M&A Deal Summary

VIAVI Acquires Circadiant Systems

On November 18, 2008, VIAVI acquired electronics company Circadiant Systems

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is VIAVI’s 6th transaction in the Electronics sector.
  • This is VIAVI’s 18th transaction in the United States.
  • This is VIAVI’s 2nd transaction in Pennsylvania.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2008-11-18
Target Circadiant Systems
Sector Electronics
Buyer(s) VIAVI
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition
Advisor(s) GTK Partners (Financial)

Target

Circadiant Systems

Allentown, Pennsylvania, United States
Circadiant Systems, Inc. provides optical test systems to optical component developers, network equipment manufacturers, and telecom service providers.

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Buyer

VIAVI

Chandler, Arizona, United States
Category Company
Founded 1923
Sector Technology Hardware
Employees3,600
Revenue 1.1B USD (2023)
DESCRIPTION

VIAVI specializes in the design and manufacture of products for optical communications networks, communications test and measurement equipment, lasers, and optical solutions. The Company was originally known as JDS Uniphase Corp. and became VIAVI in 2015. Viavi was founded in 1923 and is based in Chandler, Arizona.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 24 of 35
Sector (Electronics) 6 of 7
Type (Add-on Acquisition) 17 of 25
State (Pennsylvania) 2 of 2
Country (United States) 18 of 22
Year (2008) 3 of 3
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
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Robbinsville, New Jersey, United States

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
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Sunnyvale, California, United States

Finisar's Network Tools Business is a storage network system and component manufacturers, system integrators as well as enterprises operating major data centers.

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