Hardware & Systems

Aqua Metrology Systems Limited acquired TraceDetect, Inc., a company which engages in the research and commercialization of onsite trace metal measurement solutions.

Veeco Instruments Inc. (NasdaqGS:VECO) acquired Solid State Equipment LLC, a company which manufactures single wafer wet processing and cleaning equipment.

New Wave Design and Verification, LLC acquired AdvancedIO Systems, Inc., a company which manufactures high bandwidth, ultra low latency, and specialized networking products for the aerospace, finance, telecommunications industry.

Sparton IED, LLC acquired Industrial Electronic Devices, Inc., a company which designs and manufactures ruggedized displays for the Industrial and Marine markets.

Minera Ranala, S.A.C. acquired IDO Security Inc. (OTCBB:IDOI), a company which engages in the design, development, and marketing of shoe scanning devices for the homeland security and loss prevention markets in the United States and internationally.

Freescale Semiconductor, Ltd. (NYSE:FSL) acquired Zenverge, Inc., a company which develops content networking ICs for service operators and consumer electronics companies in the United States and internationally.

BearCom Group, Inc. acquired Frontier Radio Communications Inc., a company which provides wireless communication products to customers in Colorado and the surrounding states.

Cypress Semiconductor Corporation (NasdaqGS:CY) acquired Spansion Inc. (NYSE:CODE), a company which designs, manufactures, develops, and sells embedded systems semiconductors worldwide.

OptionsCity Software, Inc. acquired Optionshop Brokerage, LLC, a company which provides a set of cloud-based APIs to allow businesses to access market data, place exchange orders, and utilize account management and risk controls, including real-time portfolio margining.

Pluralsight LLC acquired Smarterer, Inc., a company which operates Smarterer, a skill ranking platform which scores and validates individuals’ digital, social, and technical skills using crowd-sourced test design and an adaptive scoring algorithm.