Billerica, MA 11/14/18—Scientific instrument firm Bruker has acquired Austria-based Alicona Imaging from Quadriga Capital for an undisclosed amount. Alicona Imaging supplies optical 3D metrology products, complimenting Bruker’s microCT, stylus profiler, white light interferometry and AFM product lines. “Alicona has led the industry in the development of focus variation technology and has delivered high-quality metrology products and manufacturing QA/QC solutions to the market that align nicely with our own products and our strengths in industrial metrology,” commented Bruker NANO Group President Dr. Mark R. Munch. Alicona Biosciences has 150 employees.

Alicona’ offerings focus on form and roughness. Markets served by the company include additive manufacturing, medical technology, and the pharmaceutics and automotive industries. Bruker entered the optical metrology market with its 2010 acquistion of Veeco Instruments’ SPM and Optical Industrial Metrology businesses (see IBO 8/31/10).