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Black Box buys UK cable firm

Cumberland Fair

By Drew Cullen • Get more from this author

Posted in Channel, 28th August 2001 16:03 GMT

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Black Box, the acquisition-crazy networking reseller, has bought a cabling company in Cumbria. Based in Dalton-in-Furness, Optech turns over $2m a year approx. Terms are undisclosed.

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