Acquisition

Japanese LED lighting manufacturer CCS has acquired 100 per cent of the shares of its French competitor Effilux

Lakesight Technologies has been acquired by the TKH Group, the Netherland’s-based company that owns Allied Vision, NET, and LMI Technologies

Flir Systems has added traffic analysis software to its product portfolio with the acquisition of Acyclica

US firm Imaging Solutions Group has been bought by Jadak, a business unit of Novanta. Through the acquisition, Jadak has added ISG’s smart cameras and imaging systems to its product portfolio

Metrology and photonics company, Jenoptik, has acquired 100 per cent of the shares of Otto Vision Technology and Ovitec, both specialising in optical inspection systems

Flir Systems has made a strategic investment in Cvedia, a software company that helps users develop machine learning applications

The transaction sees Basler gain Silicon Software’s image acquisition cards and software technology, including Silicon Software’s Visual Applets FPGA programming environment

An asset management company, The Carlyle Group, has entered into discussions to acquire a majority stake in HGH Infrared Systems

On Semiconductor has acquired SensL Technologies, a producer of silicon photomultipliers, single photon avalanche diodes, and lidar sensing products