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Schott Glaswerke Fiber Optics (Wiesbaden, Germany) acquired Eurotec Optical Fibres (Doncaster, England). . . . Beede Electrical Instrument (Penacook, NH) will consolidate its two fiberoptics divisionslaser and LED source maker LightScan Advanced Technologies (Penacook, NH) and passivecomponent maker GC Technologies (Atlanta, GA)into one company called GC Technologies. . . . Sumitomo Electric (Research Triangle Park, NC), a fiberoptic cable and component supplier, has received ISO 9001 and 9002 c