Santec Corporation Acquires JGR Optics and OptoTest to Enter Fiber Optic Cable Assembly Testing Market
November 9, 2021
Santec Corporation has acquired JGR Optics Inc. (Ottawa, Canada) and OptoTest Corp. (Camarillo, California), which will become fully owned subsidiaries and continue operating under their existing brands with current leadership staying on. The acquisitions expand Santec’s product offering into fiber optic cable assembly testing and complementary optical test technologies, broadening its footprint in the telecom and datacom test equipment market.
- Buyers
- Santec Corporation
- Targets
- JGR Optics Inc., OptoTest Corp.
- Industry
- Manufacturing
- Location
- Ontario; California, Canada; United States
- Transaction Type
- Buyout
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