Laser Co. Acquisition

Precision laser measurement company !%Ophir Optronics%! of Jerusalem has added scanning-slit technology to its beam profiling product line through the acquisition of !%11701%%Photon Inc.%! Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. The latter company, based in San Jose, Calif., provides a range of instruments for aligning and building laser optical systems, for collimating lasers, and for characterizing fiber optic beams, lasers and other light sources. The former company said the acquisition creates a diverse and powerful supplier of laser measurement equipment for industrial, medical, military and scientific/research applications for its Ophir-Spiricon group.