Zygo names new CEO, acquires optical metrology firm

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Zygo Corp., a supplier of electro-optical design and manufacturing services, optical metrology instruments and precision optics, has announced a new CEO and its new acquisition of optical metrology systems maker Zemetrics Inc.

The Middlefield, Conn.-based company has named Chris Koliopoulos as president and CEO, taking the helm from J. Bruce Robinson, who announced his retirement in October. Koliopoulos joins the company having previously served as president and CEO of metrology equipment supplier ADE Corp. through its acquisition in 2006 by KLA-Tencor. He also founded and led WYKO Corp. and Phase Shift Technology. Koliopoulos earned his Ph.D. in optics from the University of Arizona.

Zygo’s agreement to buy Arizona-based Zemetrics will broaden the company’s portfolio with the acquired company’s optical surface measurement products. Zemetrics employs 14 workers, and Koliopoulos served as a director and advisor to the company since 2007 when he first invested in the company.

No financial terms of the acquisition deal were disclosed.

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