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Luminar Continues Vertical Integration by Acquiring Freedom Photonics

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Lidar and automotive technology company Luminar will acquire Freedom Photonics, a laser manufacturer and laser chip developer. This transaction follows a multiyear collaboration between the companies, as well as Luminar’s prior acquisitions of Black Forest Engineering in 2017 and OptoGration in 2021. In a press release, Luminar said it is now vertically integrated across core lidar components. The Black Forest Engineering acquisition was aimed at securing custom signal processing chips. The OptoGration acquisition was aimed at receiver chips. “Component-level...Read full article

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    Published: March 2022
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