Nikon, an optical products company, agreed to acquire SLM Solutions Group, a metal additive manufacturing company, from private equity firms Elliott Advisors and ENA Investment Capital, for $620m. “By acquiring SLM, Nikon is taking an important step towards our Vision 2030. We are focused on digital manufacturing as a growth driver and will create value through the promising market of metal additive manufacturing. Metal additive manufacturing will revolutionize mass-production by enabling our clients to manufacture highly complex parts, reduce cycle time, carbon emissions, energy costs and waste. Nikon and SLM share the vision that our technology-driven innovation will transform the future of manufacturing. This acquisition will be key to growing our digital manufacturing business,” Toshikazu Umatate, Nikon CEO.