Vibrantz Technologies acquires Micro Abrasives
Vibrantz Technologies announces that it has acquired Micro Abrasives Corporation. It is a Westfield, Massachusetts-based manufacturer of specialty alumina. Micro Abrasives is a U.S. manufacturer of calcined alumina used in the automotive refinishing, optics polishing and industrial lapping markets.
Micro Abrasive produces precision powders and slurries for the optics and photonics industry as well as wafers for the semiconductor industry. The company employs 50 people at its facilities in Westfield, Massachusetts, and Alexandria, Louisiana.
According to the company, Micro Abrasives is a good fit for its business unit. Micro Abrasives is known for its aluminium-based abrasive materials used in wafer production for semiconductors. This acquisition opens up new opportunities for Vibrantz in these materials and offers the potential to develop new product applications in automotive surface technology and plastic lens polishing. Vibrantz will continue to offer products under the Micro Abrasives name.
