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FEI Acquires 3-D Visualization Software Company

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HILLSBORO, Ore., Aug. 2, 2012 — Imaging and analysis systems company FEI Co. has purchased Visualization Sciences Group (VSG) of Bordeaux, France, for €44.8 million (about $55 million). The acquisition is expected to expand FEI’s image analysis capability across all of its markets. FEI funded the purchase with euros from its European operations, which otherwise would be subject to US taxation if repatriated. The acquisition is expected to have a neutral impact on the company’s earnings for the second half of 2012 and to be accretive in 2013, it said. VSG provides high-performance 3-D...Read full article

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    Published: August 2012
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    The technology of generating and harnessing light and other forms of radiant energy whose quantum unit is the photon. The science includes light emission, transmission, deflection, amplification and detection by optical components and instruments, lasers and other light sources, fiber optics, electro-optical instrumentation, related hardware and electronics, and sophisticated systems. The range of applications of photonics extends from energy generation to detection to communications and...
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