Hitachi High-Tech Science Corporation announced worldwide release of the EA1000AIII for controlling hazardous substances regulated by European Union directives such as WEEE and RoHS. The EA1000AIII is the latest generation instrument with higher performance and convenience, and affordable price. Together with the EA1000VX released last September 2013, the EA1000AIII will meet the users’ demand for […]

HORIBA, Ltd. has released a new portable sulfur analyzer, the SLFA-60. Sulfur analyzers are used to measure sulfur compounds present in heavy oil, gasoline, diesel oil etc. as impurities that convert to toxic gases. Shale oil, a promising alternative to crude oil, can contain high concentrations of impurities, including sulfur. Sulfur analyzers thus serve in […]

Shimadzu Corporation (head office: Nakagyo-ku, Kyoto, Japan, President: Akira Nakamoto) established a wholly owned subsidiary Shimadzu Latin America S.A. (SLA) in the Oriental Republic of Uruguay (Uruguay hereinafter) in order to strengthen the company’s sales and distribution of analytical and measuring instruments and medical systems and also provide better support for customers and distributors in […]

WATERTOWN, Mass. — Dynasil Corporation of America (NASDAQ: DYSL), a developer of sensing, detection and analysis technology for homeland security, medical and industrial applications, today completed the sale of the assets of its X-Ray Florescence (XRF) Lead Paint Detector product line to PROTEC Instrument Corporation, the U.S. subsidiary of its long-time distributor, French firm Laboratories […]

BERWYN, Pa. — AMETEK, Inc. (NYSE: AME) today announced the appointment of James O. Davis as Vice President and General Manager of AMETEK’s Process & Analytical Instruments (P&AI) Division. “I am pleased that Jim has joined AMETEK. He has extensive general management experience, especially in process control and measurement instrumentation, and we expect him to […]

THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. -– Teledyne Technologies Incorporated (NYSE:TDY) announced today that Robert (Bob) W. Steenberge, vice president and chief technology officer, will be retiring from that position effective December 31, 2013. Following his retirement, Mr. Steenberge will continue to serve as a consultant to Teledyne, advising on significant technological and business issues. Concurrently, Edwin Roks […]

SANTA CLARA, Calif. — Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) today announced that Dr. Guibin Jiang has received an Agilent Thought Leader Award in recognition of his seminal contributions to China’s environmental research and conservation efforts. Dr. Jiang is director of the State Key Lab of Environmental Chemistry and Ecotoxicology and the Chinese Academy of Sciences’ […]

SANTA CLARA, Calif. — Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) today announced it will collaborate with the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, one of Korea’s top public research universities, to further the development of inorganic analytical technology through research, education and knowledge-sharing. KAIST recently established the new Inorganic Analysis Technology Cooperation Center, which has […]

Burlington, Massachusetts –– Rigaku Raman Technologies, a leading pioneer of handheld and truly portable Raman spectrometers, today announced the addition of two compact and easy-to-use fiber optic probe accessories for its Xantus-2™ 785nm and 532nm portable Raman analyzers. Designed for pharmaceutical, research, analytical and industrial applications, the new Raman Probe II and Economy Probe will […]

PANalytical will mark the launch of the new Epsilon 1 XRF (X-ray Fluorescence) analyzer with an exhibition at the Beijing Conference and Exhibition on Instrumental Analysis (BCEIA), October 23-26, Beijing Exhibition Centre, Beijing, China. Designed as the most powerful benchtop XRF spectrometer in its class, the Epsilon 1 provides compact and cost effective ‘out of […]