WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. – ITT Corporation (NYSE: ITT) announced that its OI Analytical total organic carbon analyzer (TOCA) and WTW VARIO conductivity temperature meter have been selected by NASA for use on the final flight of the Space Shuttle Discovery and by the crew of the International Space Station (ISS) to measure conductivity and analyze […]

COLOGNE, Germany – Sorting equipment provider STEINERT proudly announces the successful installation of their first XSS®-F; an in-line system designed to extract copper (such as the so-called ‘meatballs’) from shredded ferrous scrap. Installed in-line at a German recycling yard, it is capable of processing high volumes of steel scrap directly out of the shredder. “This […]

COLUMBIA, Md. – Shimadzu Scientific Instruments introduces the TOC-L Series of analyzers for total organic carbon testing in aqueous samples. With a wide sample range from 4 ?g/L to 30,000 mg/L, the TOC-L is suitable for analyzing ultra-pure to highly contaminated samples of wastewater, brine water, seawater, drinking water and pharmaceutical water. Consisting of four […]

Leading analytical X-ray company PANalytical (Almelo, the Netherlands) has acquired the XRF laboratories from the British Geological Survey – BGS (Keyworth, United Kingdom). The acquisition further strengthens PANalytical’s leading position in delivering full application solutions. The laboratories will continue to deliver highly advanced X-ray fluorescence (XRF) analysis to BGS and work closely together on research […]

KLEVE, GERMANY– SPECTRO Analytical Instruments GmbH has formed a strategic marketing alliance with SII NanoTechnology, Inc. to market SPECTRO’s inductively coupled plasma optical emission (ICP-OES) and mass spectrometers (ICP-MS) in Japan. “We are very excited about our alliance with SII NanoTechnology,” notes Manfred Bergsch, Managing Director for SPECTRO. “We consider it an important step in […]

PANalytical’s new range of Epsilon 3 benchtop energy dispersive X-ray fluorescence (EDXRF) spectrometers challenges convention and outperforms expectations. Able to deliver accurate, precise and reliable results right across the periodic table, Epsilon 3 and Epsilon 3 XL versions match – and in some cases surpass – the analytical performance of larger, more powerful spectrometers. Market […]

GENNEVILLIERS, France – CAMECA, a world leader in scientific instrumentation and metrology solutions for semiconductor labs and fabs, has unveiled the latest addition to its line of high-end metrology systems—the EX-300 metrology tool targeted for front-end process control of 22 nm technology nodes and beyond. ?CAMECA is very proud to introduce the EX-300,? notes Dr. […]

HORIBA, Ltd. is opening its first representative office in Hanoi, Vietnam, through its Singapore-registered subsidiary HORIBA Instruments (Singapore) Pte. Ltd. While HORIBA is already active in sales, services and market research in and around the ASEAN region through its Singaporean subsidiary, the opening of the new office in the Vietnamese capital is expected to enable […]

Billerica, Massachusetts – Bruker announces the launch of the all-new G4 Icarus CS HF, the premier metal analyzer for assessing carbon and sulfur content. The G4 Icarus provides rapid, low-cost analysis opportunities for a wide array of sample applications such as: • Steel plants and foundries • Metal machining and production industry • Automotive industry […]

All drug formulations have a unique fingerprint of both active and inactive ingredients that identifies the efficacy and brand of each drug. Pharmaceutical compound fingerprinting is commonly done using X-Ray Diffraction (XRD). Drug manufacturers have a responsibility to consumers: To use the correct formulations of their products to be sure that they are safe, and […]