Spectral Systems announces the purchase of the optics manufacturing portion away from Smiths Detection, keeping employment for 52 based out of Hopewell Junction NY

Spectral Systems LLC today announced they have signed an agreement and completed the closing on a management buy-out of the assets of the Spectral Systems business from Smiths Detection, Inc. The acquisition includes substantially all of Spectral Systems’ intellectual property, technology, machinery, tooling, employees and its product portfolio. Financial details were not disclosed.

Headquartered in Hopewell Junction, NY, with production facilities also in Milford, CT, Spectral Systems specializes in providing high quality and innovative infrared optical components, coatings, sub-assemblies and consulting services to the FTIR spectroscopy community from concept to production. Fourier transform infrared (FT-IR) technology is used for performing chemical analysis of molecular structures for routine laboratory analysis and remote site applications by many Fortune 500 companies around the world. Spectral Systems’ unique technology offers customers high-performance optical coatings on a wide variety of infrared substrates.

"Everyone at Spectral Systems is excited to once again be an independent company owned by its management team," said Scott Little, president of the new Spectral Systems LLC. "We are returning to our roots as a small employee owned business and regaining our focus on the strategy that our customer comes first”. Originally founded in 1983 by Frank Wesley, who is also part of the new management team, many of the workforce of nearly sixty have been with the company for over 20 years. Our philosophy is that “we succeed only when our customers succeed”.

About Spectral-Systems LLC

Spectral-Systems LLC is manufacturer of precision optical components, specializing in the production of optics for UV and IR spectral regions.

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