Company Announcements

MR Solutions announced in March that it now provides maintenance and upgrade support for existing Agilent Technologies MRI preclinical imaging systems.

ASD, a PANalytical company, named PT Multi Teknindo Infotronika as an Indonesian distributor.

In May, Spectro Scientific announced a joint marketing agreement with Wärtsilä Services Switzerland to develop a specialized version of its FluidScan oil chemistry analyzers for the control of base number in the cylinder lubricants for two-stroke marine engines.

Product Introductions

Ondax introduced in March the THz-Raman Spectroscopy System for real-time, single-measurement identification of polymorphs and other hard-to-differentiate molecular and crystalline structures.

Bruker launched the Toothpaste Analyzer based on its TD-NMR minispec product line for the quantification of fluoride content.

Bruker introduced in May several products for fragment-based drug discovery screening and lead optimization: the SampleJet high-capacity sample changer with cooled sample storage; the QCI-F CyroProbe triple resonance probe; and CMC-q software. Bruker also launched FUSION-SV software, an integrated solution for structural verification using MS and NMR; InsightNMR for on-the-fly NMR analysis of chemical processes; and AssureNMR, a customizable solution for evaluation of diverse materials.

In March, B&W Tek introduced i-Spec Plus and i-Spec Nano portable NIR analyzers.

In April, Picarro launched the G5131-i analyzer for measurement of stable isotopes of oxygen and nitrogen in nitrous oxide; Flux Processor software for flux estimates of greenhouse gases from soils; the new Picarro G2401 for long-term reproducibility of carbon monoxide measurements; and the Continuous Water Sampler for real-time analysis of water isotopes.

Princeton Instruments released LightField 5.0 scientific imaging and spectroscopy software, featuring a new “math engine” for analyzing 64-bit data in real time.

In May, Sage Analytics introduced the portable Luminary Beacon for instant feedback for cannabis potency profiling.

FOSS launched the fast and cost effective FTIR-based MilkoScan Mars dairy analyzer for measurement of up to six parameters.

In June, HORIBA Scientific introduced the new Ultima TCSPC Fluorescence Lifetime system, optimized for short lifetime measurements.

Chemring Detection Systems released the PGR-1064 handheld Raman chemical, narcotic and explosives identifier, with a battery life of over 10 hours.

CRAIC Technologies introduced the FilmPro film thickness measurement software.