In a deal that speaks to the enduring human appetite for precision and specialization, Apogee Enterprises has agreed to acquire GroGlass — a Latvian maker of advanced anti-reflective coatings — for up to €62.5 million, with payment tied partly to the target's own future performance. The acquisition, expected to close in the third quarter of fiscal 2027, reflects a broader strategic logic: that niche mastery in materials science can command margins unavailable to generalists. Whether the promise embedded in the numbers survives contact with integration reality remains, as it always does, the es