Solid State PLC has announced the acquisition of Pacer Technologies Ltd. and its subsidiaries, Pacer Components Ltd. and Pacer USA LLC. Solid State is an AIM-listed manufacturer of computing, power, and communications products, and a value-added distributor of electronic components. As a well-established specialist distributor of optoelectronic components, lasers, and displays, Pacer’s business complements and enhances that of the Solid State group. Pacer focuses on value-added component distribution and custom design, and the acquisition will enable the enlarged group to further design and manufacture its own brand products for distribution utilizing Pacer’s recent investment in a new value-added production facility in Weymouth. Pacer is a distributor of optoelectronic components, lasers, and displays to the OEM market in the medical, military, commercial, industrial, and security sectors.