WALTHAM, Mass. — As an official technical partner of the Brawn GP Formula One racing team, PerkinElmer is proud to congratulate Brawn on its well-earned double victory in the 2009 FIA Formula One Constructors’ and Drivers’ World Championships (subject to official championship results to be published by the FIA). Advanced PerkinElmer instrumentation was used by […]

Oldsmar, Florida — Gulf Fiberoptics announced its entry into the Photonics industry by launching a line of fiber optic products and accessories. “We are very excited about our expansion into Photonics,” said Patrick Bennetts, President of Gulf Fiberoptics. “Our new line of specialty fiber optic patch cable assemblies and related application solutions for spectrometers and […]

Niton XL2 Series Analyzers Deliver Positive Material Identification with Point and Shoot Simplicity BILLERICA, Mass. – Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., the world leader in serving science, will demonstrate the newest member of its family of Thermo Scientific Niton handheld XRF analyzers, the Niton® XL2 Series, at Fabtech 2009, McCormick Place, Chicago, Booth #4041 from November […]

Allows Increased Throughput for Challenging Single Crystal Analyses ST. LOUIS and MADRID — CPhI — SAFC Pharma®, a business segment of SAFC®, a member of the Sigma-Aldrich® Group (Nasdaq: SIAL – News), today announced that its Pharmorphix® Solid State Research Laboratories in Cambridge, UK, have installed a new single crystal X-ray diffraction system. The Oxford […]

Niton XL2 Series Analyzers Deliver Rapid, On-site Geochemical Analysis while Maintaining Point and Shoot Simplicity BILLERICA, Mass. — Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., the world leader in serving science, is pleased to announce the launch of the Niton® XL2 Series handheld x-ray fluorescence (XRF) analyzer as the newest member of its family of Thermo Scientific Niton […]

PALO ALTO, Calif. — Varian, Inc. (Nasdaq: VARI) announced today a series of productivity enhancements for its 710-ES Series of ICP-OES (Inductively Coupled Plasma – Optical Emission Spectrometer) instruments. The enhancements comprise hardware, software and accessory options available both on new instruments as well as on upgrades to existing equipment. They enable users to reduce […]

PAC, a leading global provider of advanced analytical instruments for laboratories and online process applications, announces the introduction of the ANTEK MultiTek™ testing system for the fast, accurate detection of sulfur, nitrogen, and halides. Houston, Texas — PAC, a leading global provider of advanced analytical instruments for laboratories and online process applications, announces the introduction […]

Unispec Marketing and Thelsha Technical Services – Acquisitions Strengthen and Expand AMETEK’s Presence in India PAOLI, Pa. — AMETEK, Inc. (NYSE: AME – News), a leading global manufacturer of electronic instruments and electromechanical devices, has acquired the assets of Unispec Marketing Pvt. Ltd. and Thelsha Technical Services Pvt. Ltd., two privately owned and affiliated businesses […]

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has issued a new ruler, and even for an organization that routinely deals in superlatives, it sets some records. Designed to be the most accurate commercially available “meter stick” for the nano world, the new measuring tool—a calibration standard for X-ray diffraction—boasts uncertainties below a femtometer. That’s […]

Offers Simple and Effective Toy Analysis for Consumer Safety CAMBRIDGE, UK – Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., the world leader in serving science, today announced a new application note to illustrate the capabilities of its Thermo Scientific iCAP 6200 ICP spectrometer for the analysis of toxic trace elements in children’s toys. The dual-view ICP instrument offers […]