Nikon Acquires Imaging-Inspection Services Provider Avonix

Nikon Americas Inc., the U.S. subsidiary of Nikon Corp., has purchased the Avonix Imaging LLC, Maple Grove, MN, which since 2015 has been a strategic X-ray computed-tomography (CT) equipment manufacturing partner to the Nikon Industrial Metrology Business Unit (IMBU).

Says Tadashi Nakayama, corporate VP, general manager of IMBU: "Merging the respective strengths of our companies will reinforce our position as a market leader in 3D and 2D X-ray inspection and measurement.”

Nikon and Avonix have been working together to jointly develop, build, sell and provide services relating to CT systems for large-scale inspection. As part of the acquisition process, Avonix Imaging, LLC has become Avonix Imaging, Inc.

See also: Nikon Metrology, Inc.

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