News Article

V.I. Manufacturing acquires OptiPro
Date: May 04, 2000
Author: Kristin Lewotsky
Source: photonics.com ( click here to go to the source)

Featured firm in this article: OptiPro Systems Inc of Ontario, NY



by Kristin Lewotsky

Incachining specialist V.I. Manufacturing (Webster, NY) has purchased OptiPro Systems (Ontario, NY) for $2.5 million. OptiPro has been folded into the company as a separate business unit under the leadership of Mike Bechtold. The Ontario, NY facility remains open, and no layoffs are anticipated. The company will retain the OptiPro name for the business unit and the optics product line. V.I. Manufacturing plans to aggressively expand the Optipro Optical Machining Center product line.