What Arkwright Technologies does

Arkwright Technologies Pty Ltd is an Australian private company founded in May 2015 by Professor John Arkwright in Adelaide, South Australia. The company manufactures fiber optic pressure, vibration, strain, and force sensing devices based on proprietary Fiber Bragg Grating (FBG) transducer technology, including a patented temperature-compensated helical FBG design and Draw Tower Grating (DTG™) technology licensed from FBGS International in Jena, Germany. Headcount is reported at 1-10 employees and the company has no disclosed external funding, with founder ownership concentrated in John Arkwright.

The commercial offering spans four verticals. In medical — the primary vertical — the company sells high-resolution gastrointestinal manometry catheters that have been used in over 200 clinical studies, primarily with colonic research specialists in Australia and New Zealand, and identifies adjacent applications in sleep apnoea, dysphagia, bladder/urethral, and pelvic floor monitoring. In industrial, the company markets pipeline sensing systems, wave pressure sensors, and single-point helical sensors for hydraulic and structural monitoring. In transportation/aerospace, compression-sensing tape products target fuel level monitoring and aerofoil pressure measurement on aircraft and ships. In defence, details are restricted but the company was recognized as winner of the 2022 Innovation Aus Awards defence category. Additional derivative products include fiber optic accelerometers and strain gauges.

The business model is direct, sales-led, and project-based: custom and catalog hardware are sold via direct engagement with specialist customers, with no disclosed pricing, no SaaS or recurring revenue component, and no digital distribution channel. Revenue is not publicly disclosed. The company relies on technology licensed in from CSIRO (the foundational IP transfer in 2015) and from FBGS International (DTG™ fabrication), supplemented by its own granted patents on the helical FBG transducer configuration. Credibility rests on three regional innovation awards (ANSTO Eureka Prize 2011, Sir William Hudson Award 2014, Innovation Aus Award 2022) and the clinical adoption footprint in GI research.

Name

Arkwright Technologies

Legal name

Arkwright Technologies Pty Ltd

Website

https://arkwright-technologies.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2015

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Arkwright Technologies manufactures fiber optic pressure, strain, and force sensing devices based on patented Fiber Bragg Grating transducer technology, serving medical (GI manometry), industrial (pipeline/wave), aerospace (fuel/aerofoil), and defence customers primarily in Australia and New Zealand.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Fiber Optic Sensors and Photonic Sensing Devices

NAICS

Navigational, Measuring, Electromedical, and Control Instruments Manufacturing (3345), Electromedical and Electrotherapeutic Apparatus Manufacturing (334510)

SIC

Industrial Instruments For Measurement, Display, And Control (3823), Optical Instruments & Lenses (3827)

akta.pro primary industry

Industrial-Grade Sensors & Transducer Components (Discrete sensing elements, transducers, MEMS sensors) (IMAGAJAO)

akta.pro secondary industry

Optoelectronics & Photonics (LED/Laser/Optical ICs) (HDAHAAAH)

Keywords

• Fiber optic sensors
• Fiber Bragg Grating
• Manometry catheters
• Photonics sensing
• Pressure measurement devices

Headquarters

HQ city

Adelaide

HQ country

Australia

HQ region

Oceania

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Technology or R&D, Personnel, Operations, Supply Chain, Others

Revenue model

1. Prototype Catheter Sales: Sale of prototype gastrointestinal manometry catheters to colonic research specialists. The catheters have been used in over 200 clinical studies. Primary market has been Australia and New Zealand.
2. Complete Manometry Systems: Sale of complete fiber optic manometry diagnostic systems including catheters and data acquisition equipment for medical and research applications.
3. Custom Industrial Sensing Solutions: Development and sale of application-specific fiber optic sensing solutions for industrial clients including pipeline sensing, wave pressure sensing, and structural monitoring applications.
4. Aerospace and Defence Sensor Products: Custom fiber optic sensors developed for aerospace (fuel level monitoring, aerofoil pressure sensing) and defence applications with restricted access to details.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels1 record

Core offering

Arkwright Technologies manufactures and sells fiber optic sensing devices based on proprietary Fiber Bragg Grating (FBG) transducer technology, including gastrointestinal manometry catheters, pressure/strain/force sensors, accelerometers, pipeline sensing systems, fuel level sensors, and aerofoil pressure sensors. The company also develops custom application-specific fiber optic sensing solutions for medical, industrial, defence, and transportation customers. Its core commercial offering centers on direct sales of prototype catheters and complete manometry systems to colonic research specialists, primarily in Australia and New Zealand.

Product overview

Arkwright Technologies offers a portfolio of fiber optic sensing products and custom solutions based on proprietary fiber Bragg grating (FBG) transducer technology. The core offering includes GI Manometry Catheters for gastrointestinal diagnostics, along with general-purpose FBG Force Sensors and Temperature-Compensated Helical Transducers. The company also provides application-specific products including Pipeline Sensing Systems, Wave Pressure Sensors, Fuel Level Sensors, and Aerofoil Pressure Sensing Devices. Additional products include Single Point Helical Fiber Sensors, Accelerometers, and Strain Gauges. The company specializes in developing custom fiber optic sensing systems tailored to customer needs across medical, industrial, defence, and transportation sectors.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Gastrointestinal (GI) Manometry Catheters High-resolution fiber optic catheters designed for monitoring pressure in the human gastrointestinal tract, enabling diagnosis of GI motility disorders with higher spatial resolution than traditional techniques. Sold to colonic research specialists primarily in Australia and New Zealand.
• Temperature-Compensated Helical FBG Transducer Patented transducer design using a pair of DTG FBGs wound together in a helical configuration to deliver temperature-insensitive measurement of pressure and force via differential wavelength detection. Achieves pressure sensitivity better than 0.01 mmHg and overcomes inherent temperature sensitivity of standard fiber Bragg gratings.
• Fiber Bragg Grating (FBG) Force Sensors Patented fiber optic sensors using draw tower grating technology for measuring pressure, vibration, strain, and force across medical, industrial, defence, and transportation applications, with pressure sensitivities better than 0.01 mmHg.
• Pipeline Sensing System Fiber optic sensing arrays for monitoring fluid transportation in pipes, capable of internal or external mounting on a temporary or permanent basis to characterise static and dynamic loadings for pipe inspections.
• Single Point Helical Fiber Sensor Simplified low-cost fiber optic sensing element using detuning of identical FBGs in upper and lower helix fibers, capable of interrogating up to 8 discrete devices using coarse wavelength division multiplexing.
• Wave Pressure Sensor Adaptation of fiber optic manometry catheter technology for water pressure sensing applications including wave height monitoring.
• Fuel Level Sensor Compression sensing tape-based sensor for monitoring fuel levels with sensitivity to pressure variations as small as 1 mmH2O (~10 Pa), featuring zero ignition risk and flexibility for deployment across distributed fuel tanks in ships and aircraft.
• Aerofoil Pressure Sensing Device Compression sensing tape variant sensitive to both positive and negative pressures (including below 1 atmosphere) for monitoring distributed pressure variations across aircraft aerofoils and structural components.
• Fiber Optic Accelerometers Accelerometer devices based on the same fiber optic sensing principles as the company's other products, developed for industries including aerospace and infrastructure monitoring.
• Fiber Optic Strain Gauges Strain gauge devices developed using the same proprietary transducer design principles for structural monitoring applications in aerospace, infrastructure, and defence sectors.
• Application-Specific Fiber Optic Sensing Solutions Custom fiber optic sensing solutions developed to meet specific customer requirements across medical, aerospace, infrastructure monitoring, and defence applications, leveraging the company's core FBG transducer technology and DTG sensor platform.

Quantifiable outcome

• Pressure sensitivity better than 0.01 mmHg (1.3 Pa, 0.14 mmH2O, 0.13 mbar, 0.00019 psi)
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers1 record

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature5 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• CSIROcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 May 2015Arkwright Technologies was incorporated in May 2015 by Professor John Arkwright. Shortly after incorporation, the company was granted full rights by the CSIRO to commercialize innovative Fibre Optic Sensing technology developed by Professor Arkwright and colleagues during his time working for CSIRO. This represents a core technology transfer and licensing arrangement that forms the foundation of the company's IP portfolio.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Others

• Avantes: Dutch supplier of fiber optic spectroscopy and sensing modules for industrial, medical, and research applications. Adjacent fiber optic sensing peer serving overlapping medical and industrial research customers with spectroscopy and reflectometric sensing rather than FBG-based pressure measurement.
• FBGS International: German/Jena-based developer of Draw Tower Grating (DTG™) technology — the very platform Arkwright licenses for its core sensors. Comparably relevant as a technology licensor and FBG component supplier rather than a direct competitor in finished medical/industrial sensors.
• IBSEN Photonics: Danish manufacturer of FBG gratings and spectrometers used as core components in fiber optic sensing systems. Relevant as a component-level peer supplying enabling technology into the same FBG sensing ecosystem that Arkwright's products are built on.

Emerging players

• MediBeacon: US-based medical device company using fiber optic and luminescent sensing for transcutaneous and catheter-based physiological monitoring (notably GI and renal function). Comparable in the medical catheter sensing domain Arkwright serves, with a focused clinical diagnostics go-to-market.
• Technobis: Netherlands-based developer of FBG interrogators and fiber optic sensing systems for medical, aerospace, and industrial markets. Comparable as a niche FBG platform player with overlapping medical and aerospace sensing applications.

Broad incumbents

• Luna Innovations: US-based provider of fiber optic sensing, test & measurement, and communications products. Directly comparable to Arkwright as a broader FBG-based sensing platform serving aerospace, defence, infrastructure, and industrial customers — but at much larger scale and with a more diversified product portfolio.
• HBM FiberSensing: Portugal/Germany-based supplier of fiber optic sensing systems based on FBG technology for structural health monitoring, energy, and industrial applications. Direct overlap with Arkwright's industrial and infrastructure monitoring use cases, backed by the larger HBM (HBK) test and measurement organization.

Direct peers

• Smart Fibres: UK-based provider of FBG interrogators and sensors for structural health monitoring, aerospace, and energy. Comparable niche FBG sensing vendor targeting the same structural monitoring and industrial customers that Arkwright serves in its pipeline and aerofoil product lines.
• Opsens Solutions: Canadian company developing fiber optic pressure and temperature sensors for medical and industrial markets. Direct comparable in medical pressure sensing (e.g., cardiovascular) and industrial FBG-based monitoring — addressing the same architectural challenges Arkwright solves with its helical FBG design.
• FISO Technologies: Canadian manufacturer of FBG-based fiber optic sensors for medical, energy, and industrial applications. Closely comparable to Arkwright's core medical catheter and industrial pressure sensing business, also using FBG technology to address high-sensitivity pressure and temperature measurement.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat2 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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