instrument control, fT X switches for channel expansion, and specialized strain/temperature sensing cables. Services include consulting, commissioning, training, and project management. The system enables continuous structural health monitoring over distances up to 80 km with high accuracy.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• fTScope: Cloud-based instrument control and data management platform designed for fibrisTerre's distributed fiber optic sensing technology, enabling remote instrument setup, data collection, and integrated Jupyter notebook analysis functionality.
• fTB 5020
• fTView
• fT X switch

Products and services

• fTB 5020 Interrogator Field-deployable distributed fiber optic sensing interrogator using patented Brillouin BOFDA and BOFDR technology, providing continuous strain and temperature monitoring up to 80 km with 20 cm spatial resolution and repeatability better than 2 µm/m strain and 0.1°C temperature; designed for civil, transport, energy, and mining infrastructure operators.
• fTScope Cloud Platform Subscription-based cloud platform for remote instrument control, data management, integrated Jupyter notebook analysis, and API connectivity to BIM systems, enabling distributed teams to operate fibrisTerre interrogators and analyze structural health monitoring data without on-site software installation.
• fTView Software Desktop software for configuration, operation, display, and management of measurements from fibrisTerre interrogators, with automatic long-term monitoring, data export, remote-access API, and SNMP and Modbus interfaces for SCADA integration.
• fT X Multiplexing Switch Rack-mount multiplexing switch extending fTB 5020 interrogators to monitor up to 32 sensor channels, integrating with fTView and capable of functioning as a stand-alone duplex switch with Ethernet interface for use with non-fibrisTerre equipment.
• Fiber Optic Sensing Cables (Strain and Temperature) Application-specific fiber optic sensing cables including tight-buffered strain sensing cables in metallic and non-metallic designs and loose-tube temperature sensing cables for strain decoupling, intended for reliable deployment into earth and rigid structures in geotechnical and structural monitoring projects.
• Engineering Services for Distributed Fiber Optic Monitoring Projects Paid professional services covering consulting for sensor selection, installation, and system setup; commissioning support; fiber-optic connector assembly; user training; data handling and analysis support; and project management, delivered directly and through fibrisTerre's specialist partner network.

Quantifiable outcome

• Monitors up to 80 km of sensing fiber from single interrogator
• +6 more outcomes

Named customers8 records

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

Yes

API docs

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App detail

Integration1 record

Feature6 records

Partnerships

Seven partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• ICSMGE (International Conference on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering)coreGTM or Marketing Partner · 27 April 2026fibrisTerre organizing pre-conference workshop on DFOS in Action: Proven Value in Geotechnical Infrastructure Projects at ICSMGE 2026 in Vienna. Workshop brings together six speakers including practitioners from Epsimon, Atkins Réalis, Geocomp, Fibradyke, and ACI Monitoring.
• TU Bergakademie FreibergcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 17 January 2026Collaboration on MOVIE project funded by German Federal Ministry of Research to develop a digital twin of part of an underground mine. Continuous DFOS measurements running 147 m below ground in Freiberg's mine Reiche Zeche. Project involves monitoring rock movement and temperature using fibrisTerre's Brillouin sensing technology.
• Technische Universität ClausthalcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 17 January 2026Collaboration on MOVIE project for digital twin development of underground mine monitoring. Partner in German Federal Ministry of Research funded project.
• Delft University of TechnologyminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 20 November 2025Project management partnership in MULTICLIMACT project focused on floodwater control for urban resilience using movable defense barriers. fibrisTerre sensing technology used to measure strain during water flow to optimize barrier design.
• Network RailcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 29 August 2025Collaboration with Network Rail and Senceive on rockfall detection project. Challenge of rapidly detecting and locating rockfall along transport routes. Project team included Derek Butcher, Massimo Facchini, Bridie Grimes, Dom Kisz, Nils Nöther and James Taylor.
• SenceivecoreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting Partner · 29 August 2025Joint collaboration with Network Rail on rockfall detection project for transport route monitoring. Partnership delivering integrated monitoring solution combining Senceive and fibrisTerre technologies.
• ICSMGE Workshop Speakers (ACI Monitoring, Epsimon Ltd, Atkins Réalis, Geocomp, Fibradyke)minorOthersNetwork of industry practitioners including Christoph Monsberger (ACI Monitoring), Nicky de Battista (Epsimon), Anna Stork, Jim Whiteley (Atkins Réalis), R. Andrew Yeskoo (Geocomp), Carlo Rabaiotti (Fibradyke) participating in fibrisTerre-organized ICSMGE workshop on distributed fiber optic sensing.

Scale indicators8 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Luna Innovations (Luna Labs): Luna Innovations is one of the largest commercial DFOS players, offering ODiSI and other distributed strain/temperature interrogators based on Rayleigh/OFDR and Brillouin techniques for structural and geotechnical monitoring — a directly comparable technology and customer stack to fibrisTerre's Brillouin interrogators.
• Silixa: Silixa is a leading DFOS provider (XT-DTS, ULTIMA, iDAS) targeting oil & gas, geotechnical, and infrastructure monitoring with high-performance distributed sensing — overlapping head-to-head with fibrisTerre in long-range Brillouin-based structural and pipeline monitoring.
• OptaSense (a QinetiQ company): OptaSense is a major DFOS player specializing in distributed acoustic sensing and strain/temperature for oil & gas pipelines, security, and infrastructure — competing directly with fibrisTerre in long-range, per-fiber continuous monitoring for oil, gas, and rail applications.
• AP Sensing (Bandweaver Group): AP Sensing supplies DTS and distributed temperature/strain sensing systems for power cable monitoring, tunnel, fire detection, and pipeline applications — directly comparable to fibrisTerre's power-cable, tunnel, and pipeline use cases with Brillouin-based monitoring.
• Omnisens: Omnisens is a Swiss DFOS specialist built on Brillouin-based distributed sensing for pipelines, power cables, and geotechnical assets — a near-direct rival in the same Brillouin long-range monitoring segment as fibrisTerre.
• Sensornet (Halliburton): Sensornet supplies DTS and DFOS systems primarily for oil & gas and energy infrastructure — overlapping with fibrisTerre's borehole, pipeline, and reservoir monitoring applications using distributed temperature and strain sensing.

Broad incumbents

• NKT Photonics: NKT Photonics is a large, established photonic-components and fiber-laser supplier that also serves fiber-optic sensing markets. As a broader incumbent it competes in some DFOS subsegments while serving wider telecom and laser customers.
• VIAVI Solutions: VIAVI Solutions is a large incumbent in optical-fiber test, measurement, and monitoring with a fiber-sensing portfolio serving carriers, utilities, and infrastructure — comparable technology stack though positioned more for telecom/network monitoring than structural-health DFOS.
• Yokogawa Electric: Yokogawa's DTS products (e.g., DTSX series) are widely used for power-cable, pipeline, and well monitoring — comparable end-customer overlap and Brillouin/Raman distributed sensing capability, though Yokogawa is a much larger industrial-instrumentation incumbent.

Emerging players

• Senceive: Senceive provides wireless structural-health monitoring (geotechnical, rail, infrastructure) and is an explicit collaboration partner of fibrisTerre on the Network Rail rockfall detection project — adjacent rather than identical, but converging in rail/infrastructure SHM.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks7 records

Key highlights7 records

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Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds1 record

Investors1 record

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M&A

Investments

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