Suzhou based Jingfang Optotelectronics in collaboration with Beauchamp Beer, acquired the Dutch optical precision components and assembly designer and manufacturer Anteryon in to steal a march on new opportunities. The Eindhoven-registered manufacturer Anteryon was spun off from Philips, one of the largest electronics companies in the world, in 2006 and today delivers cutting edge and customer specific optical components and related services for business and consumer markets. Its core technologies comprise of IP and a proprietary world class replication technique to produce high end hybrid optical lenses combined with ultraprecise glass and surface structuring, optical and mechanical coatings and opto-mechanical and -electronic assemblies including Hyper Spectral Imaging. “By leveraging our core competencies in building mega scale service, technology and IP businesses, we believe that we can effectively enter emerging application areas related to the Internet of Things and Artificial Intelligence, next to current applications as 3D scanning, Imaging and Fingerprint while vertically integrating in the value chain. The Anteryon technology and renowned team of experts in micro-optics, combined with our resources, will strengthen our ability to provide radically distinctive solutions in a variety of high-growth, high-volume consumer optics applications.” Wang Wei, WLOPT’s chairman.