Company Acquisition

Crystal growth technology company !%II-VI Inc.%! of Saxonburg, Pa., has announced the acquisition of !%9137%%Max Levy Autograph (MLA) Inc.%!, a maker of microfine conductive mesh patterns for optical, mechanical and ceramic components. Financial terms were not disclosed. At its 30,000-sq-ft facility in Philadelphia, the MLA team of research and manufacturing engineers has developed technologies that use electroforming and -plating and microfine diamond contouring for precision patterns on substrates to serve the medical and commercial markets.