• Dalsa buys medical imager MedOptics

    Dalsa Corp. (Waterloo, Ontario, Canada) will acquire MedOptics Corp. (Tucson, AZ) for $4.5 million, in a deal to be closed January 2000.
    Dec. 20, 1999

    Dalsa Corp. (Waterloo, Ontario, Canada) will acquire MedOptics Corp. (Tucson, AZ) for $4.5 million, in a deal to be closed January 2000. The purchase price includes intangible assets of approximately $4 million, primarily technology rights and in-process research and development costs, which Dalsa expects to amortize over a period of 12 to 18 months. Dalsa makes high-performance charge-coupled-device sensors and cameras used for industrial vision applications as well as medical imaging. Founded in 1994, MedOptics has 16 employees and specializes in digital x-ray medical imaging cameras for high-resolution, small-field radiographic applications such as breast biopsy. MedOptics anticipates 1999 revenues of $4.5 million.

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