Nikon Corporation (Nikon) is pleased to announce that its US subsidiary, Nikon Americas Inc. (Ryota Satake, Director & President, NAI), has executed an equity purchase agreement with Avonix Imaging, LLC (Jeffrey Diehm and Brian Ruether, Co-Managing Directors, Avonix) which engages in manufacturing, sales, and services relating to X-ray and CT Systems, and has commenced the procedures to acquire Avonix as its subsidiary, subject to applicable regulatory clearances and customary closin.