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About us

Our company

IDEA OPTICAL is the French leading company in optical fiber cable connectivity and cable management, with more than 19 years of expertise.

We partner major contractors in the Telecom, Energy and Railway sectors, essentially on the EMEA Market.

          Every client is provided with personalized advice and support, in order to exceed your expectations and fully respect the five strategic imperatives: Quality, Cost, Service, Delivery and Maintenance.  

Our Sales representatives (Fluen in: French, English, German, Spanish, Portuguese, Arabic and Russian) regularly invite customers to the showroom based in Voisins-le-Bretonneux (dept. 78, France) to present our solutions to them in natural conditions.

The premises based in Lannion (dept. 22, France), withe a 9,500 m² production space, a Supply chain warehouse, administration services, our design office and quality control.

At the heart of our production site, our integrated design office develops innovative solutions and constantly works on upgrading our products to perfectly meet market needs.

A subsidiary of the ACOME Group since 2015, Idea Optical has strengthened the group’s optical connectivity product expertise to put French industrial know-how at the service of Very High Speed Broadband everywhere and for everyone.

The ACOME Group

ACOME is a French industrial group specialising in high-tech cables and components in highly competitive, strategic and growth sectors: data and telecommunication networks and the automotive industry.

With a turnover of 558 million euros in 2023 of which over 61% in exports, and almost 1,700 employees, ACOME Group supports the challenges of its clients in the midst of their technological transformation, whether for the sustainability of FttH networks and their contribution to reducing the impact on the environment, the perspectives offered by 5G, mobile coverage inside smart buildings, or the electrification and connectivity of vehicles for vehicle manufacturers.

The Group, which celebrated its 90th birthday in 2022, is present on four continents. A European reference player on the telecommunications infrastructure market, ACOME has a modern and effective industrial tool that has a production capacity of 10 million kilometres of cabled optical fibre. Almost a third of the optical fibre installed in France comes from the ACOME factories (cables that can contain up to 1,000 fibres).

ACOME is also the leading cooperative and participative company (Scop) in France, its cooperative governance guarantees its long-term strategy.

INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL SITES LOCATED AS CLOSE AS POSSIBLE TO OUR CUSTOMERS,
ON 4 CONTINENTS

1700 employees

France 70%
EMEA (excluding France) 10%
China 15%, Brazil 5%

France

Romagny-Fontenay (1941) – 7 plants
Paris (1932) – ACOME Headquarters
Lannion (2006) – Idea Optical head office and plant
Voisins-le-Bretonneux (2023) – Sale office and Showroom

Royaume-Uni

Londres (2020) – 1 sales office

USA

Belmont (2024) – 1 plant

Italie

Agrate Brianza 2007 – 1 sales office

Brésil

Irati, Paranà 1998 – 1 plant

Maroc

Tanger 2015 – 1 plant

Chine

Xintaï (1999) – 1 plant
Shanghaï (2020) – 1 sale office
Wuhan (2020) – 2 plants

Allemagne

Ratingen (1998) – 1 sale office

Danemark

Ribe (2024)– 1 plant

Our values

Commitment

Commitment

We are committed to protecting the environment (EcoVadis Silver, ISO 14001) and we are also committed to providing all our employees with a healthy and quality working environment, regardless of their field of activity.

Excellence

Excellence

We seek to build ever more innovative products at the cutting edge of technology. Innovation is at the heart of all our product development.

Respect

Respect

Respect is a fundamental value. The company is committed to ensuring that every employee is respected within the company without any discrimination related to gender, age, sexual preference or religion. We also make it a point of honour to apply gender equality in our teams.

Our know-how

Expertise and advice

Expertise and advice

As an active member of ARCEP’s fibre expert committee, our company contributes to the definition of tomorrow’s telecom network engineering.

In direct contact with all national commercial operators and third party providers, our sales team supports and advises contracting authorities in their choice of solutions adapted to existing engineering.

Product design

Product design

To meet our clients’ specific needs and to continuously improve our product range, our design office designs, models and develops new solutions.

Our high product design standards mean we are perfectly in line with market needs, while taking into account feedback from the field.

Production

Production

The assembly and integration of our cabling solutions are entirely manufactured at our production site in Lannion where our workshop cover 3,000 m².

This organization gives us complete control over the production chain, but also makes us highly responsive to support you effectively in your deployment projects.

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Have a question ?

Our team is there to help you

by telephone at
+33 (0)2 96 48 36 90

from monday to friday
8:00 a.m. to 12:00 a.m.
and 1:30 p.m. to 4:45 p.m.

Careers

Joining Idea Optical means to integrate a human-size company, innovative and committed to the environment. We propose career opportunities in Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Quality, Human Resources, Sales & Communication.

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