Teledyne to Acquire FLIR Systems

As someone who has used FLIR cameras, and other industrial imaging systems I have mixed feelings about this. On one hand the continued concentration of specialist camera tech is bad for the market (FLIR a few years ago acquired point grey [0], a competitor). On the other hand given my poor experience with FLIR systems (bad software, bad interfacing) if that continues it might be a good opportunity for a newcomer to shake things up.<p>[0]: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;investors.flir.com&#x2F;news-releases&#x2F;news-release-details&#x2F;flir-systems-acquire-point-grey-research-inc-253-million" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;investors.flir.com&#x2F;news-releases&#x2F;news-release-detail...</a>

Well that&#x27;s discouraging. I always hate having to interact with any Teledyne company. They&#x27;re not quite down to Danaher&#x2F;Fortive&#x27;s level, but they seem to do their best to try. FLIR, in contrast, was merely obscenely expensive.

something was going on, Cathie Wood was buying up for weeks

If you are going to report on FLIR, at least pronounce the name correctly. It&#x27;s pronounced &quot;fleer&quot;.