Teledyne Technologies Inc. has acquired the scientific imaging businesses of Roper Technologies Inc. for $225 million in cash. Roper’s other scientific imaging businesses include Princeton Instruments, Photometrics, and Lumenera. Princeton Instruments and Photometrics manufacture state-of-the-art cameras, spectrographs, and optics for advanced research in the physical sciences, the life sciences, and spectroscopy imaging. Applications and markets include materials analysis, quantum technology, and cell biology imaging using fluorescence and chemiluminescence. 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