Cobolt AB has been acquired by Hübner GmbH & Co KG
December 2015 — SEB Venture Capital, Industrifonde, a leading Nordic financial services group, has sold Cobolt AB to Hübner GmbH & Co KG. Financial details have not been disclosed.
Cobolt develops, manufactures and supplies diode-pumped and direct-diode laser modules and provides a broad range of market-adapted high performance laser products built on wavelength flexible, power-scalable and robust technology platforms, for use in OEM and scientific applications in the markets of analytical instrumentation, test and measurement and in-line process control.
Headquartered in Kassel, Germany. Hübner is a system supplier for the transportation industry. In 2006, the corporation entered new technology markets in the fields of photonics, terahertz and high-frequency electronics. It serves bus, airport technology, passenger cars and commercial vehicles, rail, medical technology, life quality, public security, and photonics industries. Hübner has 2,400 employees.
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