Company Announcements

As part of a global strategic collaboration, Micromeritics is codistributing Surface Measurement Systems products in China.

Biolin Scientific appointed Jan Wahlström, deputy CEO and COO, as CEO in March.

HEL granted Particulate Systems, a Micromeritics Instrument brand, exclusive global distribution rights to its Subsieve AutoSizer in February.

Particulate Systems was granted exclusive distribution rights to PID Eng&Tech’s Microactivity-Reference Reactor in select markets.

In April, Datacolor named Tae Park CTO and vice president, Product Engineering.

MTS Systems appointed Emily Maddox Liggett, president and CEO of Novatorque, and William V. Murray, president and CEO of ReShape Medical, to its Board in April.

Product Introductions

PerkinElmer introduced a suite of hyphenated solutions for evolved gas analysis, which are measurements made on gases released by a thermal analyzer.

Fluid Imaging launched the FlowCAM-XPL Birefringence Imaging and Analysis System for particle imaging and analysis, featuring cross-polarized illumination for the isolation and quantification of particles that are anisotropic.

Horiba released Method Expert software suite for the LA-950 laser diffraction particle size analyzer, which automates method development.

Beckman Coulter extended the range of its LS 13 320 particle size analyzer from 0.017 µm to 2000 µm and added Rosin-Rammler and Folk & Ward Phi methods.

Bellingham & Stanley launched the RFM990-AUS32 refractometer to help manufacturers gain certification for diesel exhaust fluid production.

Bellingham & Stanley released the ADP440+ polarimeter, featuring RFID technology.

Mettler-Toledo introduced the LiquiPhysics Excellence instruments for density and refractive index determinations in the pharmaceutical industry, featuring the One Click user interface and full modularity.

NETZSCH launched the TMA 402 Hyperion thermomechanical analyzer, which can accommodate specimens up to 30 mm long.

Hecus X-Ray Systems, in collaboration with Setaram, released the S3-MICROcaliX, which integrates small- and wide-angle X-ray scattering with microcalorimetry.

Sales/Orders of Note

In February, PAC announced the shipment of its 1,000th OptiDist automated distillation analyzer for atmospheric distillation. It was introduced in 2007.