3SAE Technologies Inc. (www.3SAE.com), headquartered in Franklin, Tennessee provides advanced fiber optic fusion splicing and glass processing solutions to companies around the world. We develop and market new fiber optic tools and technologies for optical fiber applications. The company's patented Wide Area Plasma Technology, better known as the "Ring of Fire" has vastly improved optical fiber R&D and manufacturing capabilities. Specific advancements have been made in the large diameter splicing arena including adiabatic tapering, MFA fabrication, Bundling/Pump combining, Photonic Crystal Fiber splicing, fiber stripping, cleaving and plasma cleaning.