Title
Foundation Instruments
Foundation Electronics Instruments
Fibrelign Inc.
Type
Company
Coverage
Ottawa, ON
Begin Date
1977-01-01
Active Until
1996-01-01
Location
Courtwood Avenue, Ottawa, ON (1982)
24 Colonnade Drive, Nepean, ON (c. 1983-)
Product Areas
Optics
Fibre Optics
Photonics
Activities
Designing
Manufacturing
Timeline
- 1977 – Established. (“Photonics Industry and Research Capability Guide” I-26)
- 1978 – “Participated with Bell Canada in a 1978 fiber-optic experiment in Yorkville.” (Toronto) (“Photonics Industry and Research Capability Guide” I-26)
- 1982 – Active at Courtwood Avenue, Ottawa, shortly to move to Colonnade Drive in Nepean. (“High-tech tag”)
- 1983 – Active, submitted a proposal for a fibreoptics communication system to the Canadian Government. “Fibre Optics in a Canadian Military Land Tactical Environment”
- 1989 – Active, producing “Instrument for Reflectrometry Analysis of Moisture in Soil » (IRAMS), which determines the volumetric water content of soil. (“Correcting Soil Volumetric Water Contents”)
- 1991-2 – Before 1993. Renamed “Fiberlign Inc.”, located on 24 Colonnade Road, Ottawa. President G. Boyle. (“Photonics Industry and Research Capability Guide” I-25)
- 1995 – Active (“A Family Tree of Home-Grown”)
- 1996 – Active (shows in employment records on LinkedIn)
- 1978 – “Participated with Bell Canada in a 1978 fiber-optic experiment in Yorkville.” (Toronto) (“Photonics Industry and Research Capability Guide” I-26)
- 1982 – Active at Courtwood Avenue, Ottawa, shortly to move to Colonnade Drive in Nepean. (“High-tech tag”)
- 1983 – Active, submitted a proposal for a fibreoptics communication system to the Canadian Government. “Fibre Optics in a Canadian Military Land Tactical Environment”
- 1989 – Active, producing “Instrument for Reflectrometry Analysis of Moisture in Soil » (IRAMS), which determines the volumetric water content of soil. (“Correcting Soil Volumetric Water Contents”)
- 1991-2 – Before 1993. Renamed “Fiberlign Inc.”, located on 24 Colonnade Road, Ottawa. President G. Boyle. (“Photonics Industry and Research Capability Guide” I-25)
- 1995 – Active (“A Family Tree of Home-Grown”)
- 1996 – Active (shows in employment records on LinkedIn)
Sources
“Correcting Soil Volumetric Water Contents from a Direct-Dreading Time Domain Reflectometry Instrument (IRAMS)” Canadian Journal of Soil Sciences 69 (Aug. 1989): 701-704
“A Family Tree of Home-Grown* Ottawa-Carleton High Tech Companies” Silicon Valley North February 1996: 10-11. Ingenium image #4302-4304
“‘High-tech’ tag covers variety of firms” Ottawa Citizen March 23, 1982.
Industry Canada. “Photonics Industry and Research Capability Guide” (1993): I-25-I-26. Document states company has sold to N.Y Airports, U.S. Dept of Defence.
"Memoirs of a Valley Kid “NRC, Noranda, Northern opened high tech floodgates” Silicon Valley NORTH (February 1996): 12-13
Wheeler, P.C., McCauley, R.J. “Fibre Optics in a Canadian Military Land Tactical Environment” (1983)
“A Family Tree of Home-Grown* Ottawa-Carleton High Tech Companies” Silicon Valley North February 1996: 10-11. Ingenium image #4302-4304
“‘High-tech’ tag covers variety of firms” Ottawa Citizen March 23, 1982.
Industry Canada. “Photonics Industry and Research Capability Guide” (1993): I-25-I-26. Document states company has sold to N.Y Airports, U.S. Dept of Defence.
"Memoirs of a Valley Kid “NRC, Noranda, Northern opened high tech floodgates” Silicon Valley NORTH (February 1996): 12-13
Wheeler, P.C., McCauley, R.J. “Fibre Optics in a Canadian Military Land Tactical Environment” (1983)
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