Varian Adds Light Scattering Detector Product Line
Precision Detectors was formed in 1991 and is based in Bellingham, Massachusetts. It manufacturers the PD2000 product line of static and dynamic light scattering detectors, which is based on flow-mode dynamic light scattering.
Palo Alto, CA 4/13/08—Varian’s Polymer Laboratories business has acquired the assets and products of Precision Detectors. Financial details were not provided. Precision Detectors manufactures laser light scattering detectors for use with HPLC, gel permeation chromatography (GPC) and size exclusion chromatography systems. “Polymer Laboratories have used light scattering detectors from Precision Detectors for many years in their GPC instruments,” stated Martin O’Donoghue, Varian’s senior vice president, Scientific Instruments.

