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TRIOPTICS acquires Davidson Optronics and forms US subsidiary

July 9, 2010

Optical test-equipment manufacturer TRIOPTICS GmbH has founded a USA subsidiary, TRIOPTICS Inc., and has also acquired Davidson Optronics.

Gail Overton

Wedel, Germany--Optical test-equipment manufacturer TRIOPTICS GmbH says it is increasing its customer service and establishing a basis for future growth by founding a subsidiary in the USA--TRIOPTICS Inc.--and has also acquired Davidson Optronics, a manufacturer of optical test equipment such as autocollimators, interferometers, and optical positioning mounts.

TRIOPTICS Inc. will sell TRIOPTICS’ products and will provide application support and service in the USA. The company is located at Davidson Optronics’ headquarters in West Covina, CA. Mildex, TRIOPTICS’ previous distributor, will continue selling these products in the Northeastern part of the USA.

Davidson Optronics will continue operating as a stand-alone company but will cooperate closely with TRIOPTICS. A joint development for high-precision electronic autocollimators has already begun. Furthermore, Davidson Optronics products will now be distributed by TRIOPTICS subsidiaries and partners in Europe and Asia.

“Davidson Optronics has a broad experience in the photonics market and their
products supplement the TRIOPTICS product portfolio,” says Eugen Dumitrescu, CEO of TRIOPTICS. TRIOPTICS has appointed Ron Hartmayer as the CEO of Davidson Optronics and TRIOPTICS Inc. Before joining TRIOPTICS, Hartmayer spent several years in leading positions in the photonics industry.

SOURCE: TRIOPTICS press release

About the Author

Gail Overton | Senior Editor (2004-2020)

Gail has more than 30 years of engineering, marketing, product management, and editorial experience in the photonics and optical communications industry. Before joining the staff at Laser Focus World in 2004, she held many product management and product marketing roles in the fiber-optics industry, most notably at Hughes (El Segundo, CA), GTE Labs (Waltham, MA), Corning (Corning, NY), Photon Kinetics (Beaverton, OR), and Newport Corporation (Irvine, CA). During her marketing career, Gail published articles in WDM Solutions and Sensors magazine and traveled internationally to conduct product and sales training. Gail received her BS degree in physics, with an emphasis in optics, from San Diego State University in San Diego, CA in May 1986.