Edmund Optics Acquires Quality Thin Films, Inc.
November 10, 2020
Edmund Optics has acquired Quality Thin Films, Inc. (QTF), a Florida-based optical coatings and laser optics specialist, adding a 14,000 sq. ft. facility and roughly 30 employees to its manufacturing footprint. The deal expands Edmund Optics' laser-grade optics capabilities—including crystal and glass fabrication, polishing, metrology, high-laser-damage and diamond-like carbon coatings—and keeps QTF leadership involved as Karl George Jr. will continue to oversee the facility while Karl George Sr. retires.
- Buyers
- Edmund Optics
- Targets
- Quality Thin Films, Inc.
- Industry
- Manufacturing
- Location
- Florida, United States
- Transaction Type
- Buyout
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