Luna Innovations Acquires General Photonics
March 4, 2019
Luna Innovations Incorporated acquired General Photonics Corporation, a Chino, California-based provider of polarization management components, modules and optical test equipment, for $20 million (including up to $1 million earnout). The purchase expands Luna's Lightwave division and strengthens its communications test product portfolio by adding complementary measurement and polarization control capabilities and vertical integration synergies.
- Buyers
- Luna Innovations Incorporated
- Targets
- General Photonics Corporation
- Industry
- Telecommunications
- Location
- California, United States
- Transaction Type
- Buyout
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