QUEBEC CITY — Telecom testing solutions company EXFO Inc. announced today it is acquiring Taiwan-based InOpticals, a provider of ultra-high-speed test instruments for the laboratory and manufacturing markets, subject to regulatory conditions.
With the acquisition, EXFO will expand its testing capability in 400G/800G (400 gigabit per second/800 Gbps) lab and manufacturing markets, says the news release announcing the company’s purchase of InOpticals.
The Taiwanese company supplies sampling oscilloscopes, bit-error rate testers (BERTs) and other test instruments to manufacturers of optical transponders, components and network equipment. Its product portfolio specifically addresses 400G/800G high-growth sectors such as silicon photonics-based transceivers, active and passive components as well as integrated test systems for R&D and manufacturing use cases, says the release.
InOpticals’ solutions will be combined with EXFO’s advanced optical test offering, which was bolstered by EXFO’s acquisition of Yenista Optics in October 2017. This latest acquisition, expected to close by the end of October, will increase EXFO’s global test and measurement addressable market by approximately US$150 million to more than US$1 billion, says the release. The amount of the transaction, mostly valued in EXFO shares, was not disclosed.
“EXFO has intensified its focus on the research, development and manufacturing market as demonstrated by strong growth in this segment in recent years,” said Germain Lamonde, EXFO’s founder and executive chairman, in the release. “InOpticals brings to EXFO a remarkable product portfolio that is highly complementary and strategic. This synergistic acquisition will allow EXFO to leverage InOpticals’ innovative test solutions across global sales channels and expand market share.”
