PerkinElmer Acquires Optical Subsystems Company
Opto Technology produces specialty LED light sources and custom optoelectronic subassemblies for a variety of end-markets, including analytical instruments, such as PCR, color measurement and microbiology systems.
Waltham, MA 2/3/09—PerkinElmer has acquired Opto Technology, a supplier of light-emitting diode (LED) based components and subsystems, for an undisclosed amount. The purchase adds optical subsystems to PerkinElmer’s high brightness LED components portfolio, part of PerkinElmer’s Environmental Health business. “The addition of Opto Technology expands PerkinElmer’s presence in the solid state specialty lighting marketplace and broadens the portfolio of LED subsystem capabilities that we can provide to our OEM customers,” commented David Nislick, president of PerkinElmer’s Illumination and Detection Solutions business.
