Dynasil acquires Precision Optics product line

WEST BERLIN, N.J., 23 Jan. 2008. Dynasil Corp. of America, a photonics company headquartered in New Jersey, has acquired an optical filter product line from Precision Optics Corp. Inc. in Gardner, Mass. The purchase includes the intellectual property, customer base, and equipment to produce a variety of high-performance optical filters that extend the market offerings of Dynasil subsidiary Optometrics Corp. in Ayer, Mass.

The Optometrics business where the POC product line will reside specializes in optical filters and diffraction gratings. Laura Lunardo, COO of Optometrics, notes that: "The POC line will add Long Life Filters to our laminated interference filter product set, enabling Optometrics to offer a broader range of filters to the spectroscopy, astronomical, medical and laser markets as well as to adjacent markets that we do not currently serve."