Acquisition of Azpect Photonics puts AMS Technologies' growth to new heights

Acquisition of Azpect Photonics: AMS Technologies AG announced today, that Sweden based Azpect Photonics AB will join the AMS Technologies team. The acquisition creates the largest pan-European consultancy and solution provider for Optical, Power and Thermal Management Technologies. Martinsried (Germany), January 16th, 2012 Combining Azpect's and AMS Technologies' knowledge and teams will create great synergies for customers and partners in the Nordic countries, providing local technical expertise and customer service which is supported by a pan-European operations backbone. The original founders and the local Nordic Sales, Application Engineering and Service team will continue to serve the combined customer base. The technical team has been strengthened with the new hire of a further Ph.D. engineer. ‘Azpect joining the AMS Technologies team is a great benefit for our customers' said Jan Meise, CEO of AMS Technologies AG. 'Our combined expertise coupled with our strong supplier base will provide a great value proposition to our pan-European customer base'. ‘Our Nordic team is very excited to be part of AMS' pan-European network' commented Anders Frisk, founder of Azpect Photonics AB. ‘Expanding our technology offering will enable us to create innovative solutions for both, our Research and Scientific as well as OEM customers.' About Azpect Photonics: Azpect Photonics AB was founded in 1994 and is today the largest and leading supplier of photonics equipment to the Nordic market. Azpect delivers Lasers, Spectroscopy products, Instruments, Optics, OEM components and other peripheral products for Industrial, R&D and Scientific applications to customers in all the Nordic countries. About AMS Technologies: AMS Technologies is Europe's leading solution provider and distributor for Optical, Power and Thermal Management Technologies, with almost 30 years of experience to date and currently serving more than 1000 European customers. AMS Technologies has been delivering solutions into a variety of high-tech markets, including renewable energies, medical, defence & aerospace, telecom & datacom, research & scientific and various other industrial segments. Our customer base consists of Europe's largest leading technology corporations, a network of universities and research institutes as well as the most promising start-ups. We thrive by working in a ‘customer first' environment. Our pan-European customers are serviced from a network of local offices in Germany, the UK, France, Italy, Spain and Norway, with a focused operations and logistics centre located in Munich, Germany. For further information about AMS Technologies please look at www.amstechnologies.com