35+ years bringing fiber into French homes.
Founded in 1988 near Lyon, FOLAN SAS is the French specialist for fiber optic patch cords compatible with every ISP box on the market — Orange, Free, Bouygues, SFR, and every alternative operator. Made in France, sold online, shipped worldwide.
Our story
FOLAN was founded in 1988 with a single conviction: France needed an independent, vertically-integrated manufacturer of fiber optic patch cords. Three decades later, we are still owned and operated by engineers — not investors — and we still assemble every custom order in our historic Rillieux-la-Pape workshop, near Lyon.
Our shop cable-box-fibre.com serves French ISP-box owners directly: two universal patch cords (SC/APC — SC/APC for Livebox / SFR / Bbox, SC/APC — SC/UPC for Freebox) in ten lengths from 1 m to 30 m. We also supply professional installers, integrators and public tenders under B2B contracts.
Every patch cord is tested individually against IEC 61300 and IEC 61754 standards, then shipped from our French warehouse within 24 hours.
Four production sites, one quality standard.
Every plant follows the same procedures, testing protocols and traceability requirements.
France (HQ)
Custom solutions & small batches
Rillieux-la-Pape · Lyon
United Kingdom
Small to medium series
Regional plant
Romania
Medium-volume production
Regional plant
China
High-volume manufacturing
Regional plant
Scale you can build on.
Every fiber is tested. Every batch is traceable.
Our in-house quality lab runs 100% end-face inspection, IL/RL measurement and environmental testing on every patch cord we ship. Test certificates are available on request for public tenders.
- Interferometer end-face inspection (IEC 61300-3-35)
- IL/RL bidirectional measurement (per connector)
- Environmental cycling (temperature, humidity, vibration)
- Individual barcode traceability — 10-year archive
Approved for the projects that matter.
ISO 9001
Quality Management System — audited yearly by an accredited body.
CE / RoHS
European product conformity for all our SKUs sold in the EU.
FCC — EMC
US electromagnetic compatibility for exported network equipment.
Import / Export License
Full customs authorization for B2B international commerce.
IEC / Telcordia
Compliance to IEC 61754, IEC 61300, Telcordia GR-326-CORE.
REACH
Chemical compliance for European market access.
Let's build the next network together.
Tell us about your project — we'll respond within one working day with pricing, lead time and a technical review.
Headquarters
FOLAN SAS
Zi Perica, 692 rue des Mercières
69140 Rillieux-la-Pape, France
Contact
+33 (0)4 78 800 810
ecommerce@folan.net
Business hours
Mon – Fri · 09:00 – 18:00 CET
Response within 1 working day