Finalist for Scale-up of the Year

Scale-up of the Year

EY, in collaboration with BNP Paribas Fortis and l’Echo, organizes the Scale-up of the Year competition, which is part of the Enterprise of the Year 2018 event.

This award recognizes a young company in a phase of rapid development, which has the potential to potentially claim the ‘Enterprise of the Year®’ award in the future, and which possesses significant potential in terms of innovation, entrepreneurship, strategy, global outreach, and perseverance.

A recognition for a young company with strong growth potential.

Criteria:

• Company headquartered in Brussels or Wallonia
• Young company in a phase of rapid development
• Qualitatively, a company with significant potential in terms of innovation, entrepreneurship, strategy, global outreach, and perseverance
• Antechamber to the “Enterprise of the Year”
• Your turnover, your staff, or your added value has shown significant growth over the past five years
• You employ a minimum of 30 collaborators
• Management holds a clear interest in the company’s capital

Skylane Optics is a company founded in 1998, active in the fiber optics and telecommunications market across Europe and now also throughout the American continent.

Skylane Optics supports market players in various segments:

• Data Center
• Enterprise / campus
• Wireless (3G, 4G, 5G)
• FTTx
• Docsys 3.1 Remote Phy

Skylane Optics’ growth has always been driven by entrepreneurial spirit and values focused on human interaction and quality: expertise, support, reliability, and openness. These values provide real strength to our growth. Furthermore, R&D and innovation are embedded in our DNA. In a rapidly expanding technological market, innovation and the development of new products are our strongest assets.

With the opening of the American market, the sale of high-value-added products, and the successful completion of several research and development programs, Skylane Optics positions itself as a true challenger among industry leaders.

Philippe Bolle, CEO of Skylane Optics, deserves recognition for creating a company from scratch, centered around a highly technological product, in a highly competitive market due to its global outlook. It all began in a garage. Today, the company employs over 20 people. It operates globally and has earned recognition from major telecom operators. A family-owned company that draws its strength from unity, employees, and values: this is Philippe’s greatest achievement.