NACL Acquires Optical Filter Source

MENTOR, Ohio, April 11, 2024 — North American Coating Laboratories (NACL) has acquired Optical Filter Source, LLC. Both companies provide optical coating services to industry professionals working with optical components from UV to the FIR. The acquisition brings new capabilities including photolithography, busbar application, dicing, and sputtering technology.

The combined companies will have 15 coating chambers and approximately 42 employees operating in two locations, one being NACL's existing facility outside Cleveland. Following the transaction, Optical Filter Source's Round Rock, Texas, location will be named OFS by NACL, LLC and continue to operate as Optical Filter Source. NACL’s Brian Wilson will serve as CEO and current Optical Filter Source CEO Frank Calcagni will serve as president of the combined company.

Terms of the deal were not disclosed.

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Published: April 2024

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