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Expansion of Laser Components by Acquisition
Pyroelectric Detectors Now Made In-House
The Laser Components Group expands its activities in the field of infrared detectors and acquires the majority of the shares of the manufacturer Microwatt Applications, LLC based in the United States.
"This acquisition perfectly complements our international IR detector offering and reconfirms our goal of significantly increasing our market share in this segment," said Patrick Paul, Managing Director of Laser Components GmbH. Microwatt and his staff will add their remarkable know-how and decades of experience in the production of pyroelectric detectors. With Alan Doctor, one of the most experienced and renowned pyroelectric detector experts joining our ranks. The two companies complement each other perfectly. »
Since July 2014, Microwatt has operated under the name Laser Components Pyro Group, Inc. and as a subsidiary of Laser Components Detector Group, Inc., which already successfully manufactures a line of various semiconductor detectors in the IR.
Microwatt's location in Florida will remain and will be gradually expanded.
"With Laser Components we found the perfect partner. Someone who not only provides the funds to increase our production capacity but also has a global sales network," confirms Alan Doctor, Managing Director and Majority Shareholder of Microwatt.
Microwatt manufactures LiTaO3-based pyroelectric detectors for industrial gas analysis, medical technology, flame detection, and process control and pyroelectric detectors based on DLaTGS as a detection material used in primerium applications such as THE increasingly important FTIR spectrometers and THz in the market.
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