New Castle, DE 7/27/11—TA Instruments, a Waters’s company, has acquired Anter Corporation and Anter Laboratories. Anter is a manufacturer of high-performance systems that measure thermal expansion, thermal conductivity, thermal diffusivity and heat capacity of a wide range of materials. “This acquisition adds powerful technologies which complement TA Instruments’ market leading thermal analysis product line,” said TA Instruments President Terry Kelly. “The combination of TA and Anter technologies and the integration into TA’s worldwide sales and technical support organizations will greatly benefit scientists who need to characterize the thermophysical properties of high-temperature materials.” Anter products include laser and xenon flash systems for measuring the thermal diffusivity and heat capacity of materials up to 2800°C, dilatometer systems and guarded heat flow meters.