M&A Deal Summary

Luna Acquires LIOS Sensing

On March 14, 2022, Luna acquired test/measurement equipment company LIOS Sensing from NKT Photonics A/S for 20M EUR

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Luna’s 3rd transaction in the Test/Measurement Equipment sector.
  • This is Luna’s largest (disclosed) transaction.
  • This is Luna’s 1st transaction in Germany.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2022-03-14
Target LIOS Sensing
Sector Test/Measurement Equipment
Buyer(s) Luna
Sellers(s) NKT Photonics A/S
Deal Type Divestiture
Deal Value 20M EUR

Target

LIOS Sensing

Cologne, Germany
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LIOS Sensing is a distributor of fiber optic monitoring solutions for power cable, pipelines, oilfield services, security, highways, railways, and industrial fire detection systems. LIOS Sensing was formed in 2000 and is based in Cologne, Germany.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

Luna

Roanoke, Virginia, United States

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Category Company
Founded 1990
Sector Test/Measurement Equipment
Employees385
Revenue 83M USD (2020)
DESCRIPTION

Luna is an optical technology, providing unique capabilities in high speed optoelectronics and high performance fiber optic test products for the telecommunications industry and distributed fiber optic sensing for the aerospace and automotive industries. Luna was founded in 1990 and is based in Roanoke, Virginia.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 5 of 6
Sector (Test/Measurement Equipment) 3 of 3
Type (Divestiture) 2 of 2
Country (Germany) 1 of 1
Year (2022) 1 of 1
Size (of disclosed) 1 of 4
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2022-03-14 Luna Labs USA

Charlottesville, Virginia, United States

Luna Labs USA is a technology resource for aerospace, energy, automotive, health sciences, first responders, telecommunications, and defense. Luna Labs USA is based in Charlottesville, Virginia.

Sell $21M
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2023-12-21 Silixa

Hertfordshire, United Kingdom

Silixa is an independent provider of distributed fiber optic sensing solutions, offering an unrivalled technical portfolio of end-to-end solutions that enable temperature, strain and acoustic measurements at the highest fidelity in even the most hostile settings. Silixa is based in Hertfordshire, United Kingdom.

Buy $22M

Seller(S) 1

SELLER

NKT Photonics A/S

Birkerød, Denmark

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Category Company
Founded 2009
Sector Electrical Equipment
DESCRIPTION

NKT Photonics A/S is a supplier of high performance fiber lasers and photonic crystal fibers. NKT products include OCT imaging systems, pulsed lasers, such as supercontinuum sources, ultra-low noise DFB fiber lasers and a wide range of specialty fibers.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 1 of 1
Sector (Test/Measurement Equipment) 1 of 1
Type (Divestiture) 1 of 1
Country (Germany) 1 of 1
Year (2022) 1 of 1
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2016-03-31 Fianium Holdings

Southampton, United Kingdom

Fianium Holdings Ltd. is a fiber laser company focused on ultra-fast, high power laser systems. Fianium fiber laser product portfolio is based on Master Oscillator, Power Amplifier building blocks to produce mode-locked laser sources producing picosecond or femtosecond optical pulses. High average power (>20W) and high energy (μJ) systems are available at MHz to single-shot repetition rates and spectral operation from 240nm to 2500nm.

Buy £21M
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