September 13, 2011 — Bruker Corporation will acquire Center for Tribology Inc. (CETR) for an undisclosed sum, adding the Silicon Valley company to its Bruker Nano Surfaces division.  CETR is projecting calendar year 2011 revenue above $10 million and EBITDA over $2 million.

CETR will become a separate Tribology and Indenting business, joining the division’s atomic force microscope (AFM) and stylus and optical metrology (SOM) businesses. The mechanical structure testing capabilities will complement Bruker’s optical and atomic metrology tools, said Mark R. Munch, Ph.D., president of the Bruker Nano Surfaces division, adding nano-mechanical testing to surface/topology characterization tools.

Norm V. Gitis, Ph.D., founder, CEO and president of CETR, commented that the acquisition would introduce CETR products to “new regions and markets.”

CETR technologies are used to characterize nano-, micro- and macro-mechanical and tribological properties under harsh environmental conditions (high and low temperatures and humidity, vacuum, gases, etc). The instruments are used in academic and industry research on thin films, ink jet cartridges, oils, and many other products.

The transaction is expected to close at the end of the third quarter of 2011, subject to customary closing conditions.

CETR develops and manufactures nano-mechanical and tribological test instrumentation, serving both basic materials research and industrial manufacturing in a wide range of fields, including the biomedical, petroleum, microelectronics, energy, and automotive markets. For more information about CETR, visit www.cetr.com.

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