Roper Industries to Acquire Northern Digital (ROP)

Roper Industries, Inc. ROP today announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Northern Digital, Inc., a leading provider of 3-D measurement technology for medical applications.  Northern Digital will become part of Roper's medical platform. Headquartered in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada, Northern Digital provides optical and electromagnetic measurement systems for medical and industrial applications.  NDI's technology is critical for the growing fields of computer-assisted surgery, computer-assisted therapy and image-guided radiation treatment.  In addition, the Company's technology is utilized by advanced manufacturers for optical tracking and non-contact 3-D measurements.