HSR clearance for Lumentum’s acquisition of NeoPhotonics

San Jose-based Lumentum Holdings Inc (which designs and makes photonics products for optical networks and lasers for industrial and consumer markets) has announced the expiration of the waiting period under the Hart–Scott–Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976 (HSR Act) with respect to its pending acquisition of NeoPhotonics Corp – a vertically integrated designer and manufacturer of silicon photonics and hybrid photonic integrated circuit (PIC)-based lasers, modules and subsystems for high-speed communications…